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Derek
Bonczkowski |
lives
in Bloomington IL, where he is a technical analyst at State Farm. He
has been ringing with church choirs and at handbell camps since 1992. Derek
was challenged to play his first solo one year later at age 11 and has also
rung duets and trios with his mother and brother as a family group. |
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Angi Chase |
is a music teacher at South Fork Junior/Senior High
School in Kincaid. She and her family live in
Taylorville, where they are the directors of music at their church.
She has been ringing handbells since 1982. Angi’s
other passions besides handbells are: anything Frank
Lloyd Wright, Chicago Cubs, and NASCAR.
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Vickie Courtney |
is a physical education teacher in the
Girard school district. She has been ringing since 1987. With a background in percussion, Vickie
finds handbells to be a way to continue performing and making music. |
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Helen Ely |
retired after teaching math
at Riverton High School and is currently teaching math for Lincoln Land
Community College. She is the organist, choir accompanist, and bell
choir director at Elliott Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield IL. |
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Tami Lamb |
- her first
musical loves were the piano and the vocal music worlds, and she sang with the Springfield Choral Society. But in 1984 she was introduced to handbells,
and since then has rung in many small ensembles as well as a solo ringer.
When she is not ringing professionally, Tami rings with her church choir and at
home with her husband and two children on the family set of bells. |
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Nancy Leigh |
lives in Fulton County on Bacon Hill Farm, which is operated by her husband,
youngest son, and daughter-in-law. She teaches math and chemistry at
the local community college and
summer classes for Western Illinois University. Nancy has recently
"volunteered" to direct a young ringers handbell choir for Macomb Wesley
United Methodist Church. |
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Melody Palm |
works at Illinois State University, where she first
rang handbells while earning a music therapy degree. She is active in
community music theatre in Bloomington/Normal IL, and co-leads music at St.
Matthew's Episcopal Church. Melody plays string bass with Bells In
Motion and is excited to join the ringing. |
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Eric Potratz |
resides in Cedar Rapids, IA. He is a Software Engineer at Rockwell
Collins, where he works on Global Positioning Systems for commercial
airplanes. |
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Cathy Rowe |
works as a
Programmer Analyst in Springfield IL.
She started ensemble ringing in 1978 and has recently started performing solos.
Cathy has performed with Distinctly Bronze annually since 2002 and was selected through audition to ring with the Pinnacle 2004
Dream Team in Dallas TX. |
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Janet Sublett |
teaches at Lanphier High School and directs the handbell choirs at Douglas
Avenue United Methodist Church. Traveling to perform with Bells In Motion
has always proven to be very rewarding musically and just plain fun. Janet
is looking forward to our future trips and can be packed and ready to go in half
an hour! |
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Pam Wall |
teaches third grade and works for an
auction company. She has been ringing bells since 1974 and has had
the opportunity to ring in six countries! After traveling thousands
of miles by plane, bus, car, taxi, and even boat with Bells In Motion, Pam
returns home to ring with the handbell ensemble at First Congregational
Church. |
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Jean Welch
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is retired from the State
of Illinois and is currently the Director of Music for St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Springfield, IL where she is the organist and directs St. John’s
Bells of Glory adult handbell choir, children’s choirs and many small
ensembles. Her husband Ralph is also ready to be a “roadie” again. |
