| Facts | Canon Markham was awarded the MBE for services to Morland Choristers' Camp in the 2000 New Years Honours list. Morland church was established in Saxon times. The Markham family have lived at Morland House since 1828 On the final Sunday of the Camp, there is a processes down the village street to morning Eucharist in Morland church |
Join Richard Corrie live online and on BBC Radio Cumbria from Morland on Sunday 1 August from 6:00am to 9:00am. Morland Choristers' Camp is a residential course for choristers which takes place each summer in the village of Morland in Cumbria. The camp is a week-long residential course for choristers aged 9-18, run by its founder, Canon Gervase Markham. It takes place each summer in the village of Morland in Cumbria. Activities at the camp centre on Morland church and the grounds of Morland House. Boys camp in the orchard, whilst girls sleep in the village hall, and meals are taken in the school. The Camp is open to members of church or school choirs that sing church services, of any denomination. Over the years it has developed into an extended family, with a main age range of 9-18 and an even mix of boys and girls. Many of the choristers come back year after year and progress in their later teens to the role of Junior Leader then Senior Adviser.
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Choristers join the camp from all over the UK, with some who travel long distances arriving a day early and/or staying an extra night at the end. An accompanied train party from London is available for those living in the south. History The Camp was devised by Canon Gervase Markham in 1971, while he was the Vicar of Morland and living at Morland House. Under his guidance the camp has developed into a thriving 100-strong course, offering first-class choral training in the highest traditions of the Church but in the atmosphere of an adventure holiday. The camp is endorsed by the Royal School of Church Music which runs chorister courses across the country. | 
