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AUDIENCE COMMENTS

"The music was beautiful, the entertainment hilarious, and the whole experience was wonderfully worthwhile. We loved it so much we tried to get a flight changed to come hear your concert again!"

Anonymous Fan

“What skill and diversity of music! I could have listened another three hours! Thank you for the inspiration and entertainment!”

Anonymous Fan

“I never would have thought I'd want to go to a handbell concert, but when I heard handbell rock ’n’ roll on the radio, I told my friends, ‘We're going!’ And it was just great.”

Anonymous Fan

"The Raleigh Ringers are the best handbell ensemble on the globe!!!!”

Greg Pysh
Minister of Music and Composer
Midland, Texas

“Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! They never cease to amaze me. Their playing is so musical, their technique impeccable.”

Cordetta Valthauser
Handbell Soloist
Cleveland Area, Ohio

“Thank you all for being ambassadors of superb musicianship, amazing technique, and sharing the joy of doing something you love, which is contagious.”

Carolann Haley
Assistant to Director of Music Ministries
National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.

“The Raleigh Ringers are truly a wonderful instrument. It is a joy to watch how precisely they respond to director David Harris' musical goals, and how audiences respond as well. This group has definitely attained 'handbell superstar' status.”

Jason Tiller
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
San Francisco, CA

“The best part was, in spite of all the amazing things that they can do with bells – the bass ringer assignments, flawless technique, and all of those kind of things – the best part was that it was musical. I simply enjoyed the music.”

Dean Wagner
Associate Director of Music and Organist
First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

“...I did not know how good "good" is in bell ringing until I heard you. It was simply superb, and you must have known that from the unusually enthusiastic response from the audience.”

Ross MacKenzie
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, New York

2013 PBS Underwriters

The Raleigh Ringers' most recent campaign was for underwriting donations to help defray the cost of UNC-TV filming the 2012 Holiday Concerts for a new holiday concert special. The concerts were held Saturday & Sunday December 9 & 10. Donors of $1,000 and more will be listed in the credits of the television special.

The campaign ended on July 31, 2013. We were able to raise $26,775 towards the goal of $50,000.

Significant Underwriters - $10,000+

MALMARK, Inc.

Additional Underwriters - $1,000+

Anonymous, in memory of Carl Rovainen
Anonymous, in memory of Eleanor Harris Sundblad
Jerri Bland
BP Studios
Drs. Gil & Karen Brock
David & Ruth Brown
CBL Handbell Services
ChemWare
John Daniel Associates
Gaugert Financial
Richard & Mary Glendening
David & Kristina Harris
Bill & Cristi Heffelfinger
Jeffers Handbell Supply
George & Claire Latham
Poole Printing
Robert & Sara Porter
The Raleigh Ringers, past & present
Rob & Karen Sunday
Stef & Diane van Dijk
Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Additional Donations - up to $999

Advanced Therapy * BerkTek, a Nexans Company * Barbara & Jay Baldwin * Jack Boddie * Laveita Brinson * Keith Burt * Karen Copeland * Joseph De Illy * Suzanne Dedrick * Jane DeWitt * Stephenie Drerup * Susan Grigg * Mr. & Mrs. Gruodis * Scott & Amy Harris * Mark Henderson * Anna Hobgood * John & Shirley Hobson * Margaret Ingraham * Alexandra Jantzen * Harold & Lois Lauffenburger * Blake Long * Barbara Marley *Ann Pearce * Don & Dixie Peterson * Spreading Flames Media * Cindy Massey * Sara Perkinson * Lana Pouillet * Judith Ray * Nancy Ritter * Linn Schmidt * Tomi Salzmann * Dean Tryon * Wendy Weidman * Corey Winton * Ann Lowe Vodicka *