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Not-Collecting Chickens – the Complete Guide

Not-collecting chickens has become an important part of our life in the last couple of years! If you’ve ever looked at our Facebook page on a Tuesday, and wondered why on earth there are so many posts about chickens, and no posts about our handbell music, we’ll explain it here.

How the whole chicken adventure started

In October 2019, we bought our sweet little Victorian cottage at Bay View, in northern Michigan. As is usual with cottage sales at the Bay View Association, the previous owner included some furniture and other items in the sale. One of these items, left on a shelf in the kitchen, was a chicken.

The random chicken that started it all

This sweet chicken seemed lonely, as the only chicken in our kitchen. The top of the microwave looked vast and empty, so we bought a red chicken with white spots to go on top of it. Then that chicken clearly needed a friend. During a romantic stroll around our local HomeGoods, we saw a white chicken that looked like the perfect companion to sit on the microwave. And so it continued. Before we knew it, we had chickens in our cottage. Not a lot of chickens, but definitely some.

Actual collectors of chickens

In this world, it is well known that some people are actual collectors of chickens. Some people collect coins, stamps, hippos, porcelain dolls, owls, or other random things. Some people collect chickens. They are happy and proud to be actual collectors of chickens. They have shelves in their homes, for the chickens, and they eagerly search for chickens in antiques stores and thrift shops, to increase their collection. Some people specialize in collecting a particular kind of chicken – like ceramic chickens, for example, or chicken kitchenware.

Actual collectors of real, live chickens

Some people like to collect real, live chickens. Backyard chickens are a big thing these days, and social media is full of photos and videos of happy people with their chickens. They sit outside and watch their chickens, they collect eggs, and they post videos of their chickens doing amusing things during the day. It’s a good life, if that’s what you want to do.

It’s a slippery slope

Collecting chickens can be a slippery slope. You can find chickens everywhere. They’re in antiques stores, thrift shops and grocery stores. You find them in art galleries and gift shops, and even at farmers’ markets and museums. The chickens that are available for purchase can be very tempting. You buy one or two chickens, and yes, they’re sweet. Family members start giving you chicken-items for birthdays and Christmas, and the chickens start to pile up in your home. You put up a couple more shelves, or replace your cute little accent cabinet with a much taller cupboard that has more space inside. Before you know it, you’re renting a storage unit on the edge of town, and then you have to move into it, because the chickens have completely taken over your home, and your kids aren’t talking to you any more, out of fear that they’ll inherit them all.

vintage chicken wreath
A vintage chicken wreath, seen at New Beginnings Resale in Harbor Springs, Michigan

Why we started not-collecting chickens

We reached a point where people were starting to think that we were collecting chickens. That was understandable, because we’d shared photos of some of our chickens on social media. However, we definitely didn’t want to become actual collectors of chickens. We decided to prove that we weren’t, by taking photos of all the chickens we saw, but didn’t collect. This would be the evidence that we were officially not collecting chickens. We added the all-important hyphen, and it became known as Not-Collecting Chickens. It’s even a hashtag on Facebook now – #NotCollectingChickens. Hyphens don’t work with hashtags, of course, so you just have to remember that it’s there in secret.

How to not-collect a chicken

  • See a chicken as you go about your daily life. This could be a real, live chicken, or it could be some other kind of chicken. Not a food-chicken, but perhaps a carved, wooden chicken, or a metal chicken, or a ceramic chicken, a chicken mug, or a chicken on a t-shirt. You get the idea. There are not-collectable chickens everywhere.
  • Take a photo of the chicken. Don’t take the chicken home with you. Note that it’s helpful if you don’t pick up the chicken and start to bond with it. Admiring the cuteness is fine, but once you start to imagine where the chicken could sit in your living room, you’re running the risk of turning into an actual collector of chickens. It’s entirely up to you, but do you really need chickens?
  • Send the photo to us for the not-collection. You can post it on our Facebook page, or click on the message button to send it privately if you don’t want to risk other people seeing it before we do.
  • Congratulations! You have successfully not-collected a chicken! Now find some more!
A beautiful not-collectable chicken, complete with underage chickens

Why is the hyphen so important?

