Youth Hand Bell Choir Performance
December 1
The Youth Hand Bell Choir, under the direction of Bonnie Tillotson, will perform Sunday, December 1, during the 11:00 a.m. worship service. Bonnie is very proud of her choir members. She states this is the largest group of young people to attend her Monday night classes. She currently has 17 members in the youth choir. We look forward to hearing them perform next Sunday. The church welcomes all family and friends of the choir to attend the performance, as well as the general public.
On October 6 Karen Gibson was presented with a plaque honoring her for 30 years of service as Music Director. Karen was educated at Longwood College receiving a Bachelor Degree in Music Education and a Masters of Science Degree, in which she was allowed to take all electives in music. (No Masters of Music was available at that time at Longwood.) She later studied voice under Tucker Keiser at the community college, singing Italian opera. Karen sang for 15 years in the Southside Chorale that Keiser directed. Later she sang with the Jefferson Choral in Lynchburg. Currently, she sings with the Virginia Baptist Women's Chorale, which gives four concerts a year statewide. Karen's interest in Appalachian music and the dulcimer started in Boone, NC. Under her leadership the group Appomattox Court House Dulcimers was formed and currently consist of nine musicians. We thank Karen for sharing her musical talents, for her dedication, and for her encouragement. We look forward to another thirty years.
