Arkansas State Festival 2021
Arkansas' annual State Festival will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the First United Methodist Church in Conway. Our clinician will be Stephanie "Stevie" Berryman from Houston, Texas. One has only to read her bio to see that this will be a very special festival!
Stevie Berryman is astonishingly good at the game Boggle. She can fold a fitted sheet so it looks like it came right out of the package. Likewise, her skills as music director and teacher have also been acquired through long hours of arduous and dedicated practice. For much of her career Stevie has directed seven or more ensembles each week, meaning she has 98 years of experience (in dog years). Her effusive energy and wild creativity found a perfect setting in 2013 when she became the Artistic Director of the Houston Chamber Ringers, which has let her smash together her love for music, laughter, and tacos in a truly remarkable way. She has a particular passion for teaching children how to ring, and her innovative methods have made her a sought after educator at area and national handbell festivals. Stevie serves as the handbell director at First Congregational Church Houston, and loves helping other choirs as a private clinician or planning epic concerts for them as a creative consultant. She and her husband Paul are co-owners of Truly Horrible Things, a snarky card game company, even though her mother always told her that no one would ever pay her to be sarcastic.
See? It should be "epic"! Online registration will be posted by November 1. The selected music is at this LINK, and you are encouraged to take a look and purchase it now! There is still time to get it ready for Festival, and there are only 3 mass pieces. Check it out--the Coppers piece and one of the mass ringing pieces are "reruns" from years past, so you may already have the music!
Here's the schedule:
8-9 Registration and Setup
9-9:15 Introductions
9:15 Mass Rehearsal 1
10:15 Break
10:30 Mass Rehearsal 2
11:30-12 Tins Rehearsal
11:30-1 Coppers Lunch
12-1 Directors lunch with Stevie
12-1:30 Tins Lunch
1-1:30 Coppers Rehearsal
1:30-2:30 Mass Rehearsal 3
2:30-2:50 Tins/Coppers Touch-up
2:50 Break
3:05 Closing Concert
Stevie Berryman is astonishingly good at the game Boggle. She can fold a fitted sheet so it looks like it came right out of the package. Likewise, her skills as music director and teacher have also been acquired through long hours of arduous and dedicated practice. For much of her career Stevie has directed seven or more ensembles each week, meaning she has 98 years of experience (in dog years). Her effusive energy and wild creativity found a perfect setting in 2013 when she became the Artistic Director of the Houston Chamber Ringers, which has let her smash together her love for music, laughter, and tacos in a truly remarkable way. She has a particular passion for teaching children how to ring, and her innovative methods have made her a sought after educator at area and national handbell festivals. Stevie serves as the handbell director at First Congregational Church Houston, and loves helping other choirs as a private clinician or planning epic concerts for them as a creative consultant. She and her husband Paul are co-owners of Truly Horrible Things, a snarky card game company, even though her mother always told her that no one would ever pay her to be sarcastic.
See? It should be "epic"! Online registration will be posted by November 1. The selected music is at this LINK, and you are encouraged to take a look and purchase it now! There is still time to get it ready for Festival, and there are only 3 mass pieces. Check it out--the Coppers piece and one of the mass ringing pieces are "reruns" from years past, so you may already have the music!
Here's the schedule:
8-9 Registration and Setup
9-9:15 Introductions
9:15 Mass Rehearsal 1
10:15 Break
10:30 Mass Rehearsal 2
11:30-12 Tins Rehearsal
11:30-1 Coppers Lunch
12-1 Directors lunch with Stevie
12-1:30 Tins Lunch
1-1:30 Coppers Rehearsal
1:30-2:30 Mass Rehearsal 3
2:30-2:50 Tins/Coppers Touch-up
2:50 Break
3:05 Closing Concert
