Youth Handbell Camp

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AGEHR AREA XI FIRST YOUTH HANDBELL CAMP
JULY 25 TO 29, 2007

The first Area XI Youth Handbell Camp was held at Glorieta Conference Center in Glorieta, New Mexico. There were 27 youth ringers from the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah attending. Linda Maloney served as Camp Director.
Massed Ringing conductors were Jamie Sue Schultz, Doug Benton, Claudette Rothwell and Linda Maloney. The Massed ringing pieces were "Southwestern Spirit Suite" by Mike Mazzatenta and "Rondo Borincano" by Tim Waugh. In this festival, the ringers received their music when they arrived at camp. The pieces were both newly published, so no one was able to get a "head start" and all learned the music together at camp.
Ensemble classes (a favorite activity with all the ringers) were taught by Lisa Bush, Marcy Hontz, Doug Benton, Linda Maloney and Claudette Rothwell. Other fun activities were Maori Sticks, the Cup Game and Line Dancing. The skits presented on Saturday night were hilarious. The Bush family proved to be very talented with their piano music. What a treat!
Remember, the Area XI Festival will be in Albuquerque in 2008. You might want to take in some of the sights shown in this scrapbook when you come to that event. There are lots of things to do in Albuquerque and vicinity.

The Arizona Bus is packed.	Dinner was Mexican in Old Town Albuquerque
A Visit to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History occupied the time the next morning.	The dinosaur skeletons are very BIG!
An early elephant and his friend stand near a door.	How would you like to have this foot step on your toes?
Hidden in the jungle is a nest of dinosaur eggs.	Mama Dinosaur is checking out her babies.

The Cave Exhibit was interesting with the water running down the walls
and dripping from the ceiling showing how stalagmites and stalactites are formed..

This dinosaur presides over the museum lobby.....	......while the prehistoric birds fly overhead in another room.
VISIT TO LORETTO CHAPEL (SANTA FE) Arizona Folks also included a visit to the Loretto Chapel on their trip to Santa Fe. The chapel was completed in 1878. When it was nearly finished it was discovered that an error or omission had crept in somewhere along the line. The chapel was beautiful and so was the choir loft, but there was no way to get from one to the other. All carpenters that were called in to look at the problem came up with the same answer, it couldn't be done. Because of the height of the loft a conventional stairway would just take up too much space. The Sisters of Loretto, being ladies of great faith, chose to wait and do nothing drastic, but decided to make a novena. Since they felt quite close to Saint Joseph, it seemed only natural to make the novena to him. As the legend goes, on the last day of the novena a gray-haired man with a donkey and tool chest stopped at the Academy and asked if he could be of some help in building the stairway. The man worked with a only a saw, a T square and a hammer. The sisters also remember seeing tubs sitting around with pieces of soaking wood. When the job was finished, Mother Magdelene looked for the man to pay for the work, but he could not be found. The local lumber yard had no record of any wood being purchased, and the wood used for the project is not a wood native to New Mexico. Where it was obtained remains a mystery. Regardless of how willing one might be to accept the legend of the Staircase, one cannot help but be impressed by its beauty and sound construction that has stood the test of time.
Outside the Chapel.	Inside the Chapel
Bottom of staircase with statues on wall.	Top of staircase against choir loft floor.
IN CAMP AT GLORIETA, NM
Camp Director, Linda Maloney.	Arizona campers listening to the plans for camp.
Claudette Rothwell along with some of her campers.	Campers from Colorado.
Everyone learns the cup game. (Sort of.) After everyone was pretty good at it,.....	.....we tried doing it to the left. Then we began eliminating those who made a mistake. The circle got a lot smaller quickly!
Doug Benton has a saying (all together now!) "If I count, I'll get it.......	....if I don't, I won't. IT'S TRUE!
Lisa Bush works on techniques with the trebles.	Line Dance. 8 steps left, 8 steps right, etc.
The lake is very calm in the morning as we walk to breakfast.	Later on there will be boats and the ducks will be looking for food.
Campers had the opportunity to create their own Maori Sticks.	After trying out some suggested rhythms campers were asked to invent their own.
Glorieta's Prayer Garden has lovely flowers, a fountain, and a peaceful stream running through it.
Campers gather for a group picture in front of the fountain at the Prayer Garden.
Massed Ringing Directors were Jamie Sue Schultz, Linda Maloney, Claudette Rothwell and Doug Benton. * * * Look below to see them in action! * * *
Jamie Sue Schultz, Middle School Band, Chorus and Drama Teacher in Paradise Valley School District	Doug Benton, Music Director - Gold Canyon UMC church.
Linda Maloney, Camp Director	Claudette Rothwell, Utah State AGEHR Chair
Ensemble classes were a highlight of camp. This is a chime quartet.	This duo will probably perfect and play their piece in church once they get home.
The Saturday night talent show featured crazy skits "Pluck-a-chicken, pluck-a-chicken".......	.......and some real talent!

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AGEHR AREA XI FIRST YOUTH HANDBELL CAMP JULY 25 TO 29, 2007

VISIT TO LORETTO CHAPEL (SANTA FE)

IN CAMP AT GLORIETA, NM

AGEHR AREA XI FIRST YOUTH HANDBELL CAMP
JULY 25 TO 29, 2007