(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Handbell Method is designed for anyone just learning to ring handbells. Whether you're an experienced musician or you don't read music at all yet, this step-by-step guide will teach you the basic skills and techniques you need for ringing in a handbell or handchime choir. Instructions include: Ringing & Damping * Basic Music Reading * Practice & Performance Pieces * Staccato Techniques * Dynamics * Stretches & Warm-Ups * and more! A helpful Director's Guide is also included, offering insights and rehearsal suggestions for several pieces in the book. Instructional material is demonstrated clearly with photos and illustrations throughout.
Come inside and take a look; And you'll soon discover; That this is not just another "Poetry" book; Now, come inside and take a look. A Special Collection of Poetic Expressions; To help Move, Soothe, Lift, Encourage, and Inspire; To Comfort, to Console, to Teach, and to Reach; And to Lift the Name of the Most Holy Higher.
The secret will not be ignored or lost or forgotten. It will not be silenced. Libby wanted to blame the flood that came and stayed until all hope for replanting was lost, drowned their milk cows, and altered the landscape beyond recognition. For years she believed the flood caused the terrible rift that came between Mom and Dad, for the way her mom grew silent and pushed them all away, and for the anger and sadness that tore her dad apart. But there is another reason, a betrayal and an act of rage with consequences so devastating, it must be kept secret. Libby witnesses the tragedy, and in her six-year-old mind, mixes what is real and imagined, until the true memory is repressed. It is decades later when Libby experiences panic attacks which threaten to unhinge her, that the awful memories come back. And she learns, even though her sisters did not know the secret, their lives, too, were changed by it. A Land No Map Can Find is told from the lens of a child as she grows into adulthood, in a struggle against the destructive behaviors of adults, and the consequences of their actions.
From the back of the book Sometimes we need space in our lives for quiet, for reflection, for getting our bearings again and for conversation that goes deeper than the weather and the price of gas. That quiet conversation is what Beverly Finney offers in her new book Cracks in the Dark. Inspired by lines in a song by the late Leonard Cohen, Beverly has assembled a collection of her poems to reflect on where we can find light in times of darkness. Light, she suggests, can be borrowed, revealed in reflection, sought after in a quest for deeper understanding, nestled in cherished memories. She encourages you to underline, highlight, scribble in the margins and write on the pages provided throughout the collection to record where you find light in your own dark times. And she invites you to share those with her if you'd like to continue the conversation. Advance praise for Cracks in the Dark... In the art world artists often say that one aspect of the process of making a painting is the joy of the "long look" they hope viewers will take as they linger in front of the piece. Beverly's work comes from taking a long look at day-to-day circumstances and describing them physically and emotionally. She incorporates mindfulness, the ability to observe the environment in a non-judgmental way and acknowledge that it is all you have at the moment. Her work evokes a visceral response and, often for me, a sense that I have experienced something similar. That response is one of hope, joy and the familiarity and universality of the human experience. -John Worm, The Counseling Group About the Author "Writing at this stage in my life offers me a perspective shaped by decades of experience. And hopefully, the maturity to temper that perspective with heart." She grew up surrounded by her grandfather's farm and a large extended family in Catawba County, North Carolina. Her blue-collar parents made their livings in the shops and factories in that same county, dreaming of college for their kids. Beverly graduated from Mars Hill College, now University, set in the western part of her home state near Asheville, North Carolina. She double-majored in elementary education and English before completing her MA in English at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. In her twelve years with Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Hudson, North Carolina, she established their first developmental English program, then gravitated to administrative work to eventually become the institution's first full-time public information officer. That experience led to her 25 years with Blue Ridge Energy, a rural energy cooperative serving a five-county area in the Blue Ridge mountains and foothills. "Those co-op members, the deeply dedicated employees and the beauty of the area got in my blood. I left a good chunk of my heart there." Now that she's retired, Beverly's work is writing. Her first collection, Bearing Witness, was published in 2019 by Third Lung Press (now Redhawk Publications) and is available on Amazon. "It's my way of 'bearing witness' to life, to living and to what I think it means to be human. Cracks in the Dark continues that theme.
(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Handbell Method is designed for anyone just learning to ring handbells. Whether you're an experienced musician or you don't read music at all yet, this step-by-step guide will teach you the basic skills and techniques you need for ringing in a handbell or handchime choir. Instructions include: Ringing & Damping * Basic Music Reading * Practice & Performance Pieces * Staccato Techniques * Dynamics * Stretches & Warm-Ups * and more! A helpful Director's Guide is also included, offering insights and rehearsal suggestions for several pieces in the book. Instructional material is demonstrated clearly with photos and illustrations throughout.
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