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LA Metro Enewsletter
AGEHR Area XII
August 2008
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I want to thank each of you who have helped me with my mailing
list update. I am getting
more of you identified and getting e-mail addresses
corrected! I still have a few e-mails
bouncing, missing addresses, and mystery recipients but we are
making progress. With your
continued help we will reach the goal of every Guild Member
and ringer in LA Metro will receive
a copy of the e-news.
A special request to those of you who are receiving the
e-news, PLEASE forward a copy to all
the bell ringers in your choir and any other ringers you have
in your address book. Encourage
them to sign up for the e-news and everyone will know what is
going on in the area. As a
director I appreciate it when a ringer reminds me of upcoming
events that I might have
forgotten to announce in rehearsal. It saves me time when
they all know what is available!
If you do not see your name in the greeting above, please take
a couple of minutes and update
your information. Just drop me a quick e-mail with any
informaton that can help me get this
system working effeciently. My e-mail address is lametro@areaxii.org.
this will be a big help to
me. Please know that this list is ONLY for AGEHR use and
will not be used for any other
purposes! Our goal is to have 100% of our members on this
list.
Thanks for your help!
Debbie
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Handbell Hello!
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 Dear
Handbell Friends,
I can hardly believe that it is August already. I hope all of
you are having a great
summer. For many of us preparations for a new season of
handbells are underway.
There is always much to do to prepare for the Fall and the
resuming of rehearsals.
Below there are several announcements for upcoming Workshops,
Auditions, and
Reading Sessions in our region. There are also some early
concert announcements,
so you add them to your calendar now and make plans to
attend.
Don't forget the Annual Fall Ringer's Workshop on September
27th in Pasadena. The brand new
Youth and High School event, Ring, Winter Bells on January
24th in Garden Grove. Details for
both of these events can be found below. Also, we are working
the Spring Ring in April 2009
and hope to have details for you in the next couple of
months.
On September 27 & 28th AGEHR Area XII will be having
their semi-annual Board Meeting. If you
have any matters that you would like brought up at the Board
Meeting, please let a Board Member
know. I would be happy to take your questions or concerns to
the Board. Just give me a call or
drop me an e-mail!
Do you have an announcement you would like to share with 250+
handbell ringers in the LA Metro
Region? This newsletter is a great way to let other handbell
directors and ringers know that you
have a concert coming up or need more ringers in you choir.
This is our newsletter, let's share
the news. I would love to help you spread the word of great
things happening here in the
LA Metro region.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions,
comments, or concerns. If you
don't see an event in your area why not plan one! If you have
the interest and the space I can
help you make it happen
Debbie Shaw
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Fall Reading Session
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The Handbell Mart is hosting their annual Fall Reading
Session.
DATE: August 23, 2008
WHERE: Bethany Christian Reformed Church
17054 Bixby Ave.
Bellflower, CA 90706
WHEN: 8:30 am - 1 pm
WHO: One Director & One Advanced Ringer
per packet
COST: $43.00 before August
8th
$49.00 after August 8th
WHAT: Ring approximately 30 New Titles
Music packet worth over $130.00
To register for the Reading Session please contact:
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L.A. Metro Fall Ringer's
Workshop
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Fall Ringer's Workshop
2008
Christine Anderson, Clinician
The repertoire is to be purchase in advance.
This music DOES NOT have to be learned in advance.
Ding Dong! Merrily On High - Bill
Ingram, Jeffers JHS9362
Level 2, 3-5 octaves
Angels We Have Heard On High - Derek
Hakes, Beckenhorst HB301,
Level 2+, 3-6 octaves
Grace and Thanksgiving - Anna Laura
Page, Alfred #25348,
Level 2,
3-5 octaves
Advent Promise - Anna Laura Page,
Alfred #25347
Level 1, 2-3 octaves
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Lake Avenue Church
393 N. Lake Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106
Registrar: Linda Krantz
This event requires no advanced preparation. You will learn
the music during the event!
