Author Archives: Andrea R Huelsenbeck
A Christmas Chuckle
This is the Christmas card our son gave his dad last year: ©Hallmark Licensing, LLC; Hallmark.com/Shoebox
Handbells for Christmas
This is the season that calls out for handbells. Here are some wonderful performances. Carol of the Bells, Bethel University Handbell Ensemble: Marche from the Nutcracker Suite, Raleigh Ringers: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Daejeon Handbell Choir, South Korea: Silent … Continue reading
Videos of the Week: Bluegrass Christmas
This is a Christmas playlist from the wonderful Petersen family musicians. There are 20 videos in this playlist; they should play one after another. I hope you will come back and enjoy them all weekend.
I’d Rather Be Dancing Christmas Dances
These videos make me want to get up and join right in. Some were made by dance studios, some by fitness studios. There’s still time for you to get together with your siblings and choreograph a dance like this: We’ve … Continue reading
Video of the Week: Ringing Praise
Our handbell choir opened this service last year with “Advent Celebration.” Enjoy just this song, or watch the entire service. I’m the one leading the processional.
Johnny Marks, the Christmas Songwriter
The Montgomery Ward department store in Chicago used to give way books to children at Christmas. In 1939, a catalog writer for Montgomery Ward named Robert L. May came up with an idea for a new book and wrote the … Continue reading
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