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The One Voice Traveling Choir, 2009 - 2010
Pennsylvania, USA
Friday, April 15th, 2011
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Dock Woods
275 Dock Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446
2:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Byers' Choice Grand Illumination Ceremony
4355 County Line Road, Chalfont, PA 18914
Phone: 215-822-6700
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Click here for directions.
The concert will be performed by the traveling choir. You're welcome to come to the festivities at Byers' Choice starting at 4:30 - admission is free.
(More than 400,000 lights will be switched on to officially begin the holiday celebration. The party begins with hot cider, cookies and music. Bring your camera. Their lights make a perfect backdrop for Christmas photos.)
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Dock Woods
275 Dock Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446
2:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, December 9th, 2011
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Mercer Museum
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown
Phone: 215-345-0210
7:50 - 8:20 p.m. in their new Great Hall
Click here for directions.
The concert will be performed by the advanced traveling choir.
Pennsylvania, USA
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Senior Fellowship Christmas Luncheon
310 Covenant Lane, Harleysville (Rt. 63, 1.3 mi. west of Rt. 113)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The concert will be performed by the advanced traveling choir.
Mercer Museum
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown
Phone: 215-345-0210
8:25 - 9:00 p.m.
The concert will be performed by the advanced traveling choir.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Elm Terrace Gardens
660 North Broad Street, Lansdale
2:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, May 14th, 2010
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Peter Becker Community Chapel
800 Maple Avenue
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Scotland Tour, 2010
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be ringing in concert at Rachel's House Children's Hospice in Kinross, Scotland at 11:00 a.m.
The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be ringing in concert at Stirling Castle, Scotland in the Chapel Royal at 4:00 p.m. The performance is included in admission to the castle.
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be ringing in concert at New Butterstone School in Dunkeld, Scotland at 11:30 a.m.
The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be ringing in concert at Royal School of Dunkeld at 2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be ringing in concert at Dunkeld Cathedral at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
The One Voice Traveling Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be ringing in concert at Edinburgh Castle (in the Great Hall) Edinburgh, Scotland at 3:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania, USA
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Tri-County Bible Church
142 Buchert Road, Gilbertsville
7:00 p.m.
The concert will be a preview concert and benefit for our traveling choir's upcoming Scotland Tour. A free-will offering will be taken to support the ringing tour and mission.
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Souderton Homes
Telephone: (215) 723-9881; Web: soudertonhomes.org
207 W. Summit Street, Souderton, PA 18964
2:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
The Peddlers' Village
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Routes 202 & 263, Lahaska, Bucks County
Phone 215-794-4000
www.peddlersvillage.com
This concert is for our traveling choir only. We will be ringing our concert in the gazebo on the village green.
French Accents (Shop #64), Between the Seas (Shop #50), Casa Casale (Shop #1-2), The Celtic Rose (Shop #14), Fehrenbach Black Forest Clocks & Gifts (Shop #46), and The English Shop (Shop #61) hostEaster Around the World from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. This is a wonderful day of fun featuring cultural customs and traditions from around the world celebrating Easter. Participating shops will feature in-store specials, refreshments, games, entertainment and more. They have requested that we come as part of their entertainment. For more information on the celebration you may call French Accents at 215-794-8767.
A note of thanks to us from the owner of French Accents for our unique, first-time experience of "ringing in the rain"! Bravo! Bravo! and many special thanks to you and your wonderful group of young people. In hindsight if we would have known the sun was coming out, we probably could have postponed the performance. But, as it was, the bell echoing through the Village was a delight and lifted our spirits and minds beyond the elements. Thanks for adding the photos. I have already forwarded them to the Village's Events Manager highly recommending your fine group for other upcoming events. God bless you as well, and I hope your Easter was an enjoyable one.
Sincerely,
Linda
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
The Mercer Museum (THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED)
11:00 a.m.
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
www.mercermuseum.org
This concert is for our traveling choir only. The museum opening an exhibiton musical instruments this year, and they plan to offering a series of informal concerts inthe museum's central court. One of the instruments they will be highlightingin the exhibit is the bell, and they have requested our choir's participation in this event.
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Rockhill Mennonite Community
3250 State Road
Sellersville, PA 18960
2:30 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Peter Becker Community
800 Maple Avenue
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
2007-2008 One Voice Traveling Choir (after a concert at a public elementary school in Germany, 2007)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Ministry Afternoon Concert
Peter Becker Community (Chapel)
800 Maple Avenue
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
(All handbell and chime choirs will be participating.)
Friday, April 18, 2008
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Camp Men-O-Lan Dinner Banquet Concert
Christopher Dock High School
1000 Forty Foot Road (Crossroad is Detweiler Road)
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
5:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
(Traveling Choir Only)
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Boscov's of Montgomery Mall
Rts. 202 & 309, Montgomery(ville)
2:30-3:30 p.m.
