Snow guaranteed for late-night shopping

Posted on November 16, 2008
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Repost from: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Link to full article: http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/3850002.Christmas_lights_festivities_in_Malmesbury/

TRADERS in Malmesbury town centre are hoping to lift the gloom of the looming recession with their traditional late night Christmas shopping event next month.

Snow, children’s rides, handbell ringers and carol singers are on the programme for the evening of December 5 along with street performers, mulled wine and a brass band.

The library is running a craft drop-in session between 6pm and 8pm and a free park and ride has been organised from Malmesbury Garden Centre.

Father Christmas will be taking up his regular place in the grotto and shopkeepers will be vying for first prize in the best dressed window competition.

Judging will take place in the morning and chamber of commerce members who have not entered before are being encouraged to have a go this year.

The upper high street will be closed to traffic from 5.30pm and local clubs and organisations who would like to run a street stall can contact the chamber on 01249 783434.

A ho-ho whole lot of Christmas entertainment

Posted on November 16, 2008
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Repost from: Edmonton Journal
Link to Full Article: http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/culture/story.html?id=8a5f17b7-6030-455d-b57d-77bf964e596d

- The month that actually contains Christmas starts off with the 29th season of the Greenwood Singers and their popular The Many Moods of Christmas at McDougall United Church, 10025 101st St. on Monday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. With the help of the University of Alberta Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers, organist Jeremy Spurgeon and pianist Helen Stuart, the Greenwood Singers promise motets for Advent and Christmas, with works by Healey Willan, Diane Loomer and Edmonton composer Brendan Lord, as well as arrangements of traditional carols and Christmas pop songs. Tickets are available from Tix on the Square and at the door.

Salvation Army starts red kettle campaign Monday

Posted on November 16, 2008
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Repost from: The Northwestern
Link to full Article: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20081116/OSH0101/811160497/1987/OSHopinion

The Encore Hand Bell Ensemble will play at 7 p.m. today (Sunday, November 11,2008) at the Oshkosh Salvation Army as a prelude to the start of the 2008 red kettle campaign. The event will also honor Oshkosh Salvation Army Capt. Yalanda “Yoley” Harsh, who died unexpectedly on June 28 at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee due to complications associated with a heart attack. She had assisted her husband, Johnny Harsh, in operating the Oshkosh Salvation Army.

A freewill offering will be taken at the hand bell event with proceeds given to the agency’s food pantry. Lord Burr said a social hour with homemade desserts and refreshments will follow the hand bell performance.

Elgin turns out to honor veterans

Posted on November 16, 2008
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Repost from: Nogales International
Link to full article: http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2008/11/14/news/doc491da6091552c173902420.txt

The fifth-grade Hand Bell Choir played “America the Beautiful.” Hand Bell Choir members were: Sage Bigford, Kevin Buhl, Annika Coleman, Loftin Cudney, Rosa Graham, Cokelly Herrera, Savannah Laos, Tanner Lyman, Jaret McNeil Levi Purvis and Anthony Scheid.

It’s a ring thing

Posted on November 16, 2008
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Repost from: Village Soup
Link to Article: http://knox.villagesoup.com/AandE/story.cfm?storyID=134700

ROCKPORT (Nov 14): Penobscot Bay Ringers, the only community handbell choir in the immediate Midcoast area, has formed.

This five-octave handbell choir plays on Malmark handbells and also plays five octaves of Malmark handchimes. Membership is by audition; the group practices weekly in Rockport.

The group will perform during Camden’s Christmas By the Sea and the Holiday Pops Concert. For more information, send e-mail to penobscotbayringers@gmail.com or visit penobscotbayringers.org.

Handbell Choir Auditions - 2nd Semester

Posted on November 16, 2008
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Repost from: Concordia College C-News Article
Link to Article: http://www.cord.edu/cnews/www/story.php?articleid=5573

Auditions will be held Sunday evening, December 7th 8:00-9:00 pm to fill ONE opening in Tintinnabula and 2-3 new positions in Campana second semester.

