No. 85 April 2011 News Carillon www.gcna.org Newsletter of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America Features GCNA and WCF to Celebrate at Michigan Congress by Dennis Curry 2011 Joint GCNA and Facebook group, bringing our art into the 21st century. WCF Congress. .1 Check back often at www.gcna.org, Nominations for www.carillon.org, and GCNA Board of Facebook: Carillon Congress Directors . 4 2011. This is everyone’s congress, so suggestions and comments are always 2011 Summer welcomed. E-mail us at Recital Series . 8
[email protected]. See you soon! Plus Congress at a Glance, accommodation choices, and a registration form are Calendar . 3 Kirk in the Hills found on pages 14 and 15 of this issue. Overtones ome celebrate our great carillon her- Regional Notes . .11 Citage. This upcoming joint GCNA- A New Opportunity WCF congress in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Take Notes promises to be the largest gathering of car- for Professional Carillon Education . 17 illonneurs and enthusiasts on record, and we have cause to celebrate: the 75th anniversary Advancement Installations, of the GCNA, the 75th anniversary of the Renovations, Baird carillon, and a kick-off of the next 500 by Margo Halsted Dedications . .19 years of the carillon. Full details continue to be developed, but this congress will be one he Associate Carillonneur Evaluation of the finest and most diverse yet—from the Foreign News . 22 Ad Hoc Committee is happy to an- wealth of instruments, to stimulating and en- T nounce the development of the Associate gaging presentations and workshops, to Notices .