New College Society Garden Party - Saturday 24 June 2023

The closing date for this event was Wednesday 14 June 2023. If you are wishing to attend, please email the Development Office on oldmembers@new.ox.ac.uk to check for last minute availability.

The New College Society very much looks forward to welcoming attendees to a Garden Party and BBQ on Saturday 24 June 2023. This will be our first garden party in five years since the pandemic, and giving way to a New College Commemoration Ball last year, so we very much hope that you will use this as an opportunity to catch up with old friends and contemporaries and enjoy an afternoon in the grounds of New College.

The event is open to all Old Members and their family and friends and involves the programme below:

11:00am - 1.00pm: Light and Shade: Paintings by James Gemmill. We encourage you to start your day with a visit to an art exhibition called Light and Shade by James Gamill. His paintings are inspired by New College and other Oxford colleges and will be available to view in the Antechapel. James is an Oxfordshire painter and film artist, with accolades such as the recreation of the Louvre paintings for the film The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.

12:30pm - 1.15pm: Drinks served in the College Garden

1.00pm - 2.30pm: BBQ Buffet lunch

2.00pm - 5.00pm: Throughout the afternoon there will be entertainment for children including a bouncy castle, treasure hunt, face painting and a selection of games.

4.00pm - 5.00pm: Tea served in Hall (or if nice weather on the grass by the Mound).

5.45pm-6.45pm: Festival Evensong with the first performance of a new commission by James MacMillan, ‘When One Man Dies’ which will include a setting of a text from John Donne (1572-1631), Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 1624. The occasion will also mark the launch of the choir’s new CD New College: Commissions & Premieres (Linn Records). Composers include Drayton, Harris, Harrison, Howells, Leighton, Pritchard & Young.

Costs:
Adults (16 and over):               £45.00 per person
Under 16:                                  £25.00 per person
Children 5 years and under:  Free of charge

We look forward to seeing you.