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Show n 'wtgH ' 1 "ffinBfrah i lv The Salt pUjjm ni liijMiP'W Lake Tribune. Sunday, December Followed Advice He followed her advice, studied to become a metallurgical engineer, and earned his degree from Montana Institute of Mining and Technology in Butte. While at college, he also built on his 13 years of training as a pianist and organist, playing several musical instruments and conducting the choir at his church After four years as a weather forecaster with the Air Force, he joined a steel firm in Pennsylvania as an .engineer. In early 1993 he moved to Sail Lake City to take another job, and he joined Christ United Methodist Church. During his 13 years as an engineer, he worked with church youth groups to fulfill his desire to teach. Finally, he decided to make his avocation his vocation. At mid life, lie went hack to school, earned his teaching certification. and went to work at Cottonwood High School where he is now in his 10th year. Because of his engineering training. he is equipped to teach mathematics. chemistry or physics Speaks of Learning ' When he speaks of the bell choir, he speaks, like a teacher, of learning. For example, of the annual summer concert tours he says, They (the choir mem bcrsl learn to live together for 35 or 39 days on a bus where youre confined with the same people day in and day out. Its a real exercise in learning how to get along with your fellow human beings, learning to love them for what they are, learning whats false about somebody and whats true. The most imxrtont requirement for membership in the choir, he says, is dedication. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the group gives about 25 performances. In addition, the choir rehearses three hours in two separate weekly sessions during the year. Sometimes additional sectional rehearsals idso are necessary. Performing in the choir requires an excellent sense of rhythm and tremendous concentration Each musician is resxinsible for us few as three or as many as 14 bells. Each time a certain note occurs in a piece, the assigned ringer must play that tone. Like Subdividing a Piano Picture taking the keys on a piano and sulxii v iding them into groups of three, four or up to 14. All you have to do is know where your notes are on the score and play your note every time it comes around. Mr. Duncan explains Sounds simple, right? Wrong come in on a loth note which isnt on a major beat of a measure, that takes quite a bit of concentration You have to be able to count it precisely to get it in there in the right place. You have to be able to count your part without listening to anybody else. If you listen to somebody else and they aren't there sometime, then you arent going to bo there either. Of course a certain amount of manual dexterity also is required. To get dynamic contrasts, you must be able to ring the bells hard for a loud tone, gently for a quiet one, or somewhere in between. If youre responsible for 14 bells, as are some of the women who handle the upper register of the choir, you've to got to keep them all sorted out on the table before you. If you're one of the four men who together handle the lowest two octaves, you've got to heft instruments that weigh up to 25 pounds ach "If you hav e to Complex Repertoire .le Wesley Bell Ringers accomplish this in some fairly complex music, maiding one ot the Bach Brandenburg oncertos.'the same composers .I esu of Man's Desiring and Handels Hallelujah'' Chorus One ol their a'.orito pieces, and also one ol the most ... if gf r NyrgKfi itiMlWBiitTW f ( .lull SUNDAY, December a weekend at complex, is an adaptation of the first movement of the Mozart Symphony No 40 Growing Repertoire Since the bells owned by the group cover a range of six octaves and many of the tones are duplicated by more than one bell, Mr. Duncan can adapt for the choir almost any texture, from complex counterpoint to thick chords. In addition, a growing repertoire of works written specifically for Ixdls has been created in the last decade. I think bell choirs can really tie pushed to great things, says Mr Duncan, whose group has performed at conventions of bell ringers on six occasions. "For too many years bell choirs were sort of type organizations, but they can lie very musical Even with kids who are not trained musicians you can produce a wide variety of musical sounds. Different Timbres Not only can the Wesley Bell Ringers achieve dynamic and tempo contrasts, they can change the timbre of their instruments. Our bells have now been adapted so that the clapper head is indexable, that is, you can go from a felt head to a solid rubber head just hy indexing (rotating) the clappers. So, you can get a change in the timbre of the bells. The bolls are made of bronze. The history of handbell choirs began in England in the 18th century, according to M r. Duncan. At that time many of the churches included towers equipped with bells of several different pitches They were rung in mathematical sequences called change ringing sequences. If there are three Ixdls of different pitches, six distinct sequences (3X2X1) are available. With four, 24 different sequences (4X3X2X1) are available, etc. Each ringer controlled one bell, but it was impossible for the group to practice the sequences by ringing the church bolls at odd hours of the day or night. Then the ringers at the Tower of bunion came up with the idea of bells casting miniature, hand-helwhich could be used for sequence practice. Special Clappers The clappers in most bells are built so that they will move in any direction, but English handbells were designed so that the clapper would move in only one direction to simulate the way bells in the towers would move. Sometime later, someone got the idea of playing tunes on the bells, and sets encompassing a range of two octaves eventually were constructed. P.T. Barnum brought the first bell ringers to America. He hired a group called the Peake Family Ringers from Lancaster, England, dressed them up in Swiss costumes and called them Swiss bell ringers. (Apparently English bell ringers werent exotic enough for movies. Utah Media renter, 20 8 W e s t T e m p I e 'Christmas in July," Du k Powell and Ellen Drew. 7:30 and 9 30 p m The Star of Beth 23 country rock. Hole mi the .J.sO S State, from Wall, Mainstream, jazz quin tet Hole in the Wall, 380 S State, 8 30 p m cover The Wasatch Children. Children's choir, Zion Lutheran Church. 