{"id":2286,"date":"2010-11-15T14:15:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2010-11-15T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T13:15:59","slug":"on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/11\/15\/on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Hop: a blessing with the Good Shepherd Neame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, autumn is also the time when the hops have been harvested, and celebrations and thanks are given for a bountiful year.<\/p>\n<p>Eac<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2291\" style=\"border: 5px solid white;margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px\" title=\"EH652-Hop Blessing 2010-82_web\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-82_web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-82_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-82_web.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>h year, dignitaries from Shepherd Neame and representatives of the brewing industry gather at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Selling, for the annual Hop Blessing, instigated by the Faversham-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shepherdneame.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shepherd Neame<\/a>, Britain\u2019s oldest brewery.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday 1 October, singers from the University  of Kent were invited to perform both during the blessing service, and afterwards at a traditional Hop-Pickers\u2019 Lunch. The group sang <em>Tourdion<\/em>, originally an old French melody, translated as <em>When I Drink Good English Ale,<\/em> which celebrates the virtues (and the drawbacks!) of the grain and the grape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2290\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-76_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2290\" title=\"EH652-Hop Blessing 2010-76_web\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-76_web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-76_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/EH652-Hop-Blessing-2010-76_web.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alany Holder, Adam Henriksen, Nicola Ingram, Charles Green, Freya Goom, Ben Tomlin, Amy Clarke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a hearty lunch of traditional hop-picker\u2019s fayre, the group joined with everyone present in singing a selection of popular ballads, and also performed for the gathering an old English round, <em>He That Will An Ale-House Keep <\/em>and<em> <\/em>Anders Edenroth\u2019s entertaining<em> Words<\/em>, rich in close-harmonies and a real <em>a cappella<\/em> calling-card.<\/p>\n<p>With thanks to Tom Falcon, Production and Distribution Director for Shepherd Neame, for inviting us to perform, and to Alison Shelley for the photographs, for helping to organise the singers and making them feel so welcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shepherdneame.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2328\" title=\"Shepherd Neame\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/shepherd_neame_logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/11\/15\/on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame\/&amp;t=On the Hop: a blessing with the Good Shepherd Neame' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=On the Hop: a blessing with the Good Shepherd Neame%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/11\/15\/on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/11\/15\/on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/11\/15\/on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame\/&amp;title=On the Hop: a blessing with the Good Shepherd Neame' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/11\/15\/on-the-hop-a-blessing-with-the-good-shepherd-neame\/&amp;title=On the Hop: a blessing with the Good Shepherd Neame' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, autumn is also the time when the hops have been harvested, and celebrations and thanks are given for a bountiful year. 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