Workshop to teach special needs community handbells techniques
Repost from: Katy Times Link to story: http://www.katytimes.com/articles/2009/01/11/community/doc4967a855d9eba630604049.txt “Handbells Are For Everyone” will be held at the Brookwood Community on Jan. 16-17. The workshop encourages the special needs community to utilize handbells as a viable musical enrichment and performance opportunity. Anyone interested in teaching hand bell music is encouraged to attend. Cathy Taylor, Sue Graves [...]
Theatrics by Corker, Blackburn are too much
Reposted from the: The Tennessean Link to story: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090110/OPINION02/90109039/1008/OPINION01 It seems like only last week when I was standing in the “boy’s” line at Clemons Elementary School waiting for our elderly principal, Ms. Eunice Jones to come outside and ring the big brass hand bell notifying us it was time to begin our school day. [...]
Low Ding Zone in concert, January 18, 2009 in Santa Clara, CA!
Repost from Handbell-l: Low Ding Zone, the World’s First Bass-Only Handbell Ensemble, will be presenting a concert with the Hope Lutheran Church musicians on Sunday, January 18, 2009! Come join us for an evening of the kind of fun that LDZ creates! A free will offering will be taken. Date/Time: Sunday, [...]
Open Auditions for Twin Cities Bronze, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Repost from Handbell-l: Greetings friends: We are holding Open Auditions for Twin Cities Bronze Sunday, 25 January 2009 2:00 p.m. Peace United Methodist Church 5050 Hodgson Road Shoreview, Minnesota We have some exciting opportunities ahead of us for this our Tenth Anniversary Season. Please pass the word and have interested [...]
a New Years blatant reminder for FL Fest
repost from handbell-l Hello all. Just a New Years reminder that we have a fabulous Florida festival planned for Mar. 13-14 in beautiful Lakeland, FL (south of Orlando, west of Tampa, pretty much the center of the state). We will be at Lakeland UMC located on Lake Morton, complete with swans (not kidding), so bring [...]
Kanawha Valley Ringers to hold auditions Jan. 12-13
Repost from: Harold Dispatch Link to story: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x444729138/Kanawha-Valley-Ringers-to-hold-auditions-Jan-12-13 CHARLESTON — The Kanawha Valley Ringers, a community-based handbell choir, is planning auditions for its 2009 season on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 12 and 13. People with experience with music, not necessarily handbell experience, can audition. Interviews with the director, Dale Miller, will be Monday, Jan 12, [...]
Melody Bell Turns iPhone Jiggling Into Ensemble Performance Art
Repost from Gizmodo Link to story with video: http://i.gizmodo.com/5121929/melody-bell-turns-iphone-jiggling-into-ensemble-performance-art Who says iPhones can’t replace all musical instruments by the year 2010? This handbell demonstration suggests that at least some classical instruments are dead already. I love handbell because each person in the row is responsible for just a few notes of a whole song. The [...]
Schulmerich A6 for sale (nearly new)
repost from handbell-l I have a Schulmerich A6 that I would like to sell. I purchased it in 2005 as a gift for the 2 octave church choir I was directing at the time, but right about the time that the bell arrived I started to lose ringers and eventually that program fizzled to only [...]
Oklahoma City Community Handbell Choirs Resume Rehearsals
Repost from handbell-l Hi, All and Happy 2009! The Oklahoma City Community Handbell Choirs, Bronze Tapestry (advanced) and OKC Ringtones (intermediate), are resuming rehearsals on Monday, January 5th, 6:30 pm at Church of the Servant, 14343 N. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK. Anyone interested in more information, please contact me off-line. You can also [...]
Facebook Groups
repost from handbell-l Hi All! I posted this before but there are 2 groups that I have started on Facebook – among the many Handbell groups out there. that might be of particular interest to this group. If you’re on Facebook come join us. I have also created a special “flair” for both [...]
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