Beginning November 16th a sign-up sheet and audition instructions will be posted on the east doors of the North Choral Room of Hvidsten. Experience ringing handbells is not required for Campana, but candidates for both choirs should be experienced in reading music.

Campana rehearses Tues/Thurs 7:00-8:30 pm and Tintinnabula rehearses Tues/Thurs 8:30-10:00 pm. Both in the North Choral Room. Spring concert is Sunday, April 5th.

Contact Jessica Westgard at westgard@cord.edu with any questions.

Presidential Inaugural Parade Apps Due Nov. 18

Posted on November 15, 2008
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repost from the Jackson Free Press:
Link to full Article: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/presidential_inaugural_parade_apps_due_nov_18_111308/

[Verbatim from U.S. Army] WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Armed Forces Inaugural Committee has extended its deadline for the public to submit applications to participate in the Jan. 20, 2009, presidential inaugural parade to Nov. 18 by 5 p.m. Applicants have traditionally included local groups from across the country, including school and community marching bands, floats and a variety of performers who fit into a parade format, as well as other non-traditional parade groups such as vocal ensembles, hand bell choirs and orchestras.

Those interested in participating must send photos, videos or audio clips, along with the application. Electronic submission is preferred. All applications are organized by AFIC and presented to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, whose members ultimately select the participants. The PIC can also re-extend the application submission deadline.

To submit an application, go to the AFIC Web site at http://www.afic.northcom.mil/participation/parade.html. For other parade application questions, contact the AFIC band control office at 202-691-2247.

The PIC is set up by the president-elect following the election, to raise funds for inaugural events and to carry them out.

AFIC is composed of members from the five branches of the armed forces, who come together before the presidential election to provide military ceremonial support to the inauguration and related activities during the 10-day inaugural period of Jan. 15-24, 2009. Military support of presidential inaugurations dates back to 1789, when President George Washington was inaugurated.

Approximately 400 applications have been received so far. Traditionally, the PIC strives to feature representatives from each state.

Mount Union Handbell Choir

Posted on November 15, 2008
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Repost from: Akron Beakon Journal
Link to full Article: http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/34375114.html

Mount Union Handbell Choir — 3 p.m. Sunday, Cope Music Hall, Union Avenue and Simpson Street, Mount Union Campus, Alliance. The Handbell Choir will perform a variety of Christmas music, under the direction of Christine Allison. Free. 330-823-2180.

Help light the Love Light Trees in love and remembrance

Posted on November 15, 2008
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Repost from: Jackson County Chronicle
Link to full story: http://www.jacksoncountychronicle.com/articles/2008/11/12/communitycalendar/briefs.txt

The public is invited to be a part of the Partners’ Annual Love Light Program which will be held Sunday, Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Black River Memorial Hospital.

This event helps usher in the holiday season in this community. All proceeds from this event will benefit BRMH’s Lifeline Program. Lifeline is a personal emergency response system that makes it possible for over 300 area people to remain independent and in their own homes.

The ceremony will feature a welcome by Dolores Iliff, entertainment by the Black River Falls High School Handbell Choir, an invocation by Pastor Kathy Jury from the Black River Falls United Methodist Church, group singing of Christmas carols and the lighting of the six Love Light Trees, located on the front lawn of the hospital. New this year will be the dedication of a new permanent Love Light Wall Display that has been donated in memory of Jean Hopkins by her family. Jean brought the Love Light Program to Partners of BRMH in 1986. Refreshments, prepared by the hospital’s food service staff, will be served in the BRMH’s new dining room following the ceremony.

