59th Bonclarken Music Conference By Trip McGill
2022, but also graciously agreed to be featured workshop leaders for our conference online at NO COST to us! Our clinicians have become family, not only through our association with them but with the love of our ARP church families and individuals whom over the years, have invited our clinicians into their homes at Bonclarken for Turkey and Dressing (Crowders Creek ARP), Low-Country Boil (First ARP Gastonia), Steak Night (Peachtree Corners), Cobbler night at the Scott’s and so many others. The fellowship and discussions in the rocking chairs outside of The Lodge, the times on the front porch of the hotel and the food and fellowship around the table in the Bonclarken Dining Hall have all been special times over the years with our clinicians. While we all wanted to be at Bonclarken, this virtual format gave us all a taste of what is to come in future
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years and I hope gave us the inspiration to continue doing what God has called each of us to do in our churches. We are also incredibly happy to announce our faculty for next summer for the 60th Bonclarken Music Con-
ference. We look forward to messages from Rev. Matt Kuiken, pastor of First ARP Church in Gastonia, Chil- dren’s Church Devotions with Sarah Dagenhart from First ARP Rock Hill, Nibble Nook with David Hooks and Crafts with Heidi Shealy. Our musical faculty is a stellar one for sure. Anton Armstrong, conductor of the St. Olaf College Choir will
be our Adult Choir Clinician. Along with Anton, will be John Ferguson, retired organ professor at St. Olaf Col- lege, renowned composer and organist, as our Conference Organist. David Coleman will service as the Adult Choir Accompanist. Our other choirs will be conducted as follows: (Youth Choir) Mark Stover, University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club Conductor and St. Olaf graduate, (Middle School Choir) David Mandt, a Florida State University graduate, works with the Birmingham Boys Choir and is a High School Choral Teacher in Birmingham, Alabama, (Junior Choir), Amanda Pate Smith, a graduate of St. Olaf College and teacher of chil- dren in New York City and (Cherub/Primary Choirs) Elizabeth (Liz) Shepley, who is a graduate of St. Thomas University and Condordia College and is the former Artistic Director of the Northfield Youth Choirs. Our other accompanists will be: Ginger Statom, Richard Scott, Patsy Surratt and Carol Godfrey. We praise God for the opportunity to have brought you all an online virtual conference this summer, but we
sure do look forward to being together next summer at Bonclarken for our 60th anniversary! If you missed the online conference this summer, you may view the workshops at the links below. We look forward to next summer that we can all be together on the mountain for worship, fellowship, food and song!?
Trip McGill – is a retired high school choral teacher from Ashbrook High School in Gastonia, NC. He is currently the Director of Music and Organist at First ARP Church, the Camp Director for the Bonclarken Music Drama Camp, Co-Camp Director for Camp Bonclarken and Co-Conference Director for the Bonclarken Music Conference.
This is the link to access the booklet with the password:
https://www.bonclarken.org/arp-events/music-conference/ The password (which you should share with great care) is: BCvmc2020!
To access the session below, please click on the link and TYPE IN the password for each session as you access it.
Monday Sessions – July 13, 2020 Clint Davis Devotions Link and Password
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/7MdEKI3V7H9IU6eT62XVBYp7Oce5X6a8higd8_QPnUbVz1UOhxZ-AVcn59Z4YTxQ Password: 0z%.%3!7
Shannon Jeffrey’s Workshop Link and Password
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/7-d1NJyzxHJOcNbk8kCcdLMZRIK1eaa8g3JL_vsOnUn_k0Qm4I6-50bjisxyqwSe Password: 1d*r^G^!
Liz Shepley’s Workshop Link and Password
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/2vRkNZjy_E9JQbP_6kXeY40MFIjpeaa82yFLqKAEzU4-8zN9hiz9jxdLdETN7SVJ Password: 0v!Rd4mI
Tuesday Sessions – July 14, 2020 Children’s Church with Sarah Dagenhart – Link and Password
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/-9dZA_Lz2GNJWc_TuVuYXpF-LNr9aaa82iEa-foPmki-DSkdHGHVN1XncDfgk-ch Password: 6C?gx%a@
Clint Davis Devotions Link and Password
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/oottH66v6FlLHJ3T-l__QIs_Wan5X6a80yNPrvEPzRwg0zpY0kpbuw6DFBDJcCDA Password: 8r!+D+&7
Susan Eernisse’s Workshop Link and Password
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/yMp4aJTI0XxLe4XuxGrmdIo4JoH0aaa80SAWqfQJzx5MJLadPw68zKOM-KPBk5nz Password: 0d!Z34Vg
12 The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
he summer of 2020 was nothing like any of us have seen before. It was an incredibly tough decision for us to move the 59th Bonclarken Music Conference to an online format! We were blessed to have clinicians for this summer who not only agreed to totally move to the year
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