The Bluffton Presbyterian Church will have a percussion ensemble performing at the Pentecost service, June 12th at 10:30 a.m. Tanya Best will direct the large ensemble of church members and friends playing the last movement of David Gillingham^aEURTMs "Liturgical Music for Percussion Ensemble".
The piece quotes "Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" (John Wesley 1739). Instrumentation includes crotales (sometimes called "antique cymbals"), xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, bells, high-hat, triangle, tambourine, chimes, congas, tom-toms and piano.
New tennis players will enjoy the USTA Quickstart Program to be offered on Thursdays, June 16-July 28, at BFR, according to Carole Enneking, director.
Quickstart combines tennis fundamental skills with an introduction to
match play and scoring. Youth ages 6-9 years are eligible; cost is $45
($30 BFR member).
A Youth Tennis Skills Camp will be offered June 13-15 from 10 a.m. to noon. The camp leader will be Phil Newland, BFR teaching pro.
Bluffton University will host an exhibition of the work of Will Triplett, a photographer in Bluffton from 1881-1934, as part of the village's sesquicentennial celebration. Free and open to the public, the exhibition will open Sunday, June 12, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of the university's Sauder Visual Arts Center with a reception from 2-4 p.m.
