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SUMMARY:Simon Law in concert
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DESCRIPTION:Simon Law in concert\nFriday 14 March\, 7.00 pm\nSt Andrew’s
  Church\, 11 London Road\, Wickford SS12 0AN\n\nPart of ‘Unveiled’\, t
 he Friday night arts and performance evening at St Andrew’s Church\n  
 \nRev Simon Law\n\nPrior to Ordination in 1996\, Simon had spent 20+ years
  playing in Christian bands and working for an evangelistic charity\, “T
 he Wavelength Trust” mainly doing outreach in secondary schools\; colleg
 es & universities\; youth clubs\; and prisons.\n\nIn 1975 Simon played in 
 the British Youth for Christ band\, “Really Free” (with Cliff Bergdahl
 ) and then fronted: “Sea Stone”\, “INTRANSIT” and “Fresh Claim
 ”\; doing hundreds of gigs across the UK and Europe. All of his musical 
 output is published by Sea Dream Music and released through Plankton Recor
 ds.\n\nSimon’s first full-time ‘Vicar’s job’ was in Dagenham in 19
 98 (just after getting married to Sarah!) before moving to be Rector of Pi
 tsea with Nevendon in 2010. Currently\, Simon is able to play guitar and s
 ing (a lot) in Church (as the Churches do not have a regular organist)\, a
 nd is very active in four primary schools in the Parish. \n\nOne very posi
 tive result of the pandemic was the coming together of the “Law Family B
 and”. Simon’s children Isaac (drums) and Reuben & Salomë (guitars) st
 arted playing with Simon for all the recorded services that were put out o
 n YouTube when our Churches were closed. (All the filming was done by anot
 her daughter – Lydia – graduate in Film & TV Studies!) The band’s de
 but gig was at the Greenbelt Festival (Prospect Farm) in 2021\, when the b
 and was renamed “The Law Family Banned” (owing to the ‘protest’ an
 d ‘Christian’ content of some of the songs). Elements of the band also
  played at Greenbelt 2022 and 2023.\n\nRecently\, a long-lost uncle: the R
 evd. Dr. Jeremy Law has joined on bass guitar\, and their first gig was in
  Canterbury in September 2022.\n\nSimon has played solo in Wickford (somet
 imes joined by his son on a few songs) several times. This will be his las
 t gig for us before he retires.
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LOCATION:Wickford: St Andrew
URL:https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html
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