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If you've lived in Kodiak long enough, your ears may have detected a familiar ringing.
About 20 years ago, school-age musicians delighted local audiences with the stirring, intricate dance of hand bell music at St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church.
In 2011, nine of those girls and some new friends are reviving the art in Isle Bells, a community hand bell choir preparing for a November concert premiere.
"We have 13 ringers," said Isle Bells director Ella Saltonstall. "That's ideal for five octaves."
The yoga teacher and mother of two learned to ring with the St. James group and has loved the sound ever since.
"They touch your spirit, touch your soul in a way no other instrument does," she said.
Saltonstall decided to get serious after she heard a concert by several skilled bell choirs in Maine.
"I left there thinking, 'I've got to do this,'" she said.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Kodiak-choir-reviving-art-of-the-hand-bell-2195805.php
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