Shoreline Ringers at HMA National Seminar 2021
Opening Concert, Phoenix, AZ
Shoreline Ringers was selected to perform the opening concert at the Handbell Musicians of America National Seminar in Phoenix, AZ on July 14, 2021, and they rocked it!!
After a year of ups and downs with a disrupted rehearsal schedule due to COVID19, we all became fully vaccinated and realized our dream of performing before a national audience. Two members drove a rented van to Arizona with all the equipment and 15 other ringers flew out to perform two concerts in the Scottsdale area. Several members attended the entire 4 day seminar, others took the opportunity to vacation, and two other members drove the van back to Connecticut–a round-trip of over 5,000 miles.
We were most grateful to the generous people at our fund raising concert at Dunn’s Corners Presbyterian Community on June 27th who financed our way through each state with the rented van both out and back. They also enjoyed the exact concert we performed for national, including the premier of “Mack the Knife”, a piece we commissioned from Sandra Eithun.
It was a treat to meet the people who arranged the music we played at national and hear how pleased they were with our presentation of their music. Attendees were delighted with the performance, and those of us who attended the seminar were the recipients of their compliments throughout the remainder of the week.
Thank you to all of you who supported us in this venture.
