Handbell Festivals - Baptist General Association of Virginia

2-3 Octave Festival at Eagle Eyrie
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(One table will be supplied for each octave of bells.)
Number of tables we will bring
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will need
($5 each Eagle Eyrie festival/$10 each Richmond festival)
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have (2, 3, each
4, or– 5)
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Richmond festival)
(One table will be supplied for each octave of bells.)
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Total fees enclosed
Program Fee included (see above)
We wish to ring individually.
$
Fee for additional tables
($5 each – Eagle Eyrie festival/$10 each – Richmond festival)
Music We Will ring:
(List name of choir
and
the enclosed
title, composer/arranger, publisher and number
$
Total
fees
of the music. Do not use any selections required for the massed choir.)
We wish to ring individually.
Group 1
Music We Will Ring:
Group 2
(List name of choir and the title, composer/arranger, publisher and number
of the music. Do not use any selections required for the massed choir.)
Group 3
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
OPEN
February 7-8, 2014
Friday: 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Saturday: 8:20 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
2014
Director
David Schwoebel
Music
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
Virginia Baptist
arr. Kevin McChesney, Agape, 2180
“Jig on Morning Song”
Handbell
Festivals
Sondra Tucker, Jeffers Handbell Supply, Inc., JHS9495
“My Song Is Love Unknown”
arr. Cathy Moklebust, Choristers Guild, CGB203
“This Joyful Eastertide”
arr. Jane McFadden, Agape, 2276
David Schwoebel is Minister of
Music/
Composer in Residence at Derbyshire Baptist
Church in Richmond, VA. He is a graduate
of McKendree College in Lebanon, IL and
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth, TX where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Voice
and Organ Performance, and a Master of Church Music with
an emphasis in Composition. Prior to beginning his ministry
at Derbyshire in January 1997, he had served churches in his
hometown of Belleville, IL, Montgomery AL, and Atlanta, GA.
As an ordained minister, David administrates and oversees a
comprehensive music ministry of six choral organizations, four
handbell choirs, and a 32-piece orchestra. His energetic, handson approach to ministry finds him working each week with
people of all ages, encouraging and equipping them to discover
and develop their varied musical talents and skills.
Eagle Eyrie: February 6-7, 2015
Richmond: February 13-14, 2015
Total number of 6-foot tables needed, or
Total number of ringers for Eagle Eyrie Festival
Number of tables we will bring
length of each
Total number of ringers for Mechanicsville Festival at $29
Number of additional tables we will need
Total
number
of ringers
for Mechanicsville
Festival
($5 each
Eagle Eyrie
festival/$10
each Richmond
festival)at $23
Conference
Virginia Baptist Handbell Festival
tentative 2015 dates:
(Program Fee of $29 per ringer with lunch, $23 per ringer without
number of
lunch, orTotal
$100 minimum
perringers
church) to ring with massed choir
2828 Emerywood Parkway
Richmond, VA 23294
Mechanicsville
3-5 Octave Festival at Broadus Memorial Baptist Church,
Mechanicsville
(Program Fee of $23 per ringer, or $100 minimum per church)
VIRGINIA BAPTISTS
(Program
FeeFestival
of $23 per
ringer, or $100
minimum
per church)
3-5 Octave
at Broadus
Memorial
Baptist
Church,
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
1 Eagle Eyrie Drive Lynchburg, VA 24503
(434) 384-2211
Virginia Baptist Mission Board, Inc.
Baptist General Association of Virginia
3-5 Octave Festival at Eagle Eyrie
Nonprofit Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Richmond, Virginia
Permit No. 636
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please indicate which Festival you’ll be attending:
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2-3 Octave Festival
3-5 Octave Festival
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
1 Eagle Eyrie Drive Lynchburg, VA 24503
(434) 384-2211
Broadus Memorial Baptist Church
5351 Pole Green Road Mechanicsville, VA 23116
(804) 779-2700
Conference
Conference
February 7-8, 2014
February 15, 2014*
2014
Friday: 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Saturday: 8:20 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Director
David Weck
David Fitzgerald
Music
“Risen This Day!”
Michael Ryan, Lorenz, 20/1594L
* This is a change
Director
Music
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
arr. Kevin McChesney, Agape, 2180
“Jig on Morning Song”
“Jubilo”
Sondra Tucker, Jeffers Handbell Supply, Inc., JHS9495
Matthew Prins, From the Top Publishing, 20329
“My Song Is Love Unknown”
“Morning Canticle”
Sondra Tucker, Choristers Guild, CGB233
arr. Cathy Moklebust, Choristers Guild, CGB203
“This Joyful Eastertide”
Eagle Eyrie Festivals Registration Information
2014 Virginia Baptist Handbell Festivals
Forms: Please fill out Eagle Eyrie’s Virginia Baptist Conference
Registration Form
Application Form and a Handbell Festivals Registration Form for
the Virginia Baptist Mission Board.