(Traveling Choir Only)
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Tabor Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall (near Harleysville)
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Boscov's of Montgomery Mall
Rts. 202 & 309, Montgomery(ville)
2:30-3:30 p.m.
(Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Choirs)
2006-2007 One Voice Traveling Choir
Friday, May 11th, 2007
Rockhill Mennonite Community
3250 State Road
Sellersville, Pennsylvania
2:30 p.m.
Germany Tour, 2007
April 8, 2007 Easter Sunday
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
USA-Garrison -Kaiserslautern (GE)
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Chapel
Bldg 3773, (GATE #3)
66849 Landstuhl/Kirchberg
11:00 Service at Landstuhl
(Click here for a map of how to get to the chapel.)
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche
St. Josef Kirche
Evangelisch-Freikirchliche Kirche
Ritterstraße 6a
49661 Cloppenburg
Telefon 0 44 71 / 8 10 51
7:30 p.m. (19:30 hr.)
Seniorenheim St.-Pius-Stift
Mehrzwecksaal
Friesoyther Straße 7
Cloppenburg
4:00 p.m. (16:00 hr.)
April 3, 2007
Hotel Schlömer
Bahnhofstrasse 17
Cloppenburg
7:00 p.m. (19:00 hr.)
Bodelschwing-heim
Bodelschwinghstraße 2
Weinheim
4:30 p.m.- 5:15 p.m. (16:30-17:15 hr.)
Heiliggeistkirche
Heiliggeiststrasse 17
Heidelberg
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (14:00 - 15:00 hr.)
April 1, 2007 Palm Sunday
Heidelberg Army Base
U.S. Army Garrison - Heidelberg
Patrick Henry Village Chapel
Building 4501, 4501 N. Lexington
Services are at 8:30 and 10:00
March 30, 2007
Friedrich Grundschule
Weinheim, Germany
10:40 a.m.
Pennsylvania, USA
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Christ Community Church
Rev. Tom Gramling
Church phone: 215-766-0356
5511 Easton Road (Rt 611), Plumsteadville
7:30 p.m.
(This will be the advanced traveling choir only.)
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Boscov's of Montgomery Mall
Rts. 202 & 309, Montgomery(ville)
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
(This will be the advanced traveling choir only.)
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Tabor United Methodist Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall
7:00 p.m.
The concert will include performances by both beginner choirs, intermediate, advanced, and advanced traveling choirs.
You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Boscov's of Montgomery Mall
Rts. 202 & 309, Montgomery(ville)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
(This will be the advanced traveling choir only.)
Friday, December 15th, 2006
Tabor United Methodist Church
2209 Hendrick’s Station Road, Woxall
7:00 p.m.
(This will include all four choirs performing seasonal Christmas music.)
You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
Friday, November 17th, 2006
Local Elementary School, Souderton
2:30-3:10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
The traveling One Voice Handbell Choir will perform a concert of Christian, inspirational, handbell music at HersheyPark in Hershey, PA. at 11:00 a.m. in the Midway Pavillion.
Friday, May 19th, 2006
The beginning, intermediate, and advanced One Voice Handbell Choirs will be ringing a concert at the Telford Lutheran Home in Telford, PA. at 2:30 p.m.
From the Activities Director Please thank all the young people who rang! The residents really enjoyed it, and they’re still talking about the program (almost a week later)! They were amazed how well the young people played.
Diane Bishop
Friday, April 28th, 2006
The One Voice Handbell Choirs and Vocal Ensemble will be performing on April 28th at 7 p.m. at Tabor United Methodist Church in Woxall.You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
The concert program will include handbell music performed by our advanced, intermediate, and beginner choirs consisting completely of home-educated students ages 6-18. There will also be some praise and worship music presented by the One Voice Vocal Ensemble.
Friday, March 10th, 2006
The One Voice Handbell Choirs will be performing at a local public elementary school.
From the Music Teacher of the Local Elementary School Christa and Holly,
Thank you so much for bringing your group to (our elementary school). The level of musicianship with which your groups play is astounding! We thoroughly enjoyed the program. Please pass along my thanks and congratulations to all of your ringers. Good luck to you in your future programs. Have fun ringing!
Sincerely,
Eric
Friday, December 16th, 2005
The One Voice Handbell Choirs and Vocal Ensemble will be performing on December 16th at 7 p.m. at Tabor United Methodist Church in Woxall.You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
The concert program will include handbell music performed by our advanced, intermediate, and beginner choirs consisting completely of home-educated students ages 6-18. Our vocal ensemble will be singing some of their favorite praise and worship songs in two-part harmony as well as a special selection a capella. Our individual soloists have also prepared some lovely Christmas music to share!