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A Youth Event
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Ring, Winter Bells
A Handbell Event for
Youth & High School
Ringers
Directors: Choose the
"course" that fits your choir!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
9:30am - 3:30pm
St. Callistus Catholic Church and School
12921 Lewis St., Garden Grove, CA, 92840
"Ski" Instructors (Clinicians):
Barbara Walsh, Single
Diamond
Rudy Rodriquez, Double
Diamond
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Single
Diamond Course:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
arr. Linda Lamb, Ringing Word, RW8104, 2-3 octaves,
level 2
Ring Together Christmas
arr. Kevin McChesney, JHS9234, 2-3 octaves, level 1
Good King Wenceslas & We Three Kings
O Come,
Little Children
arr. Susan
Geschke, AG23018, 2-3 octaves, level 3-
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Double
Diamond Course:
Use Handchimes when called for in the music, if
available.
Hark! the
Herald Angels Sing
by
Arnold Sherman, Beckenhorst BEHB139,
3 to 6
octaves, opt 3 oct Chimes, Level 4
Shepherd's Joy *
by Tammy Waldrop, Lorenz AG35216,
3 to 5
octaves, opt 2 oct Chimes, Level 3-
*No narration will be used. Start music at M10.
Ding Dong Merrily on High
by Fred Gramann, Choristers Guild CGB508,
3 to 5
octaves, Level 3
The Wexford Carol
by H. Dean Wagner, Agape MHP2166, 3 to 5 octaves, Level 3
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Cost: (includes lunch)
AGEHR Members: $25.00 per ringer
Non-members: $30.00 per ringer
After January 11, add $5.00 per ringer
Registration Materials
and additional information will be available online at
www.areaxii.org
by September 1st, 2008 or by mail.
For more information
contact: Debbie Shaw, LA Metro Regional Coordinator
at
lametro@areaxii.org or
562-423-1040
FUN NOTE: This event is located less than 4 miles from
Disneyland.
Group discount tickets to Disneyland and/or lodging can be
arranged,
if there is sufficient interest.
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Handbell Ringer Opening
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Cathedral Bells Handbell Ensemble at St. John's Lutheran Church,
Orange, is looking for a ringer, preferably
someone with skills including bass bell ringing. The group
rings monthly for church services and for festival
services and concerts. It gives a full concert annually in
the spring and performs on a limited basis within the
community. Cathedral Bells rings predominantly Levels 4 and
5 music, using 6 plus octaves of bells and
5 ½ octaves of handchimes. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays, from
7:00 to 9:15 p.m., beginning September 30.
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Low Ding Zone auditions
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 Low
Ding Zone, the World's First Bass Handbell
Ensemble and a part of Bay Bells, Inc. (soon to be
Handbell Ventures), is having auditions for the
2008-2009 season.
Where
: Grace Lutheran Church,
3149 Waverly St.,
Palo Alto, CA Brown Hall
(enter by the doors on Loma Verde
Ave.)
When: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 3:30 p.m.
Particulars:
- Required skills: Bass ringing (bells and chimes),
willingness to try new
techniques, high "ham" quotient. Some possible
percussion involved.
Previous ensemble ringing experience a definite
plus. Creativity and
low sanity quotient even bigger plusses.
- If you let us know what other musical skills you have,
chances are we'll
find some bizarre way to incorporate them into what we do.
Well, if
you're game...
- You'll be performing with us in concerts, both on our own
and as part
of a "bass support" unit to help other ensembles.
- You'll get the opportunity to teach with LDZ as part of
a complete
clinician package for handbell workshops.
- And: you'll have a great time!
tell us why you would make a great addition to the Low Ding
Zone team.
We need to hear from you by Sunday, September 7, 2008 so we
can
anticipate getting together!
