Happy New Year to all of you (or as they say in some places, “all y’all”)!
We’ve had a fun year finding videos and receiving emails about who’s been playing our music. The greatest number of stories are about our eight-handbell repertoire. Most of what we’ve seen is videos of four-in-hand duets or one-bell-in-each-hand quartets playing at their church services. But there are others!
- In New York, Natalia Paruz and her ringing partner Richard have been taking our music not only to churches, but also to local cemeteries (yes, you read that correctly). If you happen to be in NYC, you also get a chance to see Natalia playing her musical saw – she’s exceptional!
- Honolulu Bronze performs on Oahu either as a duet or trio. When there are three ringers, one of their members plays four of the bells while the others have two apiece.
- Robin and Jeffrey in Washington State got out to play at a local mall. They took about two dozen of our pieces so they could play a two-hour stint there, and passers-by loved their music.
- Melodiem, a young handbell ensemble in Singapore, has been playing lots and lots of music. In their playlist, they include some of our eight-bell music, and did a fantastic presentation of our sixteen-bell Sleeping Beauty Waltz with six ringers.
We’re looking forward to having even more fun in the coming year. If you have a story or video about our music, do share it with us!!
