Playing the Bells

One Thursday night we were working a rehearsal at the conference center with the Duncans. Lee and I went backstage so I could show him the entrance to the kitchen. As we got behind the rostrum, we saw several cases of bells on a table.  After looking at them for a while I commented that it sure would be fun to play them, but someone was sure to hear and we didn’t want to get in trouble.  We continued to talk about how much fun it would be to play the bells as we started to walk back down the hall. On our way we saw the director of the bell choir coming toward us. I saw our opportunity and asked her if it would be possible to play the bells.  Much to our delight, she agreed and took us back to show us how the bells work and how they are replaced. She then let us take some of the bells from their cases and showed us how to play them, and for the next couple of minutes we made beautiful music with the bells on temple square.

Paul Bredthauer