1070 Foothill Dr 8 p m., free 8.30 Planetarium 15 S State, and 4 p in Continues weekdays. 11 a m 2, I and 8 p in Saturdays. 2, 4. and 8 p m through 2 Closed Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day View-mon- Easti, (2085 8pm. free. Vocals by Kristen Merrill, Hole in the Wall, 380 S State St., from 8 p m cover charge. Utah Chorale "Messiah phony Hall. 8 p.m., free Playboys. Country December SATURDAY. 27 December THURSDAY, V i s i o n Night country western music, Canyon Inn, 37th E. 70 th South, 8:30 p.m. to midnight, continues Wednesday The Steve Bethers Trio, jazz, Lielxi's. Park City, 7 to 11 p.m Holiday Entertain- ment, Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, Sharri Bennett, pianist, 3 p.m $2 includes price of admission to exhibit Christmas MONDAY, December 22 Ballet West presents Nutcraker, 2 and 7 Capitol Theatre, p.m.. continues Tuesday at 2 and 7 p m Wednesday at noun. Friday, Saturday and Dec. 29, 30 at 2 and 7 p ni , a , weekend at the movies. Utah Media Center, 20 S West Temple. Jaeque Tati's Playtime. 7 30 and 9 30 p m continues 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE and ALL Dec. 28 Fil. Salt Public Lib- Children's E. 5th South. Lecture p.m., free. 209 rary, FRIDAY, December 26 Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Mormon Youth Sy mphony and Chorus, Salt Lake Tabernacle. 7 30 p m , free Second performance Saturday, same time and location. Star Party, "Motions in the Heavens, Hansen Planetarium. 15 S State, "The Hall. Hobbit. 11 muted to par- ticipate in the New Play scripts Program of the Seattle Repertory Company. Seattle, Wash Brown will spend six days in January in Seattle vv ith the company that will give staged readings of his "Back to Buck" under the direction of Robert Egan, associate artistic director of the Seattle Rep Other authors to be included in the New Playscripts Prog Utah conference sponits sored by the Utah Council were Aden Ross "Ob Brown, ram are Studs Terkei and Michael Weller u based on Brown's experiences w e serv mg as a marine m the Vietnam war. was presented in workshop form at a two week intensive workshop held at Sundance in July under the direction of Back to Buck, "t Tile conference Was hold ill an efiort to en courage the growth ol American playwrights, particularly those in the west Entries were received from 42 writers from across the I mted Slates hut all three win ners weie Utahns John Dennis other playwrights featured (luring that first YCJ Can Cf.l anything V H A Ll ASSihtD AD L a i J'j? jujj SMOOCH! 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Mr. Duncan's work with the bell choir takes a great deal of his time. His wife Trudy, a history teacher at Bonneville Junior High School, also puts in many hours behind the scenes. For example, when the summer tours itinerary is arranged. she researches the history of the areas to bo visited and helps Mr Duncan write a tour book for the members of the choir It's sort of like a dragon which I have created, and just have to keep Mr Duncan, (ceding the dragon, laughs, But it is lots of fun " d( Ninth Sun Thfu Wed Dec 21.24 1980 THE SAVING PLACE MSC-6- I : d Open Parly gift-bo- rhor soys A Kiss For You if s a very sweet thing to do Small Super K'ss S2 50 4b oz Large Super Kiss 10 oz i4 00 1 re- floated Saturday, time and locution. "lyr o bnghr m Packaged Free Film Program Big Kiss of A solid milk chocolore1 Series, Salt Lake City Public Library, 209 E. 5th South, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. 2 and 7 p.m., free Pro Musica. chorus, upper theater, North Visitors Center, Temple Square, 7:30 p.m., free Tickets, available at the visitors center, are re- quired. Niel'im lan Gay SWEET Cotton Mouth, blues and country rock. Hole in the Wall. 380 S State, 8 30 p.m., cover, continues Saturday James Scott, Casa Del Sol, Trolley Square. 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., continues Saturday. Chris Boyer, Cromptons Roadside Attraction, Emigration Canyon, 9 p.m. to midnight. Friday abound b H'dipii' ami A SUPER 7pm Sym- Sing-i- r charge Bark to Bark want- - ,'J Brown. a winner in the lust Utah Play writing (''inference for hi Back to Back, i moody has been Lake City Wesley Bell Ringers. H o aday M usica e Series, Holladay South t LDS Stake, 4917 t . . December continues p ill . eov Saturday , Hansen lehem, The atilt R I TUESDAY, December 21 Night Vision, the ding-don- ' ifn 21. 19X0 Wesley Bells to ring again Christmas Eve Continued From Page K-- l working w ith young people, whether it's teaching physics at Cottonwood High School or directing the bell choir, you believe him. There's an openness, a simple sincerity in his voice and manner that tell you the man is genuine. He was raised in Butte, Mont., and hell tell you that from the time he was in high school he knew he wanted to he a teacher. But an algebra teacher, whom he respected, advised him to become an engineer instead The career opportunities and pay were better, she counseled if : |
