It’s a dog’s life
Repost from: The Herald
Link to Complete Story: http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/diary/display.var.2492039.0.Its_a_dogs_life.php
Good neighbours
AND talking of volume at concerts, Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ringers are holding a craft fair at the Cathedral Hall on March 21 to raise funds.
Now, modern handbells sound a bit like a music box – a nice gentle sound. However, with the name Dunblane Cathedral in their [...]
Bell a deux in concert – Williamsburg VA – 3/7/09
Repost from Handbell-l
If you’re in the area, please join Bobbi Schmid and me as we perform a concert on March 7th at Williamsburg Baptist Church.
Time: 07:30 PM
Contact Agnes French at agnesfrench@williamsburgbaptist.com for additional information
Location: 227 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA
We’ll be playing a variety of music, including:
Reverie, a rr (for Bell a deux) by Kevin McChesney
Witch’s [...]
Capital Area Young Ringers Festival
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The Capital Area Young Ringers Festival will be held on Saturday, February 28 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Cary. Youth handbell choirs from several states will work under the direction of guest clinician Greig Ashurst and present a final concert at 4pm. The concert is free and open to the public.
Detroit Handbell Ensemble in Concert
The Detroit Handbell Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Susan Berry, will present a concert in Whitehouse, Ohio, this Sunday, March 1, 2009. Details as follows:
Sunday, March 1, 2009
4:00 pm
Community of Christ Lutheran Church
6517 Finzel Road
Whitehouse, Ohio 43571
(419) 877-0607
Tickets are not required – a freewill offering will be collected (to go towards their Organ Fund).
Further [...]
Bell a deux in concert – Williamsburg VA – 3/7/09
If you’re in the area, please join Bobbi Schmid and me as we perform a concert on March 7th at Williamsburg Baptist Church.
Time: 07:30 PM
Contact Agnes French at agnesfrench@williamsburgbaptist.com for additional information
Location: 227 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA
We’ll be playing a variety of music, including:
Reverie, arr (for Bell a deux) by Kevin McChesney
Witch’s Ride, by [...]
Shenandoah Valley (Va) Spring Festival – reminder
Repost from Handbell-l
Just a reminder that the Redeemer Classical School Handbell Festival, Wed.
April 22 at Massanetta Springs has registration forms available online at
http://www.redeemerclassical.org
This 9 am – 3:00 pm weekday event is geared towards middle and high school aged ringers – with 4 repertoire pieces in the Level 2 range for 3-5 oct. The final concert [...]
Palmetto Bronze – Ringers Needed
Palmetto Bronze, a community handbell choir in the Lowcountry of South Carolina (around Charleston), is holding auditions for new members. We are looking for ringers who are looking for an exciting ringing and performing opportunity. Palmetto Bronze presents two concerts a year and has performed for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the Holiday Festival of [...]
Boy ringer Sid lived to be 95
Repost from: This is Plymouth
Link to story: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/features/Boy-ringer-Sid-lived-95/article-715314-detail/article.html
THANKS to Marina Dewing for this Twenties gem. It features her father, Sid Smith, when he was in his late teens and an active handbell ringer with the Kitto Institute.
“Dad started work as a bricklayer at a very young age and later went on to serve the Co-op [...]
Melody Wave at Summit Drive
Repost from: Greenville Online
Link to Story: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090217/YOURUPSTATE/902170359/1011/NEWS03
Summit Drive Elementary School is one of the few schools in the nation and the only school in South Carolina to have a new instrument called “Melody Wave.” This unique instrument is a product of the Schulmerick Handbell Company. The schhol has a three-octave set of wireless batons that [...]
‘Sacred Sounds’ concert in GR on Sunday
Repost from: Grand Haven Tribune
Link to Story: http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/304700218899021.bsp
GRAND RAPIDS — The Holland Chorale, Holland Christian High School Living Hope Singers and the Beechwood Bells handbell ensemble will present a winter concert, “Sacred Sounds in a Sacred Space,” in the Basilica of St. Adalbert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22.
The church is located at 654 Davis [...]