Category: Handbells

Updating “Spiritual Boogie”

LDZ (Low Ding Zone) has been going through a lot of changes over the past two seasons. One of the huge ones is the way we’re writing our scores. This is exceedingly important to us – there really isn’t any repertoire for an all-bass handbell ensemble to play! True, we’ve tried dropping existing music an …

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Capital Area Handbell Festival weekend

This weekend was my annual trip to North Carolina for the Capital Area Handbell Festival. This year, just over 500 ringers got together to ring under Fred Gramann’s baton. If you don’t know about Fred, he’s been Music Director at the American Church in Paris for nearly 35 years, and over that time has become …

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