Christmas Handbell Duets at Freedom Village (Private Event)

November 30 at 7:15 pm 8:00 pm EST

Freedom Village will be hosting Michigan handbell duo Larry and Carla on the evening of Thursday, November 30th. Larry and Carla will present a performance of Advent and Christmas handbell duets for the residents of this senior community in downtown Holland.

Their program will include popular Christmas carols, less well-known arrangements from other countries, and Advent hymns. Larry and Carla’s duets use just eight handbells, held in the traditional 4-in-hand style, with two bells in each hand.

This is a private event for Freedom Village residents and guests only.

If you’re looking to book a handbell choir for your event, look no further! Larry and Carla are available to play handbell duets for weddings, concerts, worship services, and holiday events. The sound of handbells is a wonderful additional to an Advent or Christmas event! A handbell duo is particularly suitable for venues where space is limited. Larry and Carla are based in Holland, Michigan, but can travel!

If you’d like to book us to play handbell duets for your holiday event, please contact us to find out more. Let us know the details of your event, and the type of performance you’re looking for. It helps to book early for weddings and holiday events, although we can often consider last-minute bookings too!

Christmas handbells at Freedom Village
Free

Larry and Carla

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Freedom Village

145 Columbia Ave
Holland, MI 49423 United States
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Zeeland Community Band Christmas Concert

December 12 at 7:15 pm 9:00 pm EST

The Zeeland Community Band Christmas Concert will take place on Monday, December 12th, 2022. Holland-based handbell duo Larry and Carla will once again be joining with the band, to add the music of handbells to the performance.

About the performers

The Zeeland Community Band (ZCB) is a group dedicated to providing opportunities for the adult musician to rehearse and perform with others that share a passion for music and community outreach. They welcome any musicians with at least a high-school-level proficiency in their chosen instrument.

ZCB director Rose Wiersma earned a Bachelor of Music with an emphasis in music education, music theory, and clarinet performance. She gained her Master of Music degree as a Woodwind Specialist from Western Michigan University. Her advanced studies included Michigan State University and a summer studying in London. She has directed bands at Coopersville Area Public Schools and Grand Valley State University as a woodwind instructor.  

Larry and Carla are West Michigan’s smallest handbell choir! They are available to perform handbell duets for wedding ceremonies, worship and memorial services, and Christmas and holiday events.

Zeeland Community Band Christmas Concert

The Zeeland Community Band Christmas concert will feature a handbell duet prelude by Larry and Carla. This popular annual community event will include a variety of Christmas and holiday music to help you celebrate the season!

Handbells with the Zeeland Community Band
Free Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Zeeland Community Band

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Freedom Village

145 Columbia Ave
Holland, MI 49423 United States
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The 2021 Kalamazoo Ringers Christmas Concert

The 2021 Kalamazoo Ringers Christmas Concert is tomorrow!

Kalamazoo Ringers Christmas Concert

We’re excited about this concert! On a Winter’s Night will be streamed on the Kalamazoo Ringers’ Facebook page at 4pm EST. We were all disappointed not to be able to rehearse and prepare our usual Christmas concert at Grace Harbor. Instead, we cautiously decided to gather only in small groups for this Christmas season – and it turned out to be a lot of fun! The concert is an interesting mixture of handbell solos, duets and small ensembles – with a lot of Choraegus music!

Kalamazoo Ringers Christmas

We’re particularly excited to share our 5-octave arrangement of Of the Father’s Love Begotten. This is a new piece that we haven’t published yet. It will be available to download from Choraegus in May next year. There’s also an exciting arrangement of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, where we’re joined by Martha and Gary Matthews on flute and piano. There’s a nice mixture of small ensemble pieces, from Jason Krug’s beautiful Coventry, played on bell tree, to the pure fun of Valerie Stephenson’s Caroler’s Hoedown… and if you stay tuned until the end, we’ll even show you some outtakes!

The Kalamazoo Ringers Christmas Concert will be live on the Kalamazoo Ringers Facebook page at 4:00pm on Sunday, December 19. The video will be available to watch on Facebook and YouTube afterwards.

We have high hopes of presenting an in-person concert next spring!

Our Online Christmas Handbell Concert

Our online Christmas handbell concert is ready to watch! We’re happy to bring you our 2020 concert – recorded at our summer cottage in Bay View, Michigan. Watch the concert to see and hear some of our favorite holiday 8-bell duets, enjoy some photos of Bay View in the winter, and grab the opportunity to download a brand-new Christmas carol for 8 bells and piano – free of charge until Christmas Day 2020!

The following handbell duets are featured in this concert:

Creator of the Stars of Night
Hills of the North, Rejoice
The Cherry Tree Carol
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Silent Night
‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
I Saw Three Ships
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
De Zak van Sinterklaas
Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
Away in a Manger (Murray)
In the Bleak Midwinter
Angels We Have Heard on High
Hoe Leit dit Kindeke
Jingle Bells and FREE MUSIC OPPORTUNITY!

All of the 6- and 8-bell pieces featured in our concert are available to purchase and download from Choraegus, our music site. If you enjoyed our Christmas concert, please feel welcome to share the video with your family and friends as we celebrate the Christmas season with handbell music!

If you have any questions for us, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help!

Christmas handbell concert - Larry and Carla