Special thanks to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knox-Metropolitan United Church

 

 

Regina Bell Ringers

President:     Shelleen Ross

Vice-President:  Garth Solar

Secretary/Treasurer:  Carol Benesh

 

 

www.reg.trlabs.ca/bells

 

 

For Tower Bell Tours or

Apprenticeship Information

Contact the Knox-Metropolitan at 525-9128

 

 

 

                       

            The first Ladder - going up into the Ringing Room

                       

Trap door to the Dead Air Space Gallery and another ladder?

                       

Dead Air Space Gallery

                                   

Up Among the Bells

                       

More Ladders? An upper view

 

Darke Memorial Chimes

Fall Concert Series – 2011

 

September 9–noon – Trevor Anderson

September 12–noon – Trevor Anderson

September 18–2:00 – Wayne Tunison

September 22–noon – Wayne Tunison

September 23–noon – Wayne Tunison

September 24–noon – Wayne Tunison

September 25–noon – Kiet Truong

September 28–noon – Wayne Tunison

October 2–noon – Bev Lundahl, Mercedees Lenger, Elona Cook, Wayne Tunison

October 7–noon – Carol Benesh

 

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

Wayne has been a bell ringer for more than four decades.   He like to play bells.  Wayne is the father of four children.  He likes doing things with his children.  Wayne sometimes plays the bells more than four times a week.  He gives tours and has learned the names of many of the artists represented in the Dead Air Space Art Gallery.  An average of four people come on a tour of the bell tower and some people have come up more than four times to the bell tower. 

 

Wayne enjoys drawing and sometimes writes stories.  Mr. Tunison teaching the bells with enjoyment.  Wayne also appreciates the help he receives from the other bell ringers, Knox Metropolitan church and our neighbours from the Masonic Temple.

 

Wayne encourages the multicultural aspects of the Regina Bell Ringers along with the local composers. 

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

1     Jubilate Deo #02               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

2     Psalm 42                                 Hugh  Wilson (1766-1824)

3     Vision                        Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)

4     Psalm 48                    Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

5     Meditation #03                   Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

6     Lincoln                           "Ravenscroft's Psalter" (b.1621)

7     Daydream #25                  Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

8     Knecht                     Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)

9     Fairweather                               Ron  Klusmeier (b.1946)

10   Love Scars                        Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

11   School House                      Thomas  Wood (1892-1950)

12   Vienna                      Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)

13   Mr. Blister's Waltz              Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

14   Tea From A Room With No Corners

                                                                    F. Wayne Tunison (b.1953)                                                                                      

15   Amen #088                        Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

Wayne has been a bell ringer for more than four decades.   He like to play bells.  Wayne is the father of four children.  He likes doing things with his children.  Wayne sometimes plays the bells more than four times a week.  He gives tours and has learned the names of many of the artists represented in the Dead Air Space Art Gallery.  An average of four people come on a tour of the bell tower and some people have come up more than four times to the bell tower. 

 

Wayne enjoys drawing and sometimes writes stories.  Mr. Tunison teaching the bells with enjoyment.  Wayne also appreciates the help he receives from the other bell ringers, Knox Metropolitan church and our neighbours from the Masonic Temple.

 

Wayne encourages the multicultural aspects of the Regina Bell Ringers along with the local composers. 

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

 

1     Whitsunday Canticle #4    Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

2     Salvator Mundi                                Christian  Traditional

3     Wonderful Grace                Haldor  Lillenas (1885-1959)

4     Charlisle                                                                              

5     Jerusalem   Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

6     Carn Brea                                  Derek  Holman (b.1931)

7     Hymn Tune #100              Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

8     Sullivan                               William J. Reynolds (b.1920)

9     Fill Me Now              John Robson Sweney (1837-1899)

10   There's A Toxic Cloud Around Uranus                           

                                                  Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

11   Babylon's Streams         Thomas  Campion (1570-1619)

12   He Rose Triumphantly                                                    

                                   Bentley De Forest Ackley (1872-1958)

13   Vengeance of Worms       Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

14   Were You There?                           American  Traditional

15   Amen #138                        Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

Wayne has been a bell ringer for more than four decades.   He like to play bells.  Wayne is the father of four children.  He likes doing things with his children.  Wayne sometimes plays the bells more than four times a week.  He gives tours and has learned the names of many of the artists represented in the Dead Air Space Art Gallery.  An average of four people come on a tour of the bell tower and some people have come up more than four times to the bell tower. 

 

Wayne enjoys drawing and sometimes writes stories.  Mr. Tunison teaching the bells with enjoyment.  Wayne also appreciates the help he receives from the other bell ringers, Knox Metropolitan church and our neighbours from the Masonic Temple.

