Handbell Choirs
Festival Ringers
Rehearsal time: Thursday at 6:45 p.m. Festival Ringers is a non-auditioned adult handbell choir.
This ensemble performs at worship services and for other functions in the church and throughout the community. Although a formal audition is not necessary, ringers are expected to possess music reading skills. Festival Ringers performs literature written for up to five octaves.
"Sing for joy to the Lord, all the earth; praise Him with songs and shouts of joy! Sing praises to the Lord! Play music on the harps! Blow trumpets and horns, and shout for joy to the Lord, our King."
Psalms 98:4-6
Joyful Ringers
Rehearsal time: Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Joyful Ringers is a non-auditioned handbell choir for grades 6-12.
Students who participate in this ensemble range widely in experience and musical background. Joyful Ringers provides musical leadership for selected Sunday morning services and also participates in a variety of concerts in the community
"Sing aloud to God our defender, sing praise to the God of Jacob! Start the music and beat the tambourines; play pleasant music on the harps and lyres. Blow the trumpet for the festival..."
Psalms 81:1-3
First Presbyterian Church, 175 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland, FL 33801. (863) 686-7187.