If you think about it, there’s a big difference between not collecting chickens, and not-collecting chickens. There are lots of people who don’t collect chickens, after all. They don’t even think about chickens. They don’t look for them in thrift stores, and they don’t yell “CHICKEN!” as they drive past one in someone’s back yard, then turn around and go back to take a photo of it. You can ask someone if they collect chickens, and they’ll reply that no, they don’t collect chickens (unless they do, of course).

The art of not-collecting chickens is a more deliberate thing. You have to take a photo of the chicken, for a start, as proof of the successful not-collection! That’s why the hyphen matters. It’s the difference between simply not collecting chickens, and actively seeking out chickens to not-collect, and not-collecting them by taking the photo without taking the chicken home.

Extreme temptation

Some chickens are very tempting. You’ll see them in the thrift stores and gift shops, and you’ll love the cuteness of them, and their sweet little head-thingies and underbeak dangly bits! They might have soft wings, or fluffy little underage chickens with them. The choice is always yours. If you are catastrophically tempted by a chicken, and you end up taking it home, don’t panic.

The photo below shows us being seriously tempted by MASSIVE RED CHRISTMAS CHICKENS in our local Tractor Supply place. We were able to not-collect these successfully, but it wasn’t easy. We were quite obsessed with these MASSIVE RED CHRISTMAS CHICKENS for a while. Are we over them now? Well, no. We still don’t have one on our porch, though. Sometimes the number on the price tag helps to make a chicken more not-collectable.

MASSIVE RED CHRISTMAS CHICKENS at the Tractor Supply place

Occasional adoption doesn’t count as collecting

There are definitely some situations where it’s okay to take a chicken home with you. There is no need for guilt at this point. Occasional adoption doesn’t count as collecting. It’s a totally different thing. There are also several other situations where taking a chicken home won’t turn you into an actual collector of chickens:

  • When a chicken is a gift. If someone gives you a chicken (even if they say, “I know you collect chickens!”), it’s okay to take the chicken, and it totally won’t count as collecting. It would be very rude to tell someone that you don’t want a chicken, especially as it might be a very nice chicken. Take the chicken, adopt it into your home, and send us a photo of it for our not-collection. Even if someone thinks YOU are an actual collector of chickens, WE are definitely not.
  • When a chicken is handmade. If you make a chicken, that definitely shouldn’t count as collecting. If you have crochet skills, or you know how to knit a chicken, it’s perfectly acceptable to create a chicken and keep it in your home. Even if you made one out of a paper plate, it still wouldn’t count as collecting if you decided to keep it.
  • When a chicken is handmade and is a gift. If someone gives you a chicken that they’ve made themselves, that also would not count as collecting. To be given a handmade chicken is a very special thing, and no one should ever say no-thank-you to a handmade chicken. Think of the love and time that went into creating that chicken!
  • When it’s an Emotional Support Chicken. We’ve probably all seen Emotional Support Chickens. They’re usually crocheted or knitted, and they look very sweet and emotionally supportive. If you have an Emotional Support Chicken, we’re pretty sure that it’s illegal for anyone to suggest that you’re an actual collector of chickens. That chicken is providing a vital service for your mental and emotional health, and that definitely doesn’t make you an actual collector of chickens!
  • When you inherit a chicken. Inheriting a chicken is a very special privilege. It definitely doesn’t count as collecting. Even if you inherit someone’s entire chicken collection, you can still claim it as an occasional adoption situation. Just don’t add to it. You know the risks. Storage units are expensive.
  • When you have struggled with temptation, and you already love the chicken. Chickens need homes. If you are overcome by temptation in the antiques store, you can purchase the chicken if you really want to, and it will just count as an occasional adoption situation. Adopt the chicken, take it to your home, and resolve to not-collect the next one you see. Repeat as many times as you need to.
Our friend Eileen knitted a chicken (Poppy), and gave her some wingbells to play!

Chicken Tuesday

Chicken Tuesday now has its own hashtag on Facebook! If you go to our Facebook page, and it happens to be a Tuesday, you’ll see photos of chickens, videos of chickens, news stories about chickens, and chicken crafts. Larry might even be wearing a chicken t-shirt. Best of all, Chicken Tuesday is when we share the photos of the chickens that we and our friends have not-collected in recent weeks! We have several Facebook albums filled with not-collected chickens now, and we add to the not-collection every week.

We know that some people talk about tacos on Tuesday, but that’s not a thing for us.