 

Wayne encourages the multicultural aspects of the Regina Bell Ringers along with the local composers. 

 

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

1        Nunc Dimittis       Walter W. Felton (1715-1769)

2        Psalm 97                       Hal H. Hopson (b.1933)

3        Charterhouse            David  Evans (1874-1948)

4        Adela                   Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

5        Till There Was You      Meredith  Willson (1902-1984)

6        Ode To Be With You          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

7        Song of Simeon            T.  Kelway (1690-1749)

8        Schutz 19            Heinrich  Schutz (1585-1672)

9        Interlude #52        Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

10      Schutz 81            Heinrich  Schutz (1585-1672)

11      Evening Hymn    William  Jackson (1815-1866)

12      Jocelyn                Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

13      No One Understands               John Willard Peterson (b.1921)

14      Lullaby For Gooby-Gumbo                            

                                  Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

15      Amen #160   Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

Wayne has been a bell ringer for more than four decades.   He like to play bells.  Wayne is the father of four children.  He likes doing things with his children.  Wayne sometimes plays the bells more than four times a week.  He gives tours and has learned the names of many of the artists represented in the Dead Air Space Art Gallery.  An average of four people come on a tour of the bell tower and some people have come up more than four times to the bell tower. 

 

Wayne enjoys drawing and sometimes writes stories.  Mr. Tunison teaching the bells with enjoyment.  Wayne also appreciates the help he receives from the other bell ringers, Knox Metropolitan church and our neighbours from the Masonic Temple.

 

Wayne encourages the multicultural aspects of the Regina Bell Ringers along with the local composers. 

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

1     Te Deum Laudamus #1            Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

2     Psalm of Joy #4         Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

3     Ancient of Days          J. Albert Jeffery (1851-1928)

4     Golden Hill                       Amzi  Chapin (1768-1835)

5     Somewhere In The Void           Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

6     Be Calm, My Soul                     Gloria  Roe (b.1938)

7     Let Us Break Bread                 American  Traditional

8     Daydream #19            Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

9     Children Praying                   Ken  Medema (b.1943)

10   Daydream #17            Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

11   Te Lucis                                     Christian  Traditional

12   Fillmore              James Henry Fillmore (1849-1936)

13   Savannah                Wesley's "Foundery Collection" (b.1742)

14   Daydream #21            Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

15   Once More Amen       Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

Wayne has been a bell ringer for more than four decades.   He like to play bells.  Wayne is the father of four children.  He likes doing things with his children.  Wayne sometimes plays the bells more than four times a week.  He gives tours and has learned the names of many of the artists represented in the Dead Air Space Art Gallery.  An average of four people come on a tour of the bell tower and some people have come up more than four times to the bell tower. 

 

Wayne enjoys drawing and sometimes writes stories.  Mr. Tunison teaching the bells with enjoyment.  Wayne also appreciates the help he receives from the other bell ringers, Knox Metropolitan church and our neighbours from the Masonic Temple.

 

Wayne encourages the multicultural aspects of the Regina Bell Ringers along with the local composers. 

 

 

 

F. Wayne Tunison

 

1       Psalm of Approach      F. Wayne Tunison (b.1953)  

2       Hostis Herodis Impie               Christian  Traditional

3       Laudate Dominum                                                  

                    Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

4       Springtime                                          Helen  Taylor

5       Daydream #09          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

6       Hudson                     Ralph E. Hudson (1843-1901)

7       Doversdale               Samuel  Stanley (1767-1822)

8       Ooh, You Make It Look So Fine                             

                                           Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

9       Misericordia      Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)

10     Daydream #14          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

11     Now There's A Girl With Class                               

                                           Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

12     Old 124th                       "Geneva Psalter" (b.1543)

13     Gainsborough                  Isaac  Smith (1730-1800)

14     Amen #069               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

15     Amen For Two          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

 

Kiet Truong

 

 

Kiet was born in Cholon, Vietnam where she was a registered nurse.  With the fall of Vietnam, Kiet became a small boat escapee for freedom.

 

Kiet has played the bells for more than twenty years attempting to fuse her eastern spiritualism with the modernism she embraces in her new home. 

 

Kiet is the mother of one daughter.

