We have our second rehearsal for Caramoor tomorrow evening, 7:30 pm, at Port Chester Middle School. We’ll have access to the large bass drum and the podium. I expect that the chairs and stands situation will be similar to last week. The rehearsal plan is posted. A large portion of rehearsal will be devoted to the Tchaikovsky.

If you have contacts in the Handbell community, please share this post and the form at the bottom. Directors of handbell choirs are asked to register once, with all the names of participants.

The Board agreed on Thursday night on this attire for July 4 for Caramoor:

• Men: white shirts (short sleeve shirts are acceptable or long sleeves turned up) without ties, black pants, black shoes, black socks
• Women: white blouses, black tea-length skirts or black dress slacks, black shoes

Thanks go out to Denise Ruchala, Mary Eberling, Ben Acrish, Tim Takagi, Marc Perler, Lisa Romeo, Rich Williams, Kirk Silver, Chris Carbone, and Nate Brewster, who braved the brilliant sunshine and played for The Masters School commencement ceremonies today. I do appreciate your stamina and musicianship. There were all kinds of great comments, ranging from “How did you survive in that constant sun?” to “We really liked the new recessional!” So bravo and thank you!