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Mill Mountain Ringers Instrument Fund


https://gofund.me/8c1aca4a

The Mill Mountain Ringers is Roanoke’s community Handbell choir. This volunteer, non-profit group is dedicated to promoting the art of handbell ringing and encouraging public appreciation of handbell music. The members, who include experienced ringers from around the Roanoke Valley and some professional musicians, dedicate many hours of their time to spread joy in the community through their music.

We are in need of some new handbell equipment and some of the instruments we own need refurbishing. Please visit our GoFundMe page to make a tax-deductible contribution to our Instrument Fund so we can continue to play beautiful handbell music.

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2023 Spring Concert

Join us for our Spring Concert on April 28th. We will be playing a wide variety of selections from original handbell compositions like “Lumiere” and “Fire Dance” to arrangements of well-known tunes like “Ashokan Farewell” and “Over the Rainbow”. This program is designed to show the amazing range of musical expression that handbells are capable of!

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New Director

As with many things during the pandemic, there have been some changes with the Mill Mountain Ringers. We have a couple of new ringers and we have a new director, Debra LeBrun. Joe Kennedy has retired from directing the group after 14 years. We appreciate all that he has done with this group and how far he has brought it since it’s founding in 2007! Thank you, Joe

! Our new director, Debra LeBrun, is the Director of Music and Worship at Raleigh Court United Methodist Church and has over 38 years of experience as a handbell ringer and director. She has held many positions in Handbell Musicians of America and has rung, directed and taught at many handbell festivals and events. She has also attended many International Handbell Symposiums and was selected to be part of the United States All-Star Choir in Liverpool, England. Debra performs as a solo ringer and really enjoys exploring all the musical possibilities of handbells. She is excited about directing the Mill Mountain Ringers!

Debra LeBrun