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Calling all Directors!! - Experienced, Brand New and Everything in between!! Plan to attend the upcoming
Area III Fall 2006 Directors' Seminar
Friday and Saturday
September 15-16, 2006
Centreville United Methodist Church
6400 Old Centreville Road, Centreville, Va. 20121
Dr. Deborah Carr, from Columbia, Missouri, will be the clinician. Friday night, she will lead a reading session and Saturday she will do workshops with her emphasis on "Ringing to Bronze." Dottie Tweedie, director of the James River Ringers, will teach 2 special sessions for Beginners as well.
- A Pre-Seminar is offered Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. -
WHY WE LOVE HANDBELLS: The Psychology and Sociology of Ringing.
- The Seminar then begins Friday evening with registration from 6:00-7:00 and a Reading Session from 7:00-9:00 followed by a reception. Saturday’s sessions feature four different topic sessions (with 2 pull-out sessions for Beginning Directors.) Please check the Website for an up-to-date schedule.
Mentors will be available for any interested participants. Just note this on the registration form.
A late fee of $25 will apply for all registrations postmarked after August 1, 2006 . See details on the website at www.areaiii.org
For more information contact the Event Coordinator, Lisa Woerner, at woerner@areaiii.org
Youth Ringers Unite in Richmond, Virginia!!!
Once again, Jason Wells, director of Ring of Fire, will be leading the Area III youth in grades 7 through 12 for a weekend of inspired ringing and extensive learning at the Area III 2006 Youth Festival, November 17-18, 2006. This event will be held at the Richmond Convention Center again, with housing at the Downtown Historic Richmond Marriott right across the street.
For more information on repertoire for Massed, Tins and Coppers, registration, and housing: go to http://www.areaiii.org/events/youth2006/youth_festival.htm
Look ahead to Area III Spring Festivals 2007
Area III will offer 2 Spring Festivals in Spring 2007: one in Hampton, Virginia and the other in Ocean City, Maryland. Masterful composer and accomplished conductor Arnold Sherman is the massed conductor for both events. Event details and other site-specific offerings will be listed online soon at www.areaiii.org - click on Events, Adult Festivals.
Spring Festival Brochures (with detailed information and registration materials) will be mailed with in a packet with the September Bell-o-Grams.
Other Local Events:
2007 NC United Methodist Festival
Date: March 9-10, 2007
Guest Conductor: Hart Morris
Location: Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC
Contact: Mark Gourley, Festival Coordinator, St. Paul UMC, 204 E.
Chestnut St. Goldsboro, NC 27530 (010)-734-2965
music@stpaulgoldsboro.org
Brochure will be available on website soon:
http://www.nccumc.org/musicians/
Repertoire:
Crown Him with Many Crowns (arr. Paul Kinney)
[Red River Music SM7005] (3-5 octaves) Come Ye Sinners, Poor and
Needy (arr. Linda Lamb)
[Red River Music BL5047] (L3)
3 octaves 4-6 oct. version on p.5
Song of Gladness (Arnold Sherman)
[Red River HB0064] (L2+) (2-6 octaves)
Beyond All Praising (arr. Hart Morris)
[Concordia 97-7117] (L2+) (3-5 octaves) Caribbean Praise on AZMON
(arr. Hart Morris)
[Beckenhorst HB266] (L3+) (3-5 octaves)
Optional Bronze Piece:
Dance at Dawn (Hart Morris) [Beckenhorst HB265] (3-5 Octaves) (L4+)
[Full Score and Parts Beckenhorst HB265A]
"Ringing at the Springs" at Massanetta Springs in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
This 3-day ringing retreat is offered for the third time March 2-4, 2007. The registration fee covers conference fees, all housing and all meals. Full choirs, partial choirs and individuals may attend. See www.massanettasprings.org for more information. Click on Conferences, Handbells.
Monumental Invitational
Oct. 21, 2006 from 9 am-3 pm
Monumental UMC
Portsmouth, Va.
For up to 8 Beginning choirs
We will cover Genesis music for Area III 2007 Spring Festivals
More info and application on website www.tapestrybells.com
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