Festival 2017
State Festival will be Saturday, February 25, 2017, and will be held at the First Methodist Church in Benton, AR. Dr. Ron Hall has graciously agreed to host us in their lovely facility. There will be plenty of room, and easy access for unloading and loading bells, so plan now to bring your choirs. If you missed our workshops last summer where the music was introduced, you can find it all at the Jeffers “Handbell World” website, www.handbellworld.com. See below for this festival’s selections.
Several changes have been made to the normal Festival schedule, along with changes in the registration fees. To allow for a break in our usual rehearsal-packed day, we are including a lunch break of an hour and a half. As lunch is not included in the registration this year, you will have the option of bringing your own, going out to one of the local restaurants, or purchasing a boxed lunch when you register and staying at the church to shop the Jeffers store.
A new addition is the special event planned for handbell directors: Lunch with Tammy! You can bring your lunch or purchase a boxed lunch when you register, and plan to have an hour’s fellowship with Tammy. This will be an event for directors only where you can ask questions, talk about music, directing, composing, problems and solutions, along with getting to know your fellow directors. Lunchtime for everyone has been extended to an hour and a half, and Jeffers will be represented, so there will be time to browse their offerings too.
Here is the schedule for Festival!
Tammy Waldrop, Clinician
Tammy Waldrop is a graduate of Baylor University with both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Music Theory with an emphasis in Composition. Tammy has been writing and arranging for handbells and vocal choirs since 1980, placing over 350 publications with 19 publishers. She has held music editor positions at Word music, Ring Out! Press, and Alfred Music Publishing and has served numerous churches in various denominations. She is a frequent clinician/director for workshops, music weeks and festivals across the country. She is currently Musical Director for the Community Handbell Ensemble, Strikepoint of Texas as well as Sanctuary Bells of First Presbyterian, Kingwood, Texas.
Tammy enjoys vegetable and herb gardening and writing children’s fiction. She resides in New Caney, Texas with her husband, Emanuel Hollander and three Eskie canines –Gretel, Johann Sebastian Bark (aka Hanzie) and Lillie Belle.
Music for State Festival 2017
“Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal” arr. Edwards; 3-5 octaves, Level 3, MAP45224 (Mass)
“You Raise Me Up” arr. Raney; 3-5 octaves, Level 2+, MHP2592 (Mass)
“The Day of Resurrection” arr. Moklebust; 3-5 octaves, Level 3-, MCGB930 (Mass) (parts for instruments, voice, and organ also available)
“Fantasia on Ebenezer” Waldrop; 3-5 octaves, Level 2+, MLC201654L (Mass)
“In the Bleak Midwinter” Dobrinski; 3-5 octaves, Level 2, MHP2732 (Tins)
“Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” arr. Raney/Sherman, 3-6 octaves, Level 3, MHP2721 (Coppers)
State Festival will be Saturday, February 25, 2017, and will be held at the First Methodist Church in Benton, AR. Dr. Ron Hall has graciously agreed to host us in their lovely facility. There will be plenty of room, and easy access for unloading and loading bells, so plan now to bring your choirs. If you missed our workshops last summer where the music was introduced, you can find it all at the Jeffers “Handbell World” website, www.handbellworld.com. See below for this festival’s selections.
Several changes have been made to the normal Festival schedule, along with changes in the registration fees. To allow for a break in our usual rehearsal-packed day, we are including a lunch break of an hour and a half. As lunch is not included in the registration this year, you will have the option of bringing your own, going out to one of the local restaurants, or purchasing a boxed lunch when you register and staying at the church to shop the Jeffers store.
A new addition is the special event planned for handbell directors: Lunch with Tammy! You can bring your lunch or purchase a boxed lunch when you register, and plan to have an hour’s fellowship with Tammy. This will be an event for directors only where you can ask questions, talk about music, directing, composing, problems and solutions, along with getting to know your fellow directors. Lunchtime for everyone has been extended to an hour and a half, and Jeffers will be represented, so there will be time to browse their offerings too.
Here is the schedule for Festival!
Tammy Waldrop, Clinician
Tammy Waldrop is a graduate of Baylor University with both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Music Theory with an emphasis in Composition. Tammy has been writing and arranging for handbells and vocal choirs since 1980, placing over 350 publications with 19 publishers. She has held music editor positions at Word music, Ring Out! Press, and Alfred Music Publishing and has served numerous churches in various denominations. She is a frequent clinician/director for workshops, music weeks and festivals across the country. She is currently Musical Director for the Community Handbell Ensemble, Strikepoint of Texas as well as Sanctuary Bells of First Presbyterian, Kingwood, Texas.
Tammy enjoys vegetable and herb gardening and writing children’s fiction. She resides in New Caney, Texas with her husband, Emanuel Hollander and three Eskie canines –Gretel, Johann Sebastian Bark (aka Hanzie) and Lillie Belle.
Music for State Festival 2017
“Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal” arr. Edwards; 3-5 octaves, Level 3, MAP45224 (Mass)
“You Raise Me Up” arr. Raney; 3-5 octaves, Level 2+, MHP2592 (Mass)
“The Day of Resurrection” arr. Moklebust; 3-5 octaves, Level 3-, MCGB930 (Mass) (parts for instruments, voice, and organ also available)
“Fantasia on Ebenezer” Waldrop; 3-5 octaves, Level 2+, MLC201654L (Mass)
“In the Bleak Midwinter” Dobrinski; 3-5 octaves, Level 2, MHP2732 (Tins)
“Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” arr. Raney/Sherman, 3-6 octaves, Level 3, MHP2721 (Coppers)