Chicken of the Week

On Tuesdays, if there is a particularly special chicken, that chicken will get the Chicken of the Week award! There are no prizes if your chicken is chosen to be Chicken of the Week, but it’s exciting anyway! We have to admit that chickens chosen for this special award are often handmade, by people with knitting or crochet skills. Eileen’s chicken in the photo above was a recipient of the Chicken of the Week award, for example. Here is another:

chicken of the week
A beautiful crocheted chicken, made by Rachel

Not-chickens

If you start not-collecting chickens, you’ll see them everywhere. Sometimes you’ll even notice something that looks like a chicken, and you’ll take a photo, then you’ll realize that it wasn’t actually a chicken. It was just a vaguely chicken-shaped item, or something that looked like a chicken because of a shadow. When that happened to us a few times, we decided to make it okay to not-collect not-chickens too. After all, why waste a perfectly good chicken-ish photo? Here is an example of a not-chicken:

prickly pear cactus, not chicken
Meijer Gardens says this is a prickly pear cactus. It’s also a not-chicken.

Not not-collecting turkeys

Sometimes, when we’re out not-collecting chickens, we notice that there are a lot of turkeys. This happens often in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, but sometimes at other times of the year too. Larry is always very sad to find turkeys, because we’re not not-collecting turkeys.

Poor Larry, outside Third Coast Bakery in Traverse City. We’ve never seen a chicken there.

Thank you to everyone who’s joined in the fun!

We’re genuinely thankful to everyone who’s joined us in not-collecting chickens, and celebrating Chicken Tuesday with us each week! If you’ve shared photos of your chickens, or crocheted a chicken, or sent us pictures of chickens that you’ve managed to not-collect on your travels – thank you! We couldn’t do this without you! Well, okay, we probably could. Yes, we still would. It wouldn’t be as much fun, though!

emotional support chicken
An Emotional Support Chicken, beautifully made by Debbie’s cousin, who has crochet skills

Love Locks in Los Gatos, California – an Update on our Padlock!

Have you ever heard about the tradition of “love padlocks”? A couple of years ago, we read about a bridge in Paris, France. This bridge was a famous location for couples to place padlocks known as “love locks”. We read more – and found out that a “love lock” is a padlock that a happy couple can lock onto a bridge or fence, as a symbol of their love. The lock usually has names or initials on it. By tradition, the key is thrown away, to show that the happy couple’s love will last forever.

We read that there are “love locks” locations in many places across the globe. Sometimes the local authorities view the locks as a public nuisance, and remove them. However, in other places, the padlocks are considered a romantic tourist attraction, popular with locals and visitors alike.

Finding a love lock of our own

Being a pair of hopeless romantics, we didn’t want to let an opportunity pass us by! We weren’t making any plans to visit Paris any time soon, so we looked online for a “love locks” location closer to home. There was a place that looked perfect – a purpose-built structure at the Museum of Art in Los Gatos, California.

We ordered an engraved padlock from a company called “Make Love Locks”, and this is what it looked like. Note the extreme purpleness:

love padlock - Larry and Carla forever

A place for our love lock

On Valentine’s Day 2014, we drove to Los Gatos to lock our padlock in place. We found the Museum of Art, and saw a fence-like structure, with some padlocks on!

Love Locks - Los Gatos Museum of Art

We locked our padlock in place, but didn’t do the traditional thing of throwing away the key. If we ever needed to remove the padlock, we’d prefer to do it without having to hack it apart! Here is the padlock in place, in all its purple glory:

love padlock in Los Gatos

Fast forward to June 2015…

We read online that authorities had removed 45 tons of love padlocks from the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris. Apparently, the weight of the locks had been bringing down parts of the fencing on the bridge. We were very relieved that we hadn’t put our padlock there! It seemed like a fun idea to go back to Los Gatos and check that our lock was still in place.

We arrived at the Art Museum late in the afternoon, and headed straight for the love locks fencing. Where was our purple padlock?

love locks in Los Gatos

We had a few moments of panic, until we looked more closely at some of the padlocks in front of us. Suddenly we saw it! Of course, we’d been looking for purple. Sadly, our padlock hasn’t fared very well in the strong sunshine, and has faded to more of a lilac-grey. Still, we were relieved to see it, and glad that we could still read the words on it.