Midwest Tour, 2006 (Ohio, USA)
Monday, May 16th, 2005
The traveling One Voice Handbell Choir will be ringing an evening dinner concert at Maple Knoll Center for Older Adults in Springdale, Ohio. The dinner buffet begins at 5:30 p.m. Evening buffet meals cost $13 for non-members; $9 for members. You may call 512-782-2449 to make reservations for the dinner. The concert begins at 6:30 p.m.
11199 Springfield Pike
Springdale, Ohio 45246
(513) 782-2449
Notes on the Concert at Maple Knoll The concert went beautifully at Maple Knoll! There were some who had attended the concert at the First Baptist Church on May 15th that came to hear the One Voice Traveling Choir ring again at Maple Knoll. The attendance at the dinner concert was amazing and record-breaking, I believe!
Monday, May 16th, 2005
The traveling One Voice Handbell Choir will be ringing an afternoon concert at Glendale Elementary School at 3 p.m. in Glendale, Ohio.
930 Congress Avenue
Glendale, Ohio 45246
(513) 771-8300
From the Music Director at Glendale Elementary School I am a HUGE fan of handbell music. I direct the children’s choirs at my church of grades K-6. We ring choir chimes and handbells. This will be a wonderful treat for our students at Glendale! Glendale is very excited about your performance at our school on the 16th! Most of the classes are doing choir chime chords and pieces now to prep their interest for your performance.
Monday, May 16th, 2005
The traveling One Voice Handbell Choir will be ringing a morning concert at Evendale Elementary School at 10:30 a.m. in Evendale, Ohio.
3940 Glendale-Milford Rd
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
(513) 563 -1040
From the Music Director at Evendale Elementary School Thank you for bringing your bell choir to Evendale. We all really enjoyed it. It was great for our students to see older students play with the more advanced playing techniques. If you get a minute, I would appreciate it if you would share some music collection titles with me. Any collection of spirituals or humorous children’s titles would be especially appreciated.
Sunday, May 15th, 2005
The traveling One Voice Handbell Choir will be ringing an afternoon concert at Fairfield Pavilion Retirement Community in Fairfield, Ohio. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Click here for directions.
From the Concert Co-Ordinator at Fairfield Pavilion Retirement Community Everyone enjoyed the One Voice Concert immensely! So many residents stopped by (the next day) to tell me how great they thought it was. Hope the rest of your tour was also successful and that you had a good trip home.
Sunday, May 15th, 2005
The traveling One Voice Handbell Choir will be ringing an inspirational morning service at First Baptist Church of Springdale in Springdale, Ohio. The church is located at Church & Walnut Streets in Springdale - one block east of Route #4 (Springfield Pike) and one block north of Northland Blvd.The concert is sponsored by the congregations of Springdale Presbyterian Church and the First Baptist Church of Springdale. The morning church service begins at 10:50 a.m.
Pennsylvania, USA
Friday, April 15th, 2005
The One Voice Choirs will be performing at Tabor UMC Church in Woxall, PA, at 7 p.m. You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
The concert program will include Intermediate and Advanced Handbell Choirs as well as the One Voice Vocal Ensemble. Our choirs consist of home-educated students ranging in age from 6-18.
Admission is free.
December 10th, 2004
The One Voice Choirs will be performing at Tabor UMC Church in Woxall, PA, at 7 pm. You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
The concert program will include Intermediate and Advanced Handbell Choirs as well as the One Voice Vocal Ensemble. Our choirs consist of home-educated students ranging in age from 6-18.
Admission is free.
November 19th, 2004
The One Voice Handbell Choirs will be performing at a local public elementary school.
From the Music Teacher of the Local Elementary School Thank you so much again for comingand for offering your talents at our school. Your handbell ringing was wonderful! I received so many compliments from students and faculty in regards to the assembly. I hope that you all continue developing your talent for music. I wish all of you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. Good luck with your upcoming concerts. I hope you will come back and play for us again next year. May God richly bless you as you continue to use your gift to glorify Him. Keep on ringing!
May 14th, 2004
The One Voice Choirs will be performing at Tabor UMC Church in Woxall, PA, at 7 pm. You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
The concert program will include Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Handbell Choirs and Vocal Ensemble. Our choirs consist of home-educated students ranging in age from 6-18.
Admission is free.
Scotland and Ireland Tour, 2004
March 31st, 2004
A One Voice Choir soloist and The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be singing and ringing in concert at Letham Primary School in Livingston, Scotland at 9:10 a.m.
From the Principal of Letham Primary School Dear Everyone, May I, on behalf of all the staff and pupils of our school, thank you sincerely for your concert this morning. We LOVED it! Enjoy the rest of your trip and best wishes for the future. (This note was accompanied by many artistic thank you cards from each student in grade P4 at Letham School.)
