Los Angeles Metropolitan
eNewsletter
Regional Coordinator
Shirley Heckman

August 2006
AGEHR Area XII, LA Metro Area eNewsletter
From Shirley Heckman, Regional Coordinator
2717 Park Ave, La Verne CA 91750-4345
Email: LaMetro@AreaXII.org

Area XII Website: www.areaxii.org

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THE INTERNATIONAL HANDBELL SYMPOSIUM

The Australasia Handbell Society did a wonderful job of planning and hosting the International Handbell Symposium in Brisbane, Australia August 1-5. The participants were ringers from 10 different countries: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, and the United States.

AGEHR Area XII was represented by David (Area XII Chair) and Dian Ruder from the SF Bay Area, Claire Blackwell from The Master’s College in Santa Clarita, and the Carilloneers (14 ringers) from the Claremont United Church of Christ.

Besides attending the Symposium, the Carilloneers toured the week prior to and the week following the Symposium. During the first week, the group gave five concerts in small towns and schools, which were very well received. Most people in the audiences had not heard or seen handbells before.

This Sunday, August 20, at 3:00 pm, everyone is invited to the Carilloneers “Australia Concert” at the Claremont United Church of Christ Kingman Chapel, on the corner of Harrison and Harvard in Claremont, CA. The program will be followed by an ice cream social. As Bill Waggener, director, says, “Round up your friends, relatives, and neighbors and come to the air-conditioned Chapel this Sunday afternoon for two treats - one for your ears and one for your tummy!”

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DIRECTOR/RINGER NEW IN AREA

Pearl Marshall, recently relocated from Maryland to North Hollywood, would like to find a handbell home, either as a director or a ringer. Pearl started a handbell program in a Maryland school for children in grades 1 – 8, and has also directed adult and youth handbell choirs. She has rung with an auditioned group in the Washington D.C. area. If your choir is in need of a director, ringer, or even a substitute, give Pearl a call at
818-939-3257.

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FALL 2006 RINGERS WORKSHOPS

Want to help your choir get a jump start on learning new music appropriate for the Fall and Christmas season? Bring as many of your group as possible to one of the Fall Ringers Workshops: September 30 in Pasadena or October 14 in San Bernardino. We’ll have great leadership, the music is rated an accessible Level 2, and the hosts will prepare lunch – all for the reasonable cost of $15.00 per participant!

Want more details? The answers to your questions about repertoire, registration, etc. are on the LA Metro home page on the Area XII website: www.areaxii.org. More questions? Email: LaMetro@AreaXII.org.
 
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OPENINGS FOR ADVANCED RINGERS

Cathedral Bells, advanced handbell ensemble at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Old Towne Orange, will have openings for the coming season, September (’06) to June (’07).   The ensemble uses 6 octaves of bells and 5 ½ octaves of handchimes, rings monthly for church and for festival services, outside venues, and will present its 4th concert next spring.   St. John’s intermediate handbell choir also will have openings.   Cathedral Bells (the advanced group) rehearses on Tuesdays, from 7:15 to 9:15 pm.   The intermediate group, Celebration Bells, rehearses also on Tuesdays, from 5:45 to 6:45 pm.   Rehearsals for both groups will begin on Tuesday, September 5. For information, contact Ramona Miller, Director, at brmiller2@cox.net .

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SOUTH COAST HANDBELL ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS

The South Coast Handbell Ensemble, a 5+ octave adult auditioned community ensemble in Southern California, has announced auditions for three open positions.  The auditions can be during varied rehearsal times, but must be scheduled in advance of the rehearsals. This ensemble rehearses in Huntington Beach on Thursday evenings.
 
For further information on the group, go to http://www.southcoasthandbellensemble.com/, or contact Susan Ullom Hungerford directly at (949) 470-0420, and/or susan@intoknow.com. 
 

CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS

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August 20, 3:00 pm
CARILLONEERS “AUSTRALIA CONCERT”
United Church of Christ Kingman Chapel
233 W. Harrison
Claremont, CA 91711
Ice Cream Social following concert
Contact: Bill or

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August 26, 2007, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
THE HANDBELL MART FALL DIRECTORS READING SESSION
Bethany Christian Reformed Church
17054 Bixby Ave.
Bellflower, C A 90706
Cost: $49.00 (covers registration for 1 director and 1 advanced ringer
And 1 music packet of approximately 30 new titles)
Contact: Nancy Stouwie ASAP, thehandbellmart@aol.com

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September 10, 3:00 pm
RUBEN MENDOZA, SOLO HANDBELL CONCERT
Kingman Chapel at Claremont United Church of Christ
233 W. Harrison Avenue
Claremont, CA
Freewill Offering will be taken
Contact: Lee Waggener

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September 30, 2006
RINGERS’ WORKSHOP
Clinician: Wendy Waggener
Neighborhood Church
301 N. Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91103
Contact: Shirley Heckman, LaMetro@AreaXII.org

Although I promised that this eNewsletter would be on vacation in August, it seemed that some of these items could not wait until September.

As you plan your music for the 2006-07 season, leave some money in your budget to purchase the 2007 Spring Ring music. I am delighted that Christine Anderson will be the director in April 2007, and we are planning to announce the repertoire selections early in September.

Shirley Heckman

 

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