Los Gatos Love Lock

Do you have a love padlock too?

So, that’s the story of our love padlock. We hope to go back and visit it again some day! If you and your partner have a love padlock of your own somewhere, why not let us know on our Facebook page. We’d love to see a photo too!

A tour of the Malmark Handbell Factory

We were recently in Philadelphia to perform our concert with Philadelphia Bronze – our first-ever visit to Philadelphia! This seemed like an ideal time for a tour of the Malmark handbell factory. It’s the place where our handbells were made!

The Malmark Bellcraftsmen factory is located in Plumsteadville, PA. We were strangers to the area, but still managed to get on the right road and find the place we were looking for. This big sign helped a lot:

tour of the Malmark handbell factory

Our tour started in a room full of history. We were able to see the “1st production” Malmark handbell, made in December 1974, and a selection of various handbells made many years ago and in other countries. Our tour guide, Martha, talked about the process of making the bells, starting from the design itself, where the sound and overtones are determined by the shape, diameter and wall thickness of the bell. Handbells are made of bronze; 80% copper and 20% tin. You can read about the casting process at www.malmark.com.

The smallest and largest handbells ever made!

Here’s a picture of the largest and smallest bells ever made by Malmark; the G0 and the C9.

biggest and smallest handbells by Malmark

Larry’s a bass bell specialist, and he was pleased to be allowed to try playing the G0 bell – with great care! People have observed that it sounds more like a gong than a bell.

We visited the machine shop next, and admired the obvious skill and dedication needed to operate the lathe and tune the bells in the next part of the tour. It’s precision work, and a fascinating process to watch. We have to admit that all those golden, gleaming turnings – the shavings from the bells, which sparkled all over the machinery – made us think of Christmas!

Malmark handbell factory tour

The polishing department was an exciting place! It was impressive to see the difference between the bell at the start of the process and after machine-polishing.

polishing Malmark handbells
Malmark handbell tour

So many shiny bells!

We discovered that walking into a huge room full of bells can be an awe-inspiring experience. Was Carla the first person to CRY when she saw this? We don’t know, but ohhh… so many bells! So much bronze! So much SHINY!

Handbells at the Malmark factory

Skilled and dedicated people

Something that really impressed us at the Malmark factory was the obvious skill and dedication of the people working there. It’s great to meet people who are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the work they’re doing. They are all aware of the important part they play in the creation of the finished product. If we lived near Plumsteadville, we’d definitely want to work there!

Malmark handbell handles

We found out that bells can be “rejected” at any stage of the production process. This can even happen in the very final stages, when they’ve already gone through several stages of tuning, been polished and given their handles and clappers. Some of the rejected bells are returned to the foundry to be melted down again, while others become beautiful gifts.

Handbell gifts from Malmark

Others are not so fortunate and end up gathering dust, as makeshift doorstops.

handbells in a box

Bass handbells!

Next… those great big bass bells. Larry calls them “aluminum”, and Carla tries hard not to call them “aluminium” (there’s a subtle US/UK difference there!) . Whatever you call them, they’re large, and they start off very heavy before some of the weight has been tuned out of them. For the last few years, Larry has played these aluminum bells at the Bay View Week of Handbells, which takes place in Michigan every August. That’s where his t-shirt came from!

aluminum bass handbells

Malmark also manufactures Choirchime® instruments, which also go through a tuning process. It was unusual for us to see so many handchimes in one place!

Malmark choirchimes at the factory

We finished our tour of the Malmark factory in the Demonstration Ringing Room, where we rehearsed a few pieces for the following evening’s concert with Philadelphia Bronze.

Malmark Cymbells

If you’re ever in Pennsylvania, we’d recommend taking a tour of the Malmark factory. There’s so much to see there, and you’ll have the opportunity to meet a group of people who are really passionate about the instruments they create. Even if you don’t play handbells, it’s a fascinating place to visit. We took lots more photos, so please click on this link to see the complete set!

And no, Malmark didn’t pay us to write this!

Someone asked us if Malmark paid us to write this review of their factory tour – and the answer is no. We really did enjoy our time there!

A Handbell Concert with Philadelphia Bronze!

Exciting news!  We’ve been invited to Pennsylvania at the end of this month, to perform in concert with Philadelphia Bronze!

