Iowa Chapter

Important Dates for Iowa Ringers - Please mark these down on your calendars so that you won’t miss any of these great events being brought to you by your Iowa AGEHR Committee.

The Alleluia Ringers of Concordia University Wisconsin, Dr. John Behnke, director (jabehnke@wi.rr.com), will present a number of area concerts:

Tuesday, May 18 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 7:30 pm

100 7th St.

Ida Grove, IA. 51445

Rev. Richard Salcido, pastor

(712) 364-2918

Wednesday, May 19 Immanuel Lutheran Church 7:30 pm

207 Franklin St.

Waterloo, IA. 50703

Ms. Jessica Gavrun

(319) 233-7052

Monday, May 24 Holy Cross Lutheran Church 7:30 pm

4107 21st Ave.

Moline, IL. 61265

Rev. Dr. Wilfred L. Karsten, pastor

(309) 764-9720

April 10, 2010 Director’s Seminar at St. John Lutheran Church, 1420 Walker St, Ely, IA. Clinician Marilyn Lake, chairman of AREA VIII AGEHR.

CLICK HERE for registration form. CLICK HERE for a flyer on the seminar.

You do not need to bring bells to this event. Please do bring your gloves.

Schedule for the Day:

9:00 Registration

9:15 Welcome by Tina Elwood-Gehrke

9:30 -10:15 Breakouts A1, B1, C1

10:15 Coffee Break and Shopping with Jeffers Handbell Supplies

10:30 Music Methods with Marilyn Lake

12:00-1:00 Lunch on site

1:00-1:45 Breakouts A2, B2, C2

1:45-2:00 Coffee Break and Shopping;

2:00-2:45 Breakouts A3, B3, C3

2:45-3:00 closing concert by the St. John’s Lutheran Church Bell Choir

Class descriptions:

Music Methods with Marilyn: Marilyn will show us how to best use our rehearsal time

by analyzing the music and anticipating problems. She will also discuss

choosing appropriate repertoire.

Breakout A: Music Directors 101: Conducting and Bell/Chimes Pedagogy (teaching

techniques) taught by Marilyn Lake; the AGEHR Area VIII Chair

Breakout B: Rehearsal Management and Recruiting Ideas; presentation by Angie

Moss of First United Methodist Church, Marion who will facilitate a round

table discussion on these two topics

Breakout C: The Director’s Tool box: Score Study, Bell Assignments, and Beginner

Music Theory; taught by Laurie Stock, director at Lutheran church of the

Resurrection in Marion.

Ely is located near Interstate 380 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.

CLINICIAN'S BIOGRAPHY

Marilyn is an elementary music educator in the Shawnee Mission School District in Kansas City. She teaches private piano and preschool music, and directs two church handbell choirs as well as the Heartland Ringers, a community handbell choir. She also directs the only hand chime choirs in the Shawnee Mission School District, made up of 5^th and 6^th grade musicians. She has degrees in Music Education and Music Therapy from the University of Kansas, and a Masters in Music Education from Emporia State University. She is a member of AGEHR, Sigma Alpha Iota Music fraternity, MENC and KMEA. She is the current Chair of Area 8, a five-state region within the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR). Marilyn has been ringing bells for over 40 years, and also plays the piano, sings and performs on the carillon.

Marilyn has two college-age children, a husband of 28 years, and 3 dogs. In her spare time (ha ha ha!) she enjoys KU Basketball, reading, quilting , kayaking, cooking and geocaching.

Marilyn was born and raised in Texas, mostly in the Dallas area. College took her to Kansas. She has organized handbell choirs in both Overland Park, KS (Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, Stanley Presbyterian Church, Circle of Faith Christian Church and Southminster Presbyterian Church), and in Palos Verdes, CA (St. Peter’s By the Sea Presbyterian Church). Her talent is in building graded programs that feed on great music and great fellowship.

June 24-26, 2010 Area VIII Conference with Concurrent Youth Handbell Festival, Topeka, KS. Ed Rollins director. Click here for list of music for young ringers' festival.

October 9, 2010 Ringers Event at Grace Lutheran Church, Des Moines; clinician TBA

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