December 30 at 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
Michigan handbell duo Larry and Carla will be ringing in the Christmas season at Cherry Republic of Holland. Shop for holiday treats as you listen to Christmas bells!
The holiday season tends to start early in the handbell world. We’ve been rehearsing Christmas music with the Kalamazoo Ringers for a number of weeks now. However, we put off starting our own Christmas duet practising until after our Be Still, My Soul concert in Gregory.
The time is now here, and we’re starting to work on Christmas music. We’re getting ready for the first of our holiday performances, at the Kerstmarkt in Downtown Holland, on Friday, November 29th. This European-style market is an annual event here in Holland, and this will be our third year there. It’s always a fun and festive shopping opportunity, and a chance to enjoy delicious food and watch interesting demonstrations by local craftspeople.
If you’re in need of Christmas music for your own handbell ensemble to play, we have plenty of pieces available to purchase, download and print from Choraegus, our music site. We have full-choir pieces, 16-bell pieces, 12- and 8-bell music, and even handbell solos!
We still have some limited availability for holiday handbell performances in December – so if you’d like West Michigan’s smallest handbell choir to come and play at your event, worship service or holiday party, please get in touch. If we can’t fit you into our schedule for this year, let’s plan early for 2020!
December 23 at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Handbell duo Larry and Carla will be playing Christmas handbell music at the Salvation Army Red Kettle at D&W Fresh Market in Holland, Michigan!
December 18 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Handbell duo Larry and Carla will be playing Christmas handbell music at the Salvation Army Red Kettle at D&W Fresh Market in Holland, Michigan!
December 16 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Handbell duo Larry and Carla will be playing Christmas handbell music at the Salvation Army Red Kettle at D&W Fresh Market in Holland, Michigan!
December 9 at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Handbell duo Larry and Carla will be playing Christmas handbell music at the Salvation Army Red Kettle at D&W Fresh Market in Holland, Michigan!
December 2 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Handbell duo Larry and Carla will be playing Christmas handbell music at the Salvation Army Red Kettle at D&W Fresh Market in Holland, Michigan!
Before we launch into rehearsals for Advent and Christmas, we have just one more performance to do! Tomorrow we’ll be driving across Michigan to Gregory, to play in the morning service at Southwest Church of the Nazarene. In the afternoon we’ll be presenting a handbell duet concert of hymns and beautiful melodies to soothe your soul and lift your spirits. We’ll be playing well-known hymns such as Holy Manna, It Is Well with my Soul, and Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. We’ll also be playing some traditional pieces from Scotland, Ireland, Holland and Japan. We might even sneak in a couple of Advent and Christmas carols, because that season is fast-approaching! There will also be a chance to ask us questions about our music and our instruments.
Admission to the concert is free, with an opportunity for a free-will offering. We’d love to see you there!
We have a wide repertoire of handbell duets suitable for worship, or for concerts. We invite you to read about our handbell ministry, and look at independent reviews of our performances. Please contact us if you’d like us to play a handbell duet concert at your church. We’re based in Holland, Michigan, but we’re happy to travel nationwide or internationally.
December 17 at 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm EST
West Michigan handbell duo Larry and Carla will present a program of Christmas handbell music for residents and guests at a senior living community in Jenison. This is a private event.
Looking for something a bit unusual for your Christmas handbell performance or worship service? Here’s our latest eight-bell arrangement! It’s a sixteenth-century Flemish carol called De Drie Koningen (The Three Kings). This carol is suitable either for Epiphany or Christmas. We recorded the video last January, before we took down our Christmas tree!
If you’d like to play this arrangement, the sheet music is available to purchase, download and print from Choraegus.
If you’re new to buying our music online, we strongly recommend that you read the licensing agreement first. Please note in particular that music from Choraegus is designed to be downloaded and printed by the customer. You’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail.
If you’re new to Choraegus, we recommend our step-by-step guide! We designed this to help you navigate the purchasing process in a stress-free way.
If you have any questions about our music, please look at our Frequently-Asked Questions for more assistance. If you don’t find the answers you need, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
We hope you’ll enjoy playing our music!