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Directors' Seminar:
Back to the Basics (San Diego Area)
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Karen Zerlaut, dirctor of the handbell choir program at San
Dieguito United Methodist Church in
Encinitas, will conduct a Directors' Seminar at the First
United Methodist Church,
341 S. Kalmia St. in Escondido on Saturday, August 16,
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The seminar will consist of basic information to set up a
handbell program including equipment
and resources, material and music selection, choir formation
and organizations, recruiting, basic
bell notation and assignments, bell set up, basic techniques
for ringing and stopped bell sounds,
mallets and hands-on experience. Karen brings extensive
experience with both youth and adult
bell choirs and has served in several Area XII positions.
The cost is $45.00 per person. An early bird discount of
$10 will be given to those whose
registration is received before July 31. Contact D.L.Shearer
at
dls@fumcesc.com
or (760) 745-5100, ext. 19. Or send a check payable to
FUMC to Karen Strakon, 27120 N. Broadway, Escondido, CA 92026
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Distinctly Bronze Comes to the West Coast
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For those advanced and enthusiasitc ringers who
can never get enough ringing, the first Distinctly
Bronze West Coast Event will be held February
12-15, 2009
at the Kitsap Conference Center in
Bremerton, Washington. David Davidson, who has
directed the East Coast Distinctly Bronze for the past
10 years will be the conductor. Registration
information will be available in September 2008. See
the AGEHR website for more information.
AGEHR
National plans to be rolling out a new online registration
service for the DB West Event.
Debbie's note: If you have always dreamed of going to DB
this is your chance. The October
2008 event in New Bern is FULL and has been full since April.
There is a waitlist of approx
10 names according to Jenny Cauhorn, our Executice Director at
AGEHR National. As a DB
alumni I can tell you this is an amazing opportunity to work
on high level musicianship and
perfomance. We prepare 13 titles of Level 4-6 music and
present a final concert which is
recorded. We also make a CD of the concert.
If you have any questons please do not hesitate to ask. Lee
Waggener, Micki Mennet-Martin,
and Shannon Shaw are also alumni from So. Cal. From No.
Cal, DB Alumni are PL Grove, Ruben
Mendoza, and Betty Heise. (Sorry if I missed anyone!) Take a
look at the registration materials
on the National Website. ( www.agehr.org
then find Community on the left margin, click EVENTS,
then Events Calendar, and scroll down to October and click on
Distinctly Bronze) If you are a
First-Time attendee there are some extra forms that you must
complete and submit before you
will be accepted into the event. I would love to see Area XII
well represented at the first DB
West. Let's help make this event a success so they will plan
for another West Coast event soon!
The registration is limited to approximately 114 ringers so
start making your plans to attend now.
PLEASE share this information with any advanced level ringer
you know.
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You Can Play Handbells in
Italy!
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 Have
you longed to ring in a country church in Tuscany? Ever
thought of playing bells along the Grand Canal or on the
Spanish
Steps? Bay Bells is establishing a Touring Group and our
inaugural
tour will be to ITALY! Dates are still in the works as are
the details,
but if this is something of interest, contact us ASAP.
We're hoping to hear from anyone interested in participating
and
will hold "long-distance" auditions across the country
within the next few weeks so we can
make more definitive arrangements. We'd get you the music
to study in advance, hold a
short series of rehearsals before departing for a 10-day
trip including 5 concerts throughout
the heart of Italy. We'll even teach you some Italian
before you go.
We're also working on the budget, but hoping to make this a
reasonable expense. Dates
under consideration are March and June 2009. Contact William
Kyle for more information.
william@baybells.org or 415-586-5400.
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Cruise of the Bells
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The Cruise of the Bells-10 is scheduled for January 3-10,
2009. This will be a 7-day Eastern
Caribbean Cruise via Holland America Line. The Guest
Clinician will be David M. Harris, Director
of the internationally recognized Raleigh Ringers, based in
Raleigh, NC.
Cascades, P.O.Box 151, Tualatin, OR 97062.