Register with Eagle Eyrie using the Virginia Baptist Conference
Application Form (downloadable at www.eagleeyrie.org). Costs:
$66.00 (lodge); $86.00 (hotel); $86.00 (Voight Center) Fee is per
person and includes a $10 Services and Facilities fee, one night’s
lodging and three meals. BGAV churches receive a 10% discount
on lodging and meals.
Send completed VBMB registration form (included in brochure) to
the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, Office of Worship & Church
Music Ministries by January 31 with a Program Fee of $23.00 per
ringer. There is a minimum program fee of $100.00 per church.
Tables: Please indicate on the registration form the number of 6-foot
tables that your group will need. Each group is allowed one table
for each octave of bells. Additional tables are available for $5/table.
Please Note: If your group is local, and will be commuting to Eagle
Eyrie each day, the VBMB program fee of $23 per ringer, and the
Eagle Eyrie $10 Services and Facilities fee per person, still applies. The
Services and Facilities fee is required of all guests, as it covers the cost of
insurance, room set-ups and maintenance costs.
Please complete this form online, or complete and send this
form (along with program fee, and additional table fee, if
applicable) by January 31 to:
Virginia Baptist Mission Board
Office of Worship & Church Music Ministries
2828 Emerywood Parkway
Richmond, VA 23294
Fax: (804) 672-3639
Please make checks payable to: VBMB.
If submitting your registration online, please send fees
separately by mail, or if paying by credit card please call our
office to provide that information.
Name of Contact Person:
Daytime Telephone:
arr. Jane McFadden, Agape, 2276
David Fitzgerald presently serves on the staff
of Wake Forest Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC
as Minister of Music and Worship where he oversees
a growing ministry of twenty music and creative
arts groups of all ages and a fine arts concert series.
He has taught music in the public schools at the secondary level
as well as at the college graduate level and has served in music
ministry positions in churches in Virginia, Kentucky and North
Carolina for over thirty years.
David received his BA in Music Education from Lynchburg
College and Master of Church Music degree from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. While at
seminary, he directed the Seminary Handbell Ensemble and
taught handbell methods courses. Throughout the years, David
has been a guest clinician/conductor for state and local handbell
festivals, conferences and workshops in Kentucky and Virginia.
David has also served as accompanist for the Virginia Baptist
Male Chorale as well as accompanist for Virginia festivals and
conferences. David presently accompanies voice students at
Southeastern Seminary and serves as the accompanist for the
Northeast Piedmont Chorale.
David Lee Weck was born and raised in
Belleville, IL. He received his Bachelor and Master
degrees in Music from Southern Illinois University in
Edwardsville, where he studied under his mentor, Dr.
Leonard Van Camp. He taught at both the elementary
and junior high school levels before entering publishing. For the
past twenty years, he has been solely responsible for creating
and developing the Agape Handbell Catalog for Hope Publishing
Company. He has also published a number of SAT arrangements
through Somerset Press, the educational division of Hope.
Founder and director of The Agape Ringers, an auditioned
community handbell ensemble from the Chicago area, he often
serves as a guest conductor or clinician at national handbell
events. An avid church musician, he currently assists with the
music program at First Presbyterian Church of River Forest,
Illinois, where his wife, Dr. Jane Holstein, serves as Director of
Music Ministries. He and Jane reside in Wheaton, Illinois. David
was an integral part of the five person committee that compiled
Hope’s new hymnal WORSHIP & REJOICE (2001).
Broadus Memorial Baptist Church Festival
Registration Information
Name of Handbell Director:
Form: Send completed VBMB registration form (included
in brochure) to the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, Office of
Worship & Church Music Ministries, by January 31 with a
Program Fee of
of $23.00
$29*/$23*
per ringer.
is a minimum
per ringer.
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is a minimum
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fee ofper
$100.00
fee of $100.00
church.per church.
Name of Church:
Tables: Please indicate on the registration form the number of
6-foot tables that your group will need. Each group is allowed one
table for each octave of bells. Additional tables (which have to be
rented) are available for $10 per table.
Mailing Address of Church:
Please Note: There is limited space available for this festival, so please
make sure to register as soon as possible!
Music
The music must be purchased and prepared before coming to the
Festival. Individual choirs are encouraged (but not required) to
ring alone a selection(s) of their choosing for the entire festival.
Six (6) minutes will be allowed for each choir who chooses to do
so. Leaders and ringers may come to the festival to observe and
not ring, but the individual program fee will apply for each person.
E-Mail:
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