Winston's Handbell Tips

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From the man Winston Bishop himself here are his top tips to playing the handbells with an interjection from Jessica Day. Here we go...

Before you start anything you need to know, "It is not that hard. It is an instrument that a cat wears around its neck!"

-Have you're eye on the tiger!

- "If we want to win this concert, we play something cool, like 'Eye of the Tiger'."

-You have to learn the Winston. Jess calls it the three in hand, but we all know it's the Winston.

- "If you skip school and practice, then, boom, you got it."

- Ask yourself "Are you focused? Okay, what's the song about?"

-If you suck then you play with magazines...you don't deserve real bells! "You're gonna play these, okay? Play these until you figure it out. Right? Don't play these."

-Your hand movement should be "Petting a dolphin." not "like you're fighting off a shark".

Jess's cut in:

It is called the three in hand by the way.

"If you tell them they aren't good, that's one more person telling them that.

That's a big deal to me, making sure no one else gives up on them.

Even if they sound like a guy covered in bells falling down a staircase that's also made of bells."

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