| The Rehoboth Ringers Senior Handbell Choir
Julie Whalen and Pam Zatchey began forming our senior handbell choir in September of 2006. With a great deal of interest, we formed our group and began practicing with our current 2-octave set of BellPlates. We began a fundraiser to raise money to purchase a 3-octave set of handbells from Malmark, Inc. In addition to the handbells, we needed money for gloves, mallets, binders, table coverings, padding, music, etc. We set a goal of $10,000 and in less than 4 months, we reached our goal! Our handbells and some other needed items were ordered and arrived earlier than expected! Our order arrived on February 18th so we're all set to ring! We would like to thank the congregation, friends, and families for your financial support. We are so blessed to have the support of everyone here at Rehoboth. We currently have 17 ringing members and 1 director. The Rehoboth Ringers meet on Monday nights at 7pm throughout the school year (September through early June) in the sanctuary. We welcome anyone from grade 6 through adult. If you have any questions, contact either Julie Whalen or Pam Zatchey. |
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Handbell News Jun-17-2008
 Our last performance for the 2007-2008 school year was Sunday, June 1st, with the performance of “A Simple Song of Joy” which featured a violin solo by Donovan! Pam Zatchey and Julie Whalen would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the adult handbell choir for their dedication and hard work during this school year. We had fun, learned more ringing techniques and enjoyed glorifying and praising God through this musical ministry. We even held our first workshop, played our first public performance, and attended our first handbell festival. We would like to thank Heike and Lisa for their dedication of time and talents these past two years. We hope you will continue to find ways to use your God-given musical talents in the future. We are going to miss you. Rehoboth’s Adult Handbell Choir is organizing for the fall term and asking the congregation if there is anyone interested in joining this music ministry. Becoming a Rehoboth Ringer is both fun and challenging. The choir is open to both youth (6th grade and up) and adults in the congregation. We practice September to May on Monday nights from 7:00 – 8:15 PM. It is not necessary to know how to read music, but you must know how to count and keep time. If you are interested in joining the handbell choir, please notify Pam Zatchey or Julie Whalen no later than August 10, 2008.Handbell Performances 2007-2008
Handbell Workshop
In February of 2007, our 3-octave set of hanbells from Malmark arrived. With this purchase included a one year membership to the AGEHR (American Guild of English Handbell Ringers: http://www.agehr.org/). Each newly formed handbell choir is offered a free half day workshop where one experienced ringer/director from the AGEHR will come and give the ringers further instruction on ringing handbells. Our free workshop took place on Saturday, September 8th, 2007 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the fellowship hall here at Rehoboth. What a great learning experience this was with learning different handbell ringing techniques as well as a new concept for Rehoboth called "change ringing". Perhaps sometime in the near future, our handbell choir will demonstrate this new and interesting technique.
The Raleigh Ringers Handbell Ensemble will be performing a concert Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh. Tickets are available for $15, $12, and $10. Popular songs, holiday favorites, even melodies you might hear in a cathedral will be on the evening's program. Come and join Rehoboth's Handbell choir in attending this rare opportunity to catch these professionals. More information about the Raleigh Ringers can be found at www.rr.org. See Pam Zatchey if you are interested in going.
Rehoboth Evangelical Lutheran Church 2800 Conway Wallrose Road Baden, PA 15005 724.869.2806 church-office@rehobothlutheran.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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