I play the handbells. My church has a handbell chior. A couple of months ago, the handbell chior director asked me if I'd be interested in joining again. I had previously been in the chior when LB and I first got married, but we moved soon after and I had to drop out. But now that we're back I took the offer and joined up again. So, yes, I am an official ding-a-ling!
I have lots of fun! There are a total of 12 members of in the chior. I play 4 bells. I play B-flat, B, Middle C, and C-sharp in the bass cleft. Sometimes it's confusing because I'm not good at reading music. But we muddle through. I have a great book partner who keeps me in-line and is a lot of fun to play with.
Right now we are working on 3 pieces to play for Easter. I came in at just the right time, because I started learning the music with them. Sometimes I play the wrong note. Sometimes I play on the wrong beat. Sometimes I just miss my note all together. But, they haven't kicked me out yet.
It's kinda neat how 12 people, each having only two or three notes a piece make one song. It definately takes a lot of team work to make the songs come out right.
Your ding dong
Amy
Glad you are going for it. We are all ding-a-lings every now and then. That's what makes life interesting.
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