A One Voice Choir soloist and The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be singing and ringing in concert at Stirling Castle, Scotland in the Chapel Royal at 1:00 p.m. The performance is included in admission to the castle.
A One Voice Choir soloist and The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be singing and ringing in concert at St. Columba’s Church in Craigshill, Livingston, Scotland at 7:00 p.m.
From the Team Minister of the Livingston Ecumenical Parish To all at the One Voice Handbell Choir: Thank you for coming to play for us at St. Columba's Parish Church in Craigshill, Livingston. We enjoyed having you and welcomed your ministry of music and your Christian message. Please come again and let us fill our church (even more) next time!
March 30th, 2004
A One Voice Choir soloist and The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be singing and ringing in concert at Rachel's House Children's Hospice in Kinross, Scotland at 11:00 a.m.
A One Voice Choir soloist and The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be singing and ringing in concert at Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, Scotland at 2:00 p.m.
From Primary 2p Dear Holly and One Voice, We are Primary 2, Mrs. Patrick's class at Dunblane Primary School. We wanted to say a big "thank you!" to you all for coming to our school to play handbells. We all really enjoyed hearing you play. Our favorite tune was He's Got the Whole World in His Hands. We have been playing handbells for two months now, even though we are just 6 or 7 years old. Our favourite is I Love the Sun. We played it for our parents and school at our assembly last month. We hope that you will visit our school again; and, we hope to visit your country one day. (This note was accompanied by many artistic thank you cards from each student in grade P2 at Dunblane School.)
March 29th, 2004
A One Voice Choir soloist and The One Voice Handbell Choir from Pennsylvania, USA, will be singing and ringing in concert at St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland at 12:15 p.m.
Best Wishes! To Holly and Christa and all the members of The One Voice Handbell Choir, Thank you very much for giving such a wonderful performance in St. Giles' Cathedral today. We hope you enjoyed the experience.
Pennsylvania, USA
March 12th, 2004
The One Voice Handbell Choir will be performing at Blooming Glen Mennonite Church in Blooming Glen, PA, at 7 p.m. Blooming Glen Church is located just a few blocks off of Rt. 113. For a map or driving directions to Blooming Glen Church, click here.
The concert will be the preview of the program the One Voice Advanced Handbell Choir and some members of the One Voice Vocal Ensemble will be taking on tour to Scotland with three octaves of our handbells. Our advanced choir consists of home-educated students ages 14-18.
Admission is free. There will be a free-will offering taken to help support the students' missions trip to Scotland.
A Job Well-Done! The March 12th concert of the advanced choir's Scotland "preview" went beautifully! The Lord provided faithfully for our needs. The choir rang an hour-and-a-half program on top of two practice sessions that day totaling six hours of ringing in one day. Congrats, young people! We're proud of you!!!
March 5th, 2004
The One Voice Handbell Choir will be performing at STAR of Indian Creek Foundation in Harleysville, PA, at 2:30 p.m.
A Special Thank-You! Dear Holly, Christa, students, and parents: Thank you so very much for bringing your wonderful handbell choirs out to our program on Friday, March 5th. We were very impressed with how skilled all the children were when performing their various songs; and we could tell from their enthusiasm that they truly enjoyed playing for us. The clients and staff of Indian Creek Industries thoroughly enjoyed the concert. Your concert was truly a gift to us, as we rarely have such talented performers come to us. It was a special opportunity for everyone at our work program to be able to enjoy at their own level. We loved the rich variety of songs you performed from the funny to the spiritual, and your solo singers touched us with their beautiful songs. We are so appreciative that all of you took the time from your busy schedule to come and perform for us. Thank you so very much. We wish all of you a wonderful and safe trip abroad and look forward to attending future performances.
December 12, 2003
The One Voice Choirs will be performing at Tabor UMC Church in Woxall, PA, at 7 pm. You can obtain directions to the concert at the church's website: www.tabor-umc.org
The concert program will include Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Handbell Choirs and Vocal Ensemble. Our choirs consist of home-educated students ranging in age from 6-18.
Admission is free.
November 21, 2003
The One Voice Handbell Choirs will be performing at a local public elementary school.
A Note of Thanks! Dear Holly and Christa, Thank you so much for blessing our school with your wonderful handbell choirs. I have never heard (our)students applaud as enthusiastically as they did for your performing groups. The Lord has truly blessed you both with a talent for working with young musicians and I pray that you will continue to use that talent for as long as He allows. I am looking forward to hearing your groups in the future. Please pass along my heartfelt thanks and congratulations to your students and please wish your senior ringers the best of luck in their trip to Scotland (good luck to both of you as well!).
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