Maghull Parish Handbell Ringers 40th Birthday
Maghull's 40th Birthday Concert
On 1st July 2023 Maghull Parish Handbell Ringers held a concert to mark 40 years since their founding.
The concert kicked off with Good King Wenceslas, an unusual choice for a hot midsummers day. However Beth explained that Good King Wenceslas was the first piece the team ever played in public, this being at their first rally in 1983.
The team used the original bells for this piece and the band included founding members Simon and Molly Rennie.
Then came Grazioso by Arnold Sherman a piece which brought back memories of the Canada International Symposium which Maghull attended in Toronto, Canada.
The next piece was Birthday Rag, highly appropriate for the 40th celebration and continued with Siya Hamba. This piece of music, which makes use of the African Drum which Simon brought back form a trip to Africa, really got the feet tapping.
The team played a "Pirates of the Caribbean Medly" and "Phantom of the Opera", a favourite of thier long time supporters Marjorie and Jean, now sadly no longer with us.
Then Mountain Mist by Cynthia Dubrinski with Robert accompanying on the flute which had been a favourite of their musical director, Judith Barker. Next came the lovely Meditation on Blaenwern arranged for the team by Malcolm Wilson.
And finally the concert closed with Highland Cathedral, a favourite of Maggie's and purchased for the team by her husband.
Following the excellent concert came the cutting of the cake by Simon and Molly, raffle and refreshments. The team's archives were available to browse and the excellent cake was distributed.
Gallery - Maghull Parish Handbell Ringers 40th
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NBO concert Sheffield 2023
Northern Bell Orchestra Concert, Sheffield 2023
'Ringing in Harmony' was a Concert given by the Northern Bell Orchestra in collaboration with the New Chamber Choir in St Mary's church, Sheffield in May 2023.
Rona Gager introduced the concert with the customary fire notice and told us a bit about the church where the concert was being held including it's outreach work during the week.
Some members of Kinder Handbell Team had decided to venture into the NorthEast region for the concert and it turned out to be a lovely evening.
The mix of choral and handbell music complimented each other perfectly. The choir was made up of singers from other choirs and sang a broad variety of music from very different genres.
One piece for both choir and handbells was called Stars, a very atmospheric piece with some very high notes for the choir.
The Bronze Carillion Quartet rang some impressive music, picking up and putting down bells and swapping bells amongst themselves at breakneck speed.
Visual aids were used to illustrate the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy including a fairy wand, christmas headband and tinsel.
Some of the music had been included in the recent coronation service, the bell orchestra played "All is Well" and the choir sang " I was glad when they said unto me" by C.H. Parry.
Kate Swallisch thanked everyone for coming and said it was good to be back to performing after the interuption of the Covid pandemic.
Maghull 40th Anniversary Concert Saturday 1st July 2023
Concert and Refreshments with Maghull Parish Handbell Ringers
Saturday 1st July 2023
To Celebrate their 40th anniversary Maghull Parish Handbell Ringers will be giving a concert and holding a party in the Parish Hall where they meet.
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Norbury Christmas 2022
Norbury Christmas 2022
This Christmas, Norbury Handbell Ringers were asked to perform at Macclesfield Silk Museum as part of their Christmas Activity Programme. It was unusual to be playing among some venerable pieces of historic machinery, including the Ribbon Loom which produced tags for Doc Marten Boots. The museum also has the original Jacquard Loom responsible for producing the famous Macclesfield silk scarves, buttons, pictures and even silk maps used by RAF parachutists in the Second World War. The visit allowed us to browse the shop for last minute handmade Christmas presents and enjoy a cup of tea from the Vintage Tea Room. Having decided to play our bigger Christmas pieces it was quite a challenge getting five tables in the Blue gallery to accommodate the bigger bells. Carl’s height came in handy for adjusting the museum mood lighting to focus on our music. The concert went down well, particularly with the Probus Club who had made it their mission to visit and asked some very intelligent questions.
Norbury also played at Brookdale Club Christmas Lunch and BrookView Care Home as well as fitting in the traditional Christmas Meal Out.
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Christmas 2023
Christmas Concert 2023
As has become customary, Kinder ringers will be performing a Christmas Concert with Voices in Achord.
This year will be joining the choir in a new piece "I heard the Bells on christmas Day" to words by Longfellow.
We will also be reprising "Christmastime" and the eternally popular "Feliz Navidad".
Disley GatherRing 2022
In November 2022 a GatheRing was held in person at Disley, Cheshire.
HRGB NORTH WEST REGION CLUSTERING, 12th NOVEMBER 2022
AND KINDER RINGERS RUBY JUBILLEE
MINI MINUM, LINDA and MAVIS INDEPENDENT RINGERS.
COME LASSES AND LADS, CRIMMOND / NOW IS THE HOUR, FINALE:- ROYAL FIRE WORKS.
have rung over the last 40 years. There were some gaps in each grid, if you were able to tick on your paper a line of 5, then you won a small prize.
played 4 in hand: ''My Old Man's a Dustman''. Wow it was fantastic. We wish you all the very best, Irene and Eleanor.
Marple: Trumpet Tune. A lovely classical piece.
Kinder: Seranata. Another lovely classical piece.
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Newbiggin GatherRing 2022
In October 2022 a GatheRing was held in person at Newbiggin, Cumbria.
NEWBIGGIN RALLY, 31 OCTOBER 2022.
Gypsy Rover. I remember singing it at Sunday School to different words.
Acker Bilk would be proud to hear your version of Stranger on the shore, on hand bells Maureen, very nice.
to think the first music was written in 1885/ 1891 by Frank White. Made famous by Glen Miller and his band. Still gets our feet tapping to this day.
Thank you, Alan for your help with 6/8 timing. Personally, it is my favourite timing.
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Christmas Concert Saturday 10th December 2022
Christmas Concert with Voices in Achord
Saturday 10th December 2022
Kinder Handbell Ringers will be joining Voices in Achord choir in a Christmas concert.
The concert will take place at St Thomas' church, Wellington Road North, Heaton Chapel, Stockport SK4 4QG from 7.30pm.
Voices in Achord's very popular Christmas Concert returns with the very talented hand bell ringers, the Kinder Ringers and Roy Parrish oboe.
Kinder ringers concerts in September and October
Kinder Concerts - two in a weekend
Kinder Handbell Ringers have had two recent concerts in September and October. The first was at New Mills Town Hall as a fringe event for New Mills Festival and New Mills Brass Band along with Chapel Male Voice Choir. We had a last minute change to our line up as one team member was poorly, so we had only practiced the new music the night before! As always the concert was fantastic and it is always a great pleasure when we get asked to return the following year. The second was at the Stockport Ukrainian Club hosted by Voices in Achord which was held in aid of the British-Ukrainian Aid charity.
In between we held a farewell meal for Irene Merson who will be moving over to God's Own Country but will still be involved in Northwest region events.
The team will be joining with Voices In Achord again for their Chrismas Concert.