 

 

 

Kiet Truong

 

1    Nunc Dimittis #07               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

2    Psalm of Joy #1  Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

3    I See You Have Weeds In Your Hair                  

                                     Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

4    Psalm 141                         Arlo D. Duba (b.1929)

5    Calvary Covers It                Mrs. Walter G. Taylor (b.1932)

6    St. Jude      Charles John Vincent (1852-1934)

7    Kingly Vale        Hugh Percy Allen (1869-1946)

8    Wondrous Love                    Walker's "Southern Harmony" (b.1835)

9    Gift of Life                              English  Traditional

10 Because I Loved You        Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

11 Prospect              Walker's "Southern Harmony" (b.1835)

12 Royal Oak                             English  Traditional

13 Nasty Jehovah    Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

14 Thornbury              Basil  Horwood (1859-1949)

15 Seelenbrautigam      Adam  Drese (1620-1701)

16 Wreck of the Steamship Ethie   Newfoundland  Traditional

17 Daydream #27     Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

18 Doctor, Doctor                   Canadian  Traditional

19 Mount              Gifford Jerome Mitchell (b.1913)

20 Gooby-Gumbo Goes To School                          

                                     Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

21 Amen #030          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

22 Two-Fold Amen   Eric  Delamarter (1880-1953)

23 Hopelessly Amen               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

24 Amen #016          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

25 Amen For Lemmings         Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

26 Amen #172          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

 

Anna Tunison

 

 

Anna started bell ringing when she was 6 years old; Anna will soon to be 14.  In September 2007, Anna finished the first level of apprenticeship, started her intermediate apprenticeship and began mentoring the newer apprentices.  Anna selected the repertoire of music for this concert.

 

Anna plays piano and water polo. Anna is attending her first year of high school.

 

 

 

 

 

Anna Tunison

 

 

1     Psalm of Approach # 23 And Variation

                         F. Wayne Tunison (b.1953)

2     O Happy Day           Phillip  Doddridge (1702-1751)

3     Fairweather   Ron  Klusmeier (b.1946)

4     Croft   Joyce Croft (b.1944) & Colbert  Croft (b.1941)

5     Flow Gently Sweet Afton      James E. Spilman (1812-1896)

6     Snake Ends         Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

7     Kas Dziedaja          Latvian  Traditional

8     Killing Me Softly With His Song                         Charles  Fox (b.1940)

9     Moon River      Henry  Mancini (1924-1994)

10   Lullaby    Johannes Sebastian Brahms (1833-1897)

11   You're My Reason         Craig  Salkeid (b.1961)

12   Barefoot      Carman J. Price (b.1972)

13   How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?                                                     

                              Bob  Merrill (1921-1998)

14   Amen #088          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

15   Excellence           Kurt Frederic Kaiser (b.1934)

 

 

 

Trevor Anderson

 

Tower-bell ringer Trevor Anderson, is pleased to present a selection of his favourite tower bell etudes and an homage to composer Larry Peterson and his mentor Wayne Tunison. Trevor spends his days working in media production after having graduated from the U of R.

 

 

 

Trevor Anderson

 

1      Psalm 119                            Susan  Merrier

2      St. Ansgar    Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

3      St. Theodosius The Cenobiarch Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

4      The Solid Rock              William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868)

5      Blott En Dag    Oscar  Ahnfelt (1813-1882)

6      Higher Ground                                            

         Charles Homer Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932)

7      Ernan               Lowell  Mason (1792-1872)

8      Bless Me Now             "Great Songs of the Church" (b.1937)

9      St. Casimer of Poland's Canon         Gloria  Mundi (b.1806)

10    Healing Voice                    John D Hormon

11    London                                   John  Sherles

12    St. Michael Garicoits  Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

13    Abba Father                              Steven  Fry

14    Knighton William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

15    Amen #199   Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

 

 

 

Trevor Anderson

 

Tower-bell ringer Trevor Anderson, is pleased to present a selection of his favourite tower bell etudes and an homage to composer Larry Peterson and his mentor Wayne Tunison. Trevor spends his days working in media production after having graduated from the U of R.

 

 

 

Trevor Anderson

 

1     A Dancing Candle Burns Away    

               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

2     Gooby-Gumbo Chases A Dragonfly                                              

               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

3     Hymn Tune #116          Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

4     Sandringham        Joseph  Barnby (1838-1896)

5     Commit Thy Way     Kurt Frederic Kaiser (b.1934)

6     Glory to His Name         John Hart Stockton (1813-1877)

7     St. Joan of Arc             Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

8     St. Caedmon Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

9     Whitsunday Canticle #8         Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

10   Dalkeith   Thomas  Hewlett (1845-1874)

11   Gloria Tibi #10              Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

12   Simeon     Samuel  Stanley (1767-1822)

13   Plead for Me John  Stainer (1840-1901)

14   God Remembers       Jeeva  Sam (b.1957)

15   The Blessed Home   John  Stainer (1840-1901)

 

 

 

Carol Benesh (Keelo)

 

One of the more senior apprentices, Carol has been ringing the Darke Memorial Chimes (12 English bells) since 1996.  The tower bells are her first and only musical instrument (besides her voice).  Carol enjoys the more ‘volunteer’ aspects of belonging to the Regina Bell Ringers, like tours and mentoring the new apprentices.  There are also the tasks of cataloguing the tower music and art, creating and formatting the concert programs & advertisements.  Carol has reordered the accounting with the help of Knox Metropolitan professionals.  Carol discovered early in life her forte of data processing.  Show her a document, file, spreadsheet, database, program, picture, electronic data of any kind, tell her what you want, it becomes information, then knowledge.  It is done.  Time flies for her when she is on the computer as her family can well attest.

