Deary Youth Bell Choir Concert

By Cathy Law

More than 100 were in attendance at the service, and more than 90 guests and members were served at the vegetarian lunch following the service.

The service included choir members introducing each selection with a short history of the composition or a fitting testimony. Piano, cello, violin and clarinet instrumentation were featured during the service as well.

One attendee, on hearing the the bright harmonies of ringing bells, said, "It sounds like heaven!"

The choir was organized by Tom Hunt. His two sons and five other young people from the Deary (Idaho) Seventh-day Adventist Church became the first members of the Deary Youth Bell Choir nine months ago. Adults (all young at heart) joined also to occupy positions behind the four-octaves of Malmark handbells and three octave chime set.

“We began an 90 minute once-a-week practice sessions in our home in Kendrick last August of 2020. So our group has been together for roughly nine months,” Hunt explained. “Our purpose is to provide a venue for these very talented and gifted young people to share their love of music and their love for the Lord to any group or establishment who would like to listen to them perform.”