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THE SOCIETY OF YOUNG FREEMEN

President: Alderman David Wootton
Events - June 2009 – May 2010

Events can be booked by email through our Functions Secretary -
Georgina Hajdu at
g_hajdu@yahoo.com

** Special Member Discount **

As a Member, if you bring a guest with you to any event (with the exception of the Annual Dinner), you will be entitled to a 10% discount off the price of your ticket.
So bring some friends and spread the word about the SYF!

24th June 2009

6:30pm for
6:45pm start
AGM at Guildhall (Committeee Room 2). Followed by a finger buffet at the City Tavern. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

9th July 2009

6:30pm Refreshments
8:00pm Concert
Bruckner Symphony No. 9 at St Paul's Cathedral, performed by the LSO under Valery Gergiev (as part of the City of London Festival). Preceded by refreshments at a local hostelry. A report of this past event can be found in the events page 

11th July 2009

10:30am - 3:30pm Stewarding sheep driving across London Bridge with the Tax Advisors - as part of the London Bridge Anniversary Fair. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

17th July 2009

4:00pm Postponed private tour of Mansion House. Followed by a Drinks Reception hosted by the Lady Mayoress. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

4th August 2009

6:30pm Summer Social. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

26th September 2009

10:30am Treasure Hunt around the City of London and in collaboration with the Society of the Livery of the Coopers Company.
Followed by a substantial buffet lunch at a rather prestigious venue that will be revealed by the last clue of the day!   A report of this past event can be found in the events page

22nd October 2009

6:15pm for
6:30pm start

Private tour of Lloyds Building.  Followed by refreshments in a local hostelry. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

14th November 2009

9:30am

The Lord Mayor's Show
The Lord Mayor’s procession winds through nearly
800 years of London’s history, marching unscathed through everything from the Black Death to the blitz. In the 17th century it was inconvenienced by the building site that would later become St Paul’s Cathedral. In the twentieth century it was the first event ever to be broadcast live on television. Today, it’s a day out for half a million people, with millions more watching on the BBC. The modern procession is over three miles long and starts at 11am after an RAF flypast. It travels from Mansion House to the Royal Courts of Justice, where the Lord Mayor takes an oath of allegiance to the sovereign before the Lord Chief Justice and the judges of the Queen’s Bench Division. The procession sets off on the return journey from Victoria Embankment to Mansion House at 1pm and returns to Mansion House at about 2.30pm. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

Dress: Black Trousers and SYF jackets

25th November 2009

7:00pm

Tasting with the Guild of Freemen at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall.  Followed by snacks and more wine. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

10th December 2009

6:30pm

Carol Service with the Guild of Freemen at St Martin within Ludgate.  Followed by a wine and finger buffet in the Church.

17th December 2009

6:15pm

Our annual trip to the Mansion House to sing carols to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. All the past Mayors have enjoyed our carols and have always extended their kind hospitality with a good glass of mulled wine and warm mince pies before we make our way around the local inns raising money for the Lord Mayor’s Charity. A report of this past event can be found in the events page

14th January 2010

6:00pm for 6:15pm

Private Tour of Haberdashers' Hall
Designed by celebrated British Architect Sir Michael Hopkins and the newest Livery Hall in the City.
Followed by refreshments at a local hostelry on a pay as you go basis.A report of this past event can be found in the events page

11th February 2010

6:00pm onwards

2 in 1!
- "Wine & Waffle" Social with our friends at the Worshipful Company of Plumbers at Balls Brothers, Carey Lane.
- At the end of the official social (8.30pm), the SYF will continue with a New Members Evening. If you have joined the Society over the last year, this is your event - come and have a drink with us!

11th March 2010

6:30pm - Refreshamnts
7:45pm - Show

Circa at the Barbican Theatre.
Circa is a new kind of circus that combines physical beauty, formidable circus skills and an immersive and integral use of sound, light and projection.
Preceded by refreshments on a pay as you go basis.

19th March 2010

11:30am

United Guilds Service at St Paul's Cathedral.

20th April 2010

6:00pm for 6:15pm

Private tour of the Old Bailey - courtesy of Aldermanic Sheriff, and President of the SYF, David Wootton.
This will be a joint event with the Young Solicitors.

26th May 2010

6:45pm for 7:30pm

Annual Dinner at the Guildhall Club - Full details to come...

Our Functions Secretary, Georgina Hajdu, will send details of all these events nearer the time. If you would like to join us at any of these please contact Georgina at g_hajdu@yahoo.com

  Also, if you have any suggestions for future events, both for the SYF on its own or joint occassions with other City organisations, do get in touch at g_hajdu@yahoo.com

  

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