Carol has two lovely daughters, Jade and Azure, who are also involved in bellringing and are currently seeking the things in life that they love most (definitely not computer work J).

 

 

 

Carol Benesh (Keelo)

 

 

1     Psalm of Approach # 71  F. Wayne Tunison (b.1953)

2     Come To My Heart                    Joe  Pinson (b.1937)

3     Ellesdie        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

4     St. Ignatius                    John  Beaumont (1762-1822)

5     So Let Us Reach Out                       Kevin  Culberson

6     Navel Dust                    Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

7     Love Forgiven                 Allen  Ginsberg (1926-1997)

8     Interlude #10                 Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

9     Truett          Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886-1952)

10   Washed In The Blood                                                  

                                 Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929)

11   Dundee                                         Scottish  Traditional

12   The Gay Raftsmen       French Canadian  Traditional

13   May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You

                                            Meredith  Willson (1902-1984)

14   Beach Spring                  "The Sacred Harp" (b.1844)

15   Come, Holy Spirit             William J. Gaither (b.1936)

16   Amen for an Emergency Call Number                       

                                                 F. Wayne Tunison (b.1953)

 

 

Bev Lundahl (Windy)

 

Bev’s musical training got off to an interesting start when she was twelve years old.  She practiced vigorously on an old pump organ at home on the farm, played her lessons for her teacher on the piano accompanied by the teacher’s eccentric one-eyed friend on a mandolin.   In spite of such odd beginnings she obtained grade four at the Royal Conservatory of Music later playing the organ at St. Paul’s United Church in Macoun for a few years in her teens.  As a recreation employee at Pioneer Village in the early 1990’s she was able to use her knowledge to accompany the sing-a-longs at the nursing home. She has been apprenticing on the bells for one year.  Bev has two children and works in an office in Regina.

 

Mercedees Lenger (Sadie Bug)

 

Mercedees began her apprenticeship on the bells on Sunday May 9, 2010 - Mother’s Day, also her seventh birthday and her Dad and new Mom’s anniversary.  She dedicates her music to her Mommy Jody in heaven.   She has been attending Knox Metropolitan United church with Grandma Bev since age three and began visiting the bell tower when she was four.  Mercedees who was born in Yorkton enjoys a large extended family and especially likes her outings to the country to visit relatives in rural and northern Saskatchewan – in particular her maternal Grandma Sheila in Nokomis as well as paternal Opa Lenger. at the fish camp.   She sings in a junior choir and does Austrian dancing.   Mercedees attends Rosemont School.

 

Elona Cook (Diamond )

 

Elona started her apprenticeship this year.

 

F. Wayne Tunsion

 

Wayne graduated in 1967 and once again mentors the apprentices for their first concert.

 

 

 

 

1     Psalm of Approach # 09     F. Wayne Tunison (b.1953)

Bev Lundahl

2     Twinkle/Alphabet/Black Sheep                                     

                             Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Bev Lundahl

3     Hope                                                               R  Davies

F. Wayne Tunison

4     Plain Hunt Minimus 1 2 3 4                            Traditional

Mercedees Lenger & Elona Cook

5     Rochester             Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)

Bev Lundahl

6     Rub A Dub Dub                                English  Traditional

Elona Cook

7     St. Petersburg                                                                

                      Dmitri Stepanovich Bortniansky (1751-1825)

Bev Lundahl

8     Interlude #41                   Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

F. Wayne Tunison & Elona Cook

9     Old Brass Wagon                         American  Traditional

Bev Lundahl

10   The Four Maries                             Scottish  Traditional

Bev Lundahl

11   Sweet Nothings #16        Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

F. Wayne Tunison

12   Petra                              Richard Redhead (1820-1901)

Bev Lundahl

13   Eudoxia                    Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)

Mercedees Lenger

14   Union Seminary                Harold  Friedell (1905-1958)

F. Wayne Tunison

15   Two More Amens And An Amen                                  

                                               Larry John Peterson (b.1952)

Mercedees Lenger