Righteous Ringers Rock!

The youth handbell ensemble rang for worship today. They performed Kevin McChesney's "Grand March," which includes a French horn solo. They did a great job. We had to make some adjustments since we're only seven ringers trying to cover three octaves. But both performances (FirstLight and 11 AM) were great! Corey M. was a mighty fine addition for this piece. They rang so well I gave them the afternoon off from rehearsal! I'm not sure where the name "Righteous Ringers" came from. I think Bob Ratchford came up with it sometime earlier in the week. The kids didn't barf over it, so if we're not careful it may stick (eeeww!). I am proud of the ringers for taking on both services (offertory at FirstLight and prelude at 11 AM) with a bare minimum of complaining. Aside from Corey, the ringers are Lisle G., Austin R., Nick P., Caroline P. (AWOL for these photos: studying, between services, no less), Kaitlyn D. and Jordan R.

Digital Music resource

Cokesbury's Church Music Workshop went digital a few years ago, with much of the music content being available on the web. Later this year, the whole project is leaving print and will be solely web-based. Here is a link to the Digital Music portion of the journal. I (Mike Barker) have a few pieces scattered throughout the offerings, in piano/organ solos, handbell music and miscellaneous choral music (much of my service music output is here). Please pay them a visit, and buy some music!

Children's Musical

Our Logos children's choirs recently presented a little musical, Through the Roof, by Terry Kirkland and published by Cokesbury-Abingdon Press. The kids did a great job: the singing was wonderful and the speakers did remarkably well. We (that is Kent and Nicholas Patton) made new frames for backdrops, then we asked Sara LeVan to design the backdrop, and let her guide the sixth-graders in doing the painting. Their work is in the background of these photos. Here are a couple of shots of some of the leads. Mary (above) was the Scribe and Ben was Jesus.

The Organ

The sanctuary organ was installed in 1979 by ther Reuter firm. It includes 21 ranks of pipes over 2 manuals and pedal. Major gifts for the instrument were from the Mary Louise H. Cooley and her family in memory of her husband. Here is a shot of some of the pipes inside the case, and a shot of the whole case.