Anyone who wishes to be a part of the Love Light Program can do so by donating $3 for each light. White lights serve as a memorial for a deceased loved one and colored lights serve to honor special people in someone’s life. Picture postcards of the Love Light Trees and order forms are available at BRMH’s Gift Shop and front office. If people wish to have postcards mailed to those they are honoring or to families of those they are memorializing, they must enclose with their order form a stamped, pre-addressed business envelope for each postcard. Orders can also be mailed to Love Lights, Black River Memorial Hospital, 711 West Adams St., Black River Falls, WI. 54615. Enclose $3 for each printed name and indicate whether it is a white light in memory of or a colored light in honor of someone special. Checks should be made payable to Love Lights.

In order to have the names on the Love Light Wall Display and in the printed programs given out the night of the ceremony, donations must be received no later than Dec. 3. Donations received after this date will, however, be accepted and all names will appear in the February BRMH newsletter, which is mailed to over 14,000 residents in and near Jackson County.

For more information on Love Lights, people can call BRMH at (715) 284-5361 or a member of the planning committee, who are chairman Kathy Peterson, Dolores Iliff, Arlene Brown, Marilyn McKeeth, Tim Hopkins, Mary O’Brien, Jenni Hill and Sarah Osegard.

Upcoming Concerts by The Raleigh Ringers

Posted on November 15, 2008
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
7:30 pm Concert
College of the Albemarle — http://www.albemarle.cc.nc.us/
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sponsored by the Center Hill/Cross Road Volunteer Fire Department
Tickets: $15
Tickets available at 1880 West City Drive (252-338-8021) or the Center Hill/Cross Road Fire Department (252-221-4956 or 252-221-8578)

Sunday, November 9, 2008
3:00 pm Concert
Virginia Beach United Methodist Church — http://www.vbumc.org/
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Suggested donation: Adults - $12, Students - $10
For information, contact Wes Lockfaw at 757-428-7727 or wlockfaw@vbumc.org

Saturday, December 6, 2008
7:30pm Concert (Joint Concert with The Madisonville Community College Singers)
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts — http://www.glemacenter.org/
Madisonville Community College
200 College Drive
Madisonville, Kentucky
Concert Tickets: Main floor - $20, Balcony - $15
For information, contact Retha Tarter at 270-821-2787 or retha.tarter@kctcs.edu
Workshop 10am - noon. For more information on the workshop, contact
Lynn Curtis at 270-821-2787 or LCURTIS0005@kctcs.edu

Sunday, December 7, 2008
2:00 pm Concert
First Presbyterian Church — http://www.fpcnashville.org
4815 Franklin Road
Nashville, Tennessee
Free concert.
For more information, contact Daphne Garey at 615-298-9517

Saturday, December 20, 2008
3:00 pm & 7:30 pm Concert
Sunday, December 21, 2008
3:00 pm Concert
Meymandi Concert Hall
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
2 E South St
Raleigh, North Carolina
Tickets: Adults - $18, Seniors - $16, Students & Groups - $14
Early Bird tickets available from The Raleigh Ringers through November 28th.
Please download this Order Form to purchase … http://www.rr.org/_downloads/Early%20Bird%20Tix%20Dec%2008.pdf
Tickets are available at the Progress Energy Center Box Office and Ticketmaster outlets.

FUTURE CONCERTS
April 18, 2009 - Sunset Beach, North Carolina
April 19, 2009 - New Bern, North Carolina
May 2, 2009 - Peachtree City, Georgia
May 3, 2009 - Wingate, North Carolina
June 7, 2009 - Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina
June 27, 2009 - AGEHR Area II Featured Concert, The Mellow Theater, Scranton, Pennsylvania
September 11, 2009 - Dunn Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
September 12, 2009 - Columbia, South Carolina (Workshop and Concert)
November 12, 2009 - Ft. Myers, Florida
November 13, 2009 - Bonita Springs , Florida
November 14 , 2009 - Gainesville, Florida
November 15 , 2009 - The Lakeland Center, Lakeland, Florida
December 5, 2009 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 6 , 2009 - Leffler Chapel & Performance Center, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Saturday, December 19 & 20, 2009 - Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina

As always, specifics, and updates to our calendar can be found on our web page:http://www.rr.org/events/all_concerts.html

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