Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) - Steven Sharp Nelson

If you like your classical music with a modern twist, you're going to love this guy. Steven Sharp Nelson (The Cello Guy) is half of a duo called "The Piano Guys." The other half is Jon Schmidt.) They just released their first album "YouTube Hits Vol. 1. You can go to thepianoguys.com to read all about them and buy the music.

The first video is Steven playing "Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos)." The second is called "Classical Music at 180 mph." The third is "Cello Wars Light Saber Duel."

Carol of the Bells, 12 Days, and Missing

Thanks to Stephanie Black and her commenters over at Six LDS Writers and a Frog who helped me find this wonderful acapella group.



And they're funny, too!



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Today, I am feeling a little sleep deprived, and it partly Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen's fault. She wrote this book called Missing. It's a mystery about this young woman who is performing on tour with her college choir and spots a child who was kidnapped from her home town. Ronda is an amazing writer. I stayed up way too late reading Missing. I know I should have just used a bookmark and put it down, but I got so involved with the story and the characters. I just had to know what happened. I was reading late at night because I made the mistake of telling my teenage daughter how good the book was before I had a chance to finish reading it. She started reading it after school, while I was still working, and I had to wait until I could get her to stop reading and go to bed before I could get it back again. She couldn't put it down either without some parental intervention.

If you want to read a sample of Missing, go to Ronda's website. Once you read the sample chapters and you're hooked, you can buy a copy at Amazon.com.

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Remember to post comments to be entered in the drawing on December 26th. One of the prizes will be an autographed copy of Missing by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen. You can have one entry for each post you comment on.

See you tomorrow!

Carol of the Bells - Advent Calendar Day 22

"Carol of the Bells" - Utah Valley Handbell Ringers and the Utah Baroque Ensemble



What a difference another arrangement can make! Here is "Carol of the Bells" again, this time done by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, with just a touch of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" thrown in the arrangement.