{"id":81755,"date":"2019-05-22T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81755"},"modified":"2019-05-22T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T10:00:42","slug":"ely-standard-science-festival-at-ely-cathedral-a-seamless-mix-of-reverence-and-awe-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-first-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81755","title":{"rendered":"(Ely Standard) Science festival at Ely Cathedral – a ‘seamless mix of reverence and awe’ celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launch night for the Ely Cathedral science festival began with choral evensong that included the first performance of the anthem ‘The Ordinances of Heaven’, a piece commissioned especially for the festival.<\/p>\n

It has been written by Tim Watts, artist-in-residence at the Institute of Astronomy and a fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge, set to the words from the Book of Job.<\/p>\n

Once over the choristers were among those cheerfully and gleefully enjoying the delights of the science festival.<\/p>\n

Not only is there plenty to see and to do but exhibitors actively encourage audience participation – such as discovering, for scientific purposes, who can refrain from blinking the longest.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Science festival at Ely Cathedral – a \u2018seamless mix of reverence and awe\u2019 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing https:\/\/t.co\/0IFjLuKRqw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Covalence (@LuthCovalence) May 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n