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LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR
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August 23, 2008 8:30am - 1:00pm Fall
Reading Session. Bethany Christian Reformed Church,
17054 Bixby Ave., Bellflower CA 90706. Cost $43. before
August 8th, $49. after August 8th. Contact: Nancy Stouwie
thehandbellmart@aol.com or 866-RING-BEL
September 27, 2008 9:00am - 3:00pm
Fall Ringer's Workshop. Christine Anderson,
Clinician. Lake Avenue Church, 393 N. Lake Avenue, Pasadena,
CA.
September 27 & 28, 2009, Area XII
Board Meeting, Pasadena, CA If you would like a
matter brought to the attention of the Board please contact:
Debbie Shaw, LA Metro Regional Cooordinator,
lametro@areaxii.org or 562-423-1040 or any of our Board
Members.
November 14, 2008, 7:00pm, St. Joseph
Handbell Choir in Concert celebrating their 25th year
of ringing . St. Joseph Church, 877 N. Campus
Avenue, Upland, CA. Contact: Joan Hamm, Director,
vibrato2001@yahoo.com
January 24, 2009 9:30am - 3:30pm Ring, Winter Bells;
a Handbell Event for Youth and High School Ringers.
Clinicians: Barbara Walsh and Rudy Rodriquez
Cost: $25 per member ringer/ $30 non-member ringer before
January 11th. Add $5.00 after 1/11/09 St. Callistus Catholic
Church and School, 12921 Lewis St, Garden Grove, CA. Contact:
Debbie Shaw
lametro@areaxii.org or 562-423-1040
April 2009, TBA LA Metro Spring Ring
May 3, 2009 4:00pm Cathedral Bells in
Concert, St. John's Lutheran Church
185 So. Center St., Orange Contact person: Ramona Miller
brmiller2@cox.net
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EVENTS FAR AND WIDE
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August 4-8, 2008 13th International
Handbell Symposium, Orlando, Fla.
August 8-11, 2008 National Director's
Seminar 2008, Orlando, Fla.
August 16, 2008 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m
Director's Seminar: Back to Basics.
Clinician: Karen Zerlaut. First United Methodist Church, 341
S. Kalmia St. in Escondido .
September 14, 2008 3:30pm Low Ding Zone
Auditions. Grace Lutheran Church,
September 20, 2008 9:00 - 3:30 p.m "Read
and Ring " Seminar. Clinician: Lee Waggener.
Chula Vista Presbyterian Church. Registration: 8:30am. Cost:
$15.00 per person, or $85 for
entire choir. Lunch an additional $5.00 per person. Contact:
Elizabeth Laboda at
October 2-5, 2008 Distinctly Bronze,
New Bern, North Carolina. Registration is now open!
October 4, 2008
4th Annual Las Vegas Ringers Workshop.
Clinician: Michele Sharik.
First Presbyterian Church 1515 W. Charleston Blvd. Las Vegas,
NV
October 25, 2008 Redding Handbell Festival
with Shosh Meyer conductor. Simpson University
Heritage Life Center, 2211 College View, Redding, CA. 9 a.m.
set up, 9:45 a.m. opening bell
followed by massed rehearsal. $10 per ringer. Contact Nancy
Schmitt at
January 3-10, 2009 Bells of the Cascades
--Cruise of the Bells X. Eastern Caribbean
January 10 - 11, 2009 17th Annual
Las Vegas 12th Night Conductor: Monica McGowan.
Feb 12 - 15, 2009 Distinctly Bronze
West. Kitsap Convention Center, Bremerton, WA
March 27-28, 2009
Intense Ring and Spring Ring, Valley
Church, Cupertino. David Weck, clinician.
May 2, 2009 Central Coast 9th Annual Spring Ring;
United Methodist Church,
1515 Fredericks Street, San Luis Obispo, CA; Nancy Jessup,
Clinician;
October 8 - 11, 2009 Distinctly
Bronze, New Bern, North Carolina. David Davidson,
Conductor.
June 17-20, 2010 Area XII Ringer's
Conference, UC Davis.
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