#OnThisDay 1874 composer Gustav Holst was born so here’s Thaxted from Jupiter movement of his Planets Suite performed in Dunblane Cathedral by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble, HRGB Scotland’s Celtic Carillon & Japan’s Kobe YMCA Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/pkYZ3gkAr6g

🗓🐘 It's #NationalElephantAppreciationDay #ElephantAppreciationDay #ElephantDay today so here's Baby Elephant Walk performed by Purdue University Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/uXfO7b8qGDw #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1989 composer Irving Berlin died, so here’s his “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” performed by San Diego Harmony Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/y4u9MSRqg-8 #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

#OnThisDay 1849 Austrian composer Johann Strauss I died, so here's his famous Radetzky March (for which he is best known) performed by Japan's Doshisha University & Kwansaigakuin University Handbell Ensembles youtu.be/fByrkErbf_c #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️ #OnThisDay 1975 TV presenter Declan Donnelly was born. Here's his fun handbell performance along with Anthony McPartlin on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ▶️ youtu.be/bD0VPhQrqNI #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️🇫🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1683 French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau was born. Here's his Minuet performed by Trinity Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/-nY1PRr12Nw #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️🇺🇸✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1898 US composer George Gershwin was born. Here’s a medley of some of his music performed by Hong Kong’s SKH TIn Wan Chi Nam Primary School Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/Bnxe4k9M3yM #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

#OnThisDay 935 Saint Wenceslas died. He is the subject of the well-known "Good King Wenceslas" carol, performed here on handbells ▶️ youtu.be/SVSYQm0c3p4 #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

It's #BroadwayMusicalsDay today so here's a medley from one of the most popular musicals on Broadway, "Phantom of the Opera" performed by Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/BFfOTOuOhUE #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Today is both #LincolnshireDay as well as #InternationalMusicDay so here's Lincolnshire Dance Song by Australian-American composer Percy Grainger performed by Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble Elite youtu.be/p23MeeV-RYo #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

#OnThisDay 1883 the Boys' Brigade, international youth organisation, was founded. This photograph from 1922 is of 1st Leith Boys' Brigade handbell group. There were many Boys' Brigade handbell groups in the country #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All #BoysBrigade

It's #GlobalJamesBondDay today. So here's Skyfall, 23rd James Bond film theme music performed by handbell duo Gay & Alan Cooper in Dunblane Cathedral with Matthew Beetschen on Cathedral Flentrop organ & Malcolm Wilson on Cathedral’s Steinway grand piano youtu.be/JFpG-fRBdns

#OnThisDay 1870 French organist & composer Louis Vierne was born, so here's spectacular performance by handbell musicians of Distinctly Bronze East 2020 of Sondra Tucker's arrangement of Vierne's Toccata from Organ Symphony Number 1 youtu.be/xi0FIcbkApk #Handbells

🗓️🎶 #OnThisDay 1940 singer/songwriter John Lennon was born. Here's his "Imagine" performed on handbells with voices ▶️ youtu.be/H9t8nTBavCE #Handbells #HandbellMusic #Handbells4All #HandbellsRFun

#OnThisDay 1872 English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was born so here's fantasy on his "King’s Weston" performed in Dunblane Cathedral by University of Southern Mississippi Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/eacNmKLKtxc #Handbells #HandbellMusic #Handbells4All #HandbellsRFun

🗓️🇺🇸🎶 #OnThisDay 1997 US country music star John Denver died. Here's one of his most popular songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads" performed by Japan's Kantogakuin Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/qND9xZOxtVc #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️🇺🇸🎶🗣️✍️ #OnThisDay 1941 US singer/songwriter Paul Simon was born. Here’s Matthew Compton’s arrangement of Paul Simon’s “Sound of Silence” performed by the Bells of the Cascades handbell ensemble youtu.be/oN8Z1U3jXzI #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

#OnThisDay 1990 US composer Leonard Bernstein died. Here’s the overture to his opera Candide performed by Puerto Rico’s Vivace handbell ensemble, part of Coro Polifonico Juvenil de Campanas ▶️ youtu.be/y-ljSueqffg #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️🇫🇷🎶✍️ #OnThisDay 1893 French composer Charles Gounod died. Here's his Ave Maria performed by Estonia's Arsis Handbell Ensembles ▶️ youtu.be/BY1zGicNqrY #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

As it's #NewFriendsDay today, become a Friend of Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensembles. Click on following link to sign up (it's free, though donations welcome if you wish), & from time to time we’ll let you know about our upcoming performances/activities tinyurl.com/handbellfriend