Philadelphia Bronze concert

This will be our first-ever trip to the Philadelphia area, which looks like an interesting place to visit! We’ll only be there for three days, but we’re already busy making plans for the trip. We’ll definitely include a visit to Malmark Bellcraftsmen, the manufacturers of the bells we use for playing our duets.

More information about the concert

The concert with Philadelphia Bronze will take place on Saturday, May 30th, 2015 at 7:00pm. It will be at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 132 E. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406. We’ll perform some brand-new and unpublished duets in this concert. We’ll also share a new piece written by Larry for eight handbells and flute. We’re looking forward to hearing some exciting music from Philadelphia Bronze too!

On Sunday, May 31st, we’ll play some of our duets during the morning worship service at Newtown United Methodist Church. Then we’ll fly back to California later that day.

We’ll be posting more information about our trip on our Facebook page in the coming week. You can find Philadelphia Bronze on Facebook too!

The Siskiyou Summit Handbell Conference 2015

We very much enjoyed our trip to Ashland, Oregon for the Siskiyou Summit Handbell Conference. We love long road-trips, and the drive from Mountain View up to Ashland is always a fun one.

Larry was this year’s guest clinician/director, and Carla taught classes on British-style four-in-hand ringing. We both had a busy weekend! We performed a selection of our 8-bell duets for event participants, at the Friday evening Showcase Concert. Saturday involved a full day of massed-ringing rehearsals and classes, followed by a well-attended public concert.

Here’s a photo from one of Carla’s classes, where participants were enthusiastic about learning to play 4-in-hand the British way! This is a particular challenge for anyone who hasn’t attempted to play two bells in one hand before. It’s also fairly mind-blowing for people who usually use the ring-and-knock style of playing 4-in-hand. Switching to a whole new method is a tricky thing to do!

Siskiyou Summit Handbell Conference - 4-in-hand class

Larry very much enjoyed the opportunity to direct this massed-ringing event. We enjoyed the individual group’s performances too!

Our thanks go to Diane Barnes, the event organiser. We’re also thankful to the musicians who worked so hard to make the Siskiyou Summit Handbell Conference a success. You can find more photos from the weekend are on our Facebook page!

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Photos and Videos from the 34th Annual SECC Handbell Festival

The SECC Handbell Festival was a great success. More than a hundred skilled young handbell musicians attended, and worked very hard to prepare for the concert. Larry had the privilege of being their clinician for the event.

We were both so impressed by the skill and dedication of the young musicians at this event. The choirs arrived well-prepared, and stayed focused throughout the rehearsals. Their individual performances were of a very high standard, and they performed the massed ringing pieces very well. If you’d like to see some of the highlights from the SECC Handbell Festival, here’s a video with excerpts from the rehearsals and the evening concert. The concert featured music by Arnold Sherman, Kevin McChesney, William Gross, Jason Krug, Linda McKechnie, Tim Waugh, Michael Glasgow, Catherine McMichael, Matthew Compton and our very own Larry Sue. A snippet from our performance of our eight-bell duet “Great is Thy Faithfulness” appears about 18 minutes into the video.

We also very much enjoyed this performance of Matthew Compton’s arrangement of “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?”, by Bellissimo, a group from Redlands Advent Academy. Here’s a video from the event:

If you’d like to see more photos from this event, you can find them on our Facebook page!

Handbell duo Larry and Carla Sue at the 34th Annual SECC Handbell Festival, Riverside, CA
34th Annual SECC Handbell Festival, Riverside, CA – 2015

New Music for Handbells – The Love of God – for 8 Bells

Here’s our latest eight-bell piece. It’s a hymn called The Love of God, which has become one of our favorites in recent months. We started learning it while we were raising money for the Salvation Army at the Red Kettle in our local supermarket before Christmas. It was fairly easy to hide it among the Christmas and holiday music. There was a back-up plan that if anyone asked us what it was called, we’d tell them it’s also known as On Christmas Morn.

We also played The Love of God during a church service in Redding a couple of weekends ago. We think this piece could work nicely for a trio or quartet as well.

The Love of God is available for purchase and download from our music site.

More information about Choraegus handbell music

Purchasing this arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to four copies for your handbell ensemble – so you only need to pay once. Purchase also gives permission for performance, broadcasting, live-streaming and video-sharing online. See our licensing agreement for full details. Please remember to mention the title and arranger of the piece on video-sharing sites, social media and any printed materials.

