EAST TEXAS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE CONCERT SCHEDULE Sunday, May 25, 6:00 - 1st Presbyterian Church 230 W. Rusk - Tyler, TX Sunday, November 9, 4:00 - Marvin UMC 300 W. Erwin - Tyler, TX Saturday, December 6, 7:30 Tyler Community Concert Association 300 S. College - Tyler, TX If you, or your organization are interested in presenting ETHE in concert, please email us at ethandbells@aol.com East Texas Handbell Ensemble presents DiscoveRing A new workshop adventure for handbell ringers in East Texas September 27, 2008 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Cost is only $20.00 per ringer! Pollard United Methodist Church 3030 Copeland Road - Tyler, Texas for more information, watch this space or email us at ethandbells@aol.com The EAST TEXAS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE under the direction of Arnold Sherman is a semi-professional group with fifteen members and was formed in 1994 to provide ringers in the Tyler area with an opportunity to advance their ringing skills and broaden their knowledge of handbell literature. Since that time the group has performed numerous concerts throughout the Dallas-East Texas area and other venues across the USA.  In 1996 and 1998 the ensemble rang the opening concerts for the AGEHR (American Guild of Handbell Ringers) Area IX Festival/Conference in San Antonio, Texas and the AGEHR Area XI Festival/Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, respectively.  In January 2000 the East Texas Handbell Ensemble was one of ten ensembles to give a Showcase Concert during Pinnacle 2000, a handbell event for advanced ringers held in Las Vegas, Nevada.  January 2001 and 2003, the ensemble was showcased as the premier concert at the Handbell Exploration in Hershey, Pennsylvania and in June 2002 the group performed concerts in Reno, Nevada, Grass Valley and Stockton, California.  The group has also presented concerts in Little Rock and Texarkana, Arkansas, Pinnacle 2004 Dallas, Texas, the 2005 HEB Handbell Festival, Hurst, Texas, and Lombard, River Forest & Downers Grove, Illinois.  East Texas Handbell Ensemble has also been feature as the annual Christmas concert on the Tyler Community Concert Association's concert series for the past four years and has already been invited to appear on the 2008 series. Dedicated to advancing the art of English Handbell ringing, the group performs on 4 1/2 octaves of Malmark and 1 octave of Schulmerich bells, 7 octaves of Malmark Choirchimes and often incorporates various percussive and woodwind instruments into its performances which help to create the group’s unique and dynamic style of musical interpretation. Equally at home ringing sacred and secular repertoire, ETHE has dedicated a large share of its’ programming to American music, ringing everything from spirituals & folk hymns to ragtime, movie & show tunes. ETHE's first CD, Cafe' Noel, was released in the spring of 2005.  In addition to concertizing, the group has done demonstration recordings for Hope Publishing, Red River Music, Alfred Publishing Company, Bechenhorst Press and Concordia Publishing House.       To order your copy of "Cafe Noel" mail your check/money order made payable to ETHE and in the amount of $20.00 (includes S&H) to 3307 Pebblebrook DR, Tyler, TX 75707 (click on image to download & print order form) Cafe' Noel - Play List Gloria     *     Gaudete     *     Greensleeves Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow It Came Upon the Midnight Clear  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mary Had a Baby     *     Patapan Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Jangle Bells     *     We Three Kings He Is Born     *     White Christmas Ukrainian Bell Carol   If It Ain't Baroque - Play List Bouree II * Air for the G String Prelude in F Major * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Fughetta * Arioso * Fugue in C Major Renaissance Dance * Ave Maria The Hallelujah Chorus * Prelude in B Flat Minor Allegro Giocoso from Carmen Sonata in C# Minor * Vivaldi Concerto * Allegro To order your copy of "If It Ain't Baroque..." by Vibre' Handbell Quartet, mail your check/MO made payable to Vibre' and in the amount of $20.00 (includes S&H) to 3307 Pebblebrook DR, Tyler, TX 75707. (click on image to download & print order form) Bells In Motion VISIT THESE HANDBELL LINKS AREA IX'S SITE   www.areaix.org   If you would like to have your site's link included on our web page, please email us Campanile Circle City Ringers The Raleigh Ringers Twin Cities Bronze