Music Made in Heaven Fall 2018
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Music Made in Heaven is a very special handbell ensemble. Each of our bells has been donated in memory of a child who has died and is inscribed in remembrance. We play to express our joy and gratitude for the lives of these children. We also play to inspire healing and hope in others. Most importantly, our playing is a gift to our children, providing them a way to add beauty to our world through music.
We call it
Music Made in Heaven
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A New Season Brings New Challenges
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Ringing in a hand bell choir is very different from singing in a vocal choir. One singer more or less will not change the overall sound of the music. However, each hand bell ringer plays specific notes and without these notes there would be “holes” in the music. Throughout the year substitute ringers are essential to a hand bell choir and must be accomplished “sight readers” and able to handle a variety of bells and techniques.
Last Spring we learned that not one, not two, but
three
of our established, experienced ringers who knew our repertoire were leaving. Two ringers (Betty Godwin and Jerry Schweitzer) were moving out of state to be closer to family. The third ringer (Deb Sparma) needed to leave the group to respond to new work commitments. We celebrated and appreciated each of them for their contributions to our group and at the same time we knew we had to quickly find replacements who were experienced hand bell ringers to fill the “holes.”
We are extremely pleased to welcome three new and experienced ringers to Music Made in Heaven; Courtney Schlachter, who is a graduate student at UNC, Dee Munro, who has substituted with the group in the past and Ruth Stevens, who is the new Business Manager for the Raleigh Ringers. In addition, Ann Lowe Vodicka, a current Raleigh Ringer who substituted for us last Spring, has become a permanent member of the group.
How fortunate we are to continue with our lovely and challenging repertoire ringing all five octaves of the bells representing our children!
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Be among the first to subscribe to our new YouTube channel:
Music Made In Heaven Hand Bell
Checkout the video from this year's "Bull Ring"; a massed assembly of handbell ringers playing the National Anthem at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Stay tuned for additional videos in the coming months.
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November 15, 7:00 pm
Holiday Service of Hope & Remembrance
First Presbyterian Church
112 S Salisbury Street, Raleigh NC
November 28, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Duke Hospital Holiday Tunes
Duke Medicine Pavilion Walkway
10 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham NC
December 9, 7:00 pm
Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting Service
Apex United Methodist Church
100 South Hughes Street, Apex NC
December 12, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Duke Hospital Holiday Tunes
Duke Medicine Pavilion Walkway
10 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham NC
December 21, 7:00 pm
The Longest Night Service
Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
2209 Fairview Road, Raleigh NC
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"Celebration of Life"
Music Made in Heaven has been asked to play at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center 27th Annual, "Celebration of Life", burn survivors' reunion this November.
This event offers survivors, their families and friends, members of the fire service, current and former Burn Center staff, and community volunteers an opportunity to come together to share stories of struggle, recovery and hope.
The guest speakers this year include Bonnie Woodruff, a
Music Made in Heaven ringer.
After experiencing the ultimate loss of her child, Ben, to a tragic fire at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, she chose to bring positive change to fire prevention efforts and move beyond her personal tragedy to bring hope to others. Today Bonnie works with others across the country as part of
Common Voices
, an advocacy group for fire safety.
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Save the Date!
May 19, 2019:
The Gathering
Join us for our annual Spring handbell concert
June 1, 2019:
Bull Ring (tentative)
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The Gathering
May 2018
Pictured from left to right are:
(Top row) Jerry Schweitzer, Steve Brown, Sterling Smith, Deb Sparma, Chris Schlachter
(Middle row) Tricia Smith, Judith Bergman, Ann Lowe Vodicka, Sabrina Tyndall, Elise Pangborn
(Front row) Libby Barnes, Bonnie Woodruff, Joanne Glassford, Betty Godwin, Barbara Marley (director)
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We greatly appreciate all financial contributions as they help us with the insurance on the bells, the purchase of auxiliary equipment, travel and performance related expenses, communication and printing costs, and upkeep to our website.
Please choose Music Made in Heaven as your donation recipient when shopping online with
Amazon Smile
or
IGive.
For more ways to
donate
, please visit our website.
As always, thank you for your support!
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Music Made in Heaven is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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Music Made in Heaven | 919-373-0103 | mmihraleigh.org
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