Please note that our music is designed to be downloaded as PDFs. You’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail.

If you haven’t purchased music online from Choraegus before, you might like to look at our step-by-step guide. We designed this to help you navigate the purchase and download process in a (we hope!) stress-free way.

Any questions for us?

If you have any questions about our music, please start by reading our Frequently-Asked Questions. Please contact us if you don’t find the answers you’re looking for, and we’ll do what we can to help!

The Love of God

We Don’t Always Play Handbells. Oh, Wait. Actually We Do

We don’t always play handbells. Hmm. Maybe we do. It might even be an addiction. What do you think?

we dont always play handbells - meme

Do you play handbells too? Would you like to play more?

If you want to spend more time playing handbells, check our our music site, Choraegus. You’ll find lots of handbell scores to keep you busy! Maybe try something new – a solo piece, or something for bass bells. Alternatively, grab an enthusiastic partner and try a 6- or 8-bell duet! Listen to lots of demonstration videos, and find out more about what’s available from our music site. Improve your bass-ringing skills with The Bass Ringer’s Notebook; the ultimate guide to swinging the buckets.

Do you actually NOT play handbells?

If you don’t play handbells, but you appreciate handbell music, there are still ways to get involved. YouTube is full of handbell videos to watch, from choirs all over the world. Another thing you could consider is booking a handbell choir (or a handbell duo) to play at your event. Host a concert, invite us to your worship service, have handbell music at a wedding ceremony or holiday event – there are so many options! Contact us, and let’s talk more about how we can bring our music to where you are.

New Handbell Music – Great is Thy Faithfulness – for 8 Bells

Here’s another new piece for eight handbells – the popular hymn Great is Thy Faithfulness. We performed it for the first time at the Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert in Menlo Park in January, and it’s fast becoming one of our favorite pieces to play. It has just the right amount of challenge, without being anywhere close to impossible, and a nice loud ending. This piece would work for four-in-hand duet, or trio or quartet.

If you’d like to play Great Is Thy Faithfulness, it’s available for purchase and download from Choraegus.

Things to know about buying music from Choraegus

Purchasing this arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to four copies for your handbell ensemble – so you only need to pay once. Purchase also gives permission for performance, broadcasting, live-streaming and video-sharing online. See our licensing agreement for full details. Please remember to mention the title and arranger of the piece on video-sharing sites, social media and any printed materials such as concert programs.

Please note that our music is designed to be downloaded as PDFs. You’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail.

If you haven’t purchased music online from Choraegus before, you might like to look at our step-by-step guide, designed to help you navigate the purchase and download process in a (we hope!) stress-free way.

Any questions for us?

If you have any questions about our music, please start by reading our Frequently-Asked Questions. Please contact us if you don’t find the answers you’re looking for, and we’ll do what we can to help!

Other news!

In other news… photos from the Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert are now on our Facebook page. Coming soon are photos from our trip to a local preschool, and pictures from the Redding Bronze event.

Thank You to Everyone Who Came to the Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert

A huge “thank you” to everyone who came to the Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert in Menlo Park last Friday! We had a great evening, and very much enjoyed the opportunity to hear Angela Kraft Cross on the organ. Dr Kraft Cross has given over four hundred concerts across the United States. She has also performed in Canada, England, Holland, France, Hungary, Lesotho and Guam. To say she’s an experienced performer would be an understatement!

It was encouraging to have such a large audience in the church on Friday evening. These benefit concerts are a wonderful way to support the valuable work of the Alzheimer’s Association. We’re grateful to T. Paul Rosas, organist at Los Altos United Methodist Church, for inviting us to be a part of this fundraising effort.

Here’s a picture of us in the church before the concert, with Angela Kraft Cross.

concert in Menlo Park - handbells and organ

Over the next few days we’ll be posting more photos and video excerpts from the concert in Menlo Park. You’ll be able to see them here on our website, and on Facebook and YouTube. If you couldn’t attend the concert, it’s not too late to make a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association. Contact us to find out how, and we’ll put you in touch with the concert organiser. Alternatively, you might enjoy taking part in a local Walk for Alzheimer’s event near you!

We’re looking forward to the next Alzheimer’s Benefit Concert. We’ll let you know when it will be happening!