ARC Handbell Choir

The ARC Bell Choir shines with success! We were asked to perform again this year as part of the Los Angeles County Arts Holiday Celebration on stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown L.A.’s Music Center. It was televised live on KCET. Wow! We felt like movie stars! (Watch us on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.)
The Bell Choir has performed for so many different causes, for so many different reasons, and in so many different places that ARC feels very happy to have created a media situation that has had such a tremendous impact on both the performers and the audiences.

The Bell Choir members practice every Monday afternoon for two hours. There are 21 musicians, with about 45 performances annually. The Choir handles "behind the scenes" work such as washing and matching gloves, music equipment loading/checking and set-up, and bell polishing (which is quite an arm chore!).

Clients are encouraged to improve their musical ability, to improve their performance behavior, and to improve social skills necessary to work together with the other Bell Choir members in practices and rehearsals. In addition, the Bell Choir music is written in such a way that it requires much focus by the individual, eye-hand coordination, and good attention to the music director in order to play well and sound good!

IF YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OUR CHOIR, PLEASE COME TO OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY MUSICAL BENEFIT IN DECEMBER

Following are some of the many HAND BELL CHOIR performances over the past year:

• Accessible City Expo Community Resources Employment Fair
• Agular School, Rancho San Antonio
• American Airlines
• Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
• ARC’s Annual Holiday Musical at Harvard/Westlake School
• Briar Oak Convalescent Home
• Child Education Center in La Canada
• Christian Church, La Crescenta (Pastor Galen Goben)
• Councilmember Wendy Greuel Reception
• Dearborn Elementary School
• El Cariso Park Community Fair
• Elks Club, Simi Valley
• Erwin Street School, Residents’ Assoc. (Mary Schallert awarded Citizen of the year)
• Girl Scouts Olympic Games in Sylmar
• Help Youth Foundation (Creston Club)
• Biosense Webster / Johnson & Johnson Company
• KCET TV Show at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion -- L.A. County Arts Holiday Celebration
• L.A. County Social Workers’ Conference
• Lockheed Retirement Club at Jocelyn Center
• Lowman Elementary School
• McKinley Children’s Center
• Monrovia Community Center Senior Club
• Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• No-Ho Children’s Art and Poetry Festival
• O.N.E., Encino
• Prudential (John Aaroe and Associates)
• Reseda Women’s Club
• Roosevelt Elementary School
• Silgan Containers
• Sober Day Festival & Van Nuys Parade
• Sulphur Springs School
• Tri-Valley Special Olympics Ceremony
• Van Nuys Parade
• Van Nuys Women’s Club
• Verdugo Life Member Club
• Veteran’s Club, Glendale
• Viewpoint School
• Vikings Annual Party at Peterson Auto Museum
• Wilshire Grand Hotel (City of Hope)
• Women’s Club, Van Nuys

ARC and Adults is a charitable, non-profit, tax deductible, California corporation, incorporated for the purpose of promoting the welfare, protection, education and advancement individuals with intellectual disabilities. It is designed to assess the ability and potential of each person, then develop and implement a regimen of activities calculated to help achieve his/her full potential for mental, emotional, physical and spiritual development.

ARC Programs:

• Respite Care
• Saturday Camp
• Hand Bell Choir & Chime Choir
• Adult Day Activity Center
• Young Adult Club
• Residential Camping
• Adaptive Living Services
• Adult Education Classes

We serve over 100 families annually.

Founded in 1969. Incorporated in 1975.

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