Sherry Regiani of Clarkston, Judy Mellen, hand bell choir director at Clarkston United Methodist Church, and Morgan Hoxsie, who grew up in Clarkston, joined hundreds of bell ringers at the Mall of America for “The Big Ring,” an attempt to break the world’s record for the most number of hand bell musician’s playing together, Nov 19.
“This was the kickoff for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign – and we did it,” Regiani said. “We had to memorize our parts for over six minutes of music, not an easy task. The piece, entitled ‘Silver Carol,’ was commissioned and arranged by David Hart, who was also the main conductor. There were 664 of us from 32 states and a couple Canadian Provinces.It was amazing!”