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2008 Festival Schedule and Saturday Lunch menu

Posted on March 18, 2008 | Filed Under 2008

Here is the schedule for our 2008 Festival:

Friday

• Director Workshop 3-5 PM (reading session plus Beth discussing “Conducting
  The Perfect Rehearsal, A Director’s Dream”
• Massed Ringing 7-9PM

Saturday

• Coffee and Donuts 8-830AM
• Level 1 Rehearsal 830-945AM
• Break 945AM-1000AM
• Level 2 10-1115AM
• Massed 1115-1200PM
• Lunch 1200-1230PM
• Level 2 1230-130PM
• Break 130-145PM
• Level 1 145-230PM
• Massed 230-330PM
• Concert 400PM

Saturday Lunch Menu
Chicken salad on a multigrain bun, Carrot/Celery sticks, Fruit cup with strawberry, cantaloupe, and watermelon, cookies and chips. A pimiento cheese sandwich is available for vegetarians or those who do not like chicken salad.

2008 Festival Choirs

Posted on February 18, 2008 | Filed Under 2008, Choirs

Here is who is registered as of 3/18/2008!

• Fountain City UMC: OffeRing
• First UMC Knoxville
• Second UMC Knoxville
• Tellico Village Community Church: Praise & Celebration Choirs
• New Hope Presbyterian Church: New Hope Chancel Bells
• First UMC Oak Ridge: Carillons
• Grace Lutheran Church: Grace Notes
• Concord UMC: Concord Bells
• Seymour UMC: Alleluia Ringers
• Second Presbyterian Church Knoxville: Chancel Ringers
• Graystone Presbyterian Church Knoxville: Graystone Ringers
• Messiah Lutheran Church: Wittenberg Ringers
• First Baptist Church, Middlesboro, KY

There’s still time to register - please get your form to Andrew ASAP!

2008 Registration Form

Posted on October 11, 2007 | Filed Under 2008

Click here to download the 2008 Registration Form.

Please mail your completed form and your $35 deposit to:

Andrew Duncan, Knox Area Handbell Festival Treasurer
Fountain City United Methodist Church
212 Hotel Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37918

Deposits should be made payable to: Knox Area Handbell Festival

You will get a confirmation phone call or email when your registration form and deposit is received. Thanks!

Music for the 2008 Festival

Posted on August 7, 2007 | Filed Under 2008, Music

(All links will take you to a new page at Jeffers for each piece)

Music for Massed Choir:

Lo How a Rose - arr. Joel Raney MHP2418

Synthesizer and Percussion Part - MHP2418P

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - arr. Cathy Moklebust - MCGB250

Choral Octavo - MCGA915Full Score - MCGB249Brass Parts - MCGRP4

When In Our Music God Is Glorified - arr. Arnold Sherman - Ringer’s Edition: MHP241

Brass Parts and Conductor’s Score: MHP2414BOrgan/Director Score: MHP2414DOrgan Score: MHP2414PSATB Vocal Score: MHP2414V

Music for Level 1:

Rise Up Shepherd and Follow - arr. Dobrinski - MHP2415

(Optional clarinet: 2415P)

Lamb of God - Cathy Moklebust MCGB254

Music for Level 2:

Ring-Dance - Andrew Duncan. This piece is being provided free of charge to the registered attenders. More information and a recording can be found at www.ring-press.com.

Spirit Wind - Bartsch: FBBG0858

2008 Festival Date and Clinician

Posted on March 12, 2007 | Filed Under 2008, Clinicians, Photos

The 2008 Knox Area Handbell Festival will be held on April 11-12 at Second Presbyterian Church. Returning to the festival as our clinician will be Beth Watson, past AGEHR president and Director of Music at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church in Austin, TX.

(from the AGEHR website):

Beth Watson is Director of Music Ministries at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas, where she oversees a program consisting of six choirs. Beth has been attending AGEHR activities since 1965 (as a member of a youth handbell choir in West Virginia) and has been conducting handbell choirs since 1968. She has served as Secretary/Treasurer of Area IX, and as Music Chairman for AGEHR, Inc. She is active as a conductor and clinician for seminars, festivals, workshops, and denominational worship and music conferences. She was also one of the conductors representing the United States at the International Handbell Symposium in Toronto, Canada, in the summer of 2004. Beth has one arrangement published by AGEHR music entitled “Gypsy Song” from Carmen by Georges Bizet. She is also the author of a chapter in the AGEHR publication Page One, for beginning directors. Beth was a charter member and the assistant conductor of the Dallas Handbell Ensemble and the was the original conductor of the Concert Bells of Fort Worth. In addition to her term as President of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Beth also served as President of the Greater Dallas Handbell Association.

Requesting your pictures!

Posted on March 12, 2007 | Filed Under 2007

Great job at the festival, ringers! If you have some digital pics of the festival you would like to add to the photo album, send it to me at aduncan@fountaincityumc.org - thanks!

2007 Festival Final Concert (Part 2)

Posted on March 12, 2007 | Filed Under 2007, Choirs, Clinicians, Videos

Here’s the rest of the final concert!

2007 Festival Final Concert (Part 1)

Posted on March 12, 2007 | Filed Under 2007, Choirs, Clinicians, Videos

Here’s the video of highlights from the 2007 final concert. Enjoy!

“Celebration” World Premiere

Posted on March 12, 2007 | Filed Under 2007, Choirs, Clinicians, Videos

See the world premiere of “Celebration” by composer Fred Gramann.

2007 Festival Rehearsal Highlights (video)

Posted on March 12, 2007 | Filed Under 2007, Choirs, Clinicians, Videos

Here’s a quick video montage of our Saturday morning and afternoon massed rehearsal with clinician Fred Gramann.

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