Bell Hero

Pedro · December 12, 2009, 10:51:10 PM

It was Son of Pedro's turn to organise an activity for the group of Explorer Scouts he's a part of and the pre-allocated topic was "hand bells".
In the past, this has involved working with a bell ringing group who bring in some handbells and help run the session but, while mulling it over he & I hit upon a slightly different/modern twist.

Last Christmas (cue for song) Mrs Pedro, who quite often surprises me with a little "unusual" musical gift, gave me a set of "Rainbow Musical Bells" - 8 brightly coloured, numbered handbells.

Coupling these with the "Hero" concept, a seasonal tune or two and a bit of Flash movie creation....and 'Bell Hero' was born.

The unsuspecting scouts were divided into teams of four with two bells each and, well....have a look (and a listen) to this video.

The "in-game" scrolling in the video is way more jerky than it was on the night - thanks to a rather ropey conversion from the Flash movie but you get the idea.

With hindsight (and a little less last-minute panic) I would have made sure the notes were Frost*erisks but the song title was subtle enough!

Enjoy!

catherine · December 12, 2009, 11:21:05 PM

Excellent!

Better get working on Black Light Machine for next year...

Mordwin · December 12, 2009, 11:23:31 PM

That's brilliant

Bokkie · December 13, 2009, 12:38:23 AM

Yeah..scouts rule!!!

rogerg · December 13, 2009, 04:16:31 AM

awesome as usual, Pedro!!! Facebooked!

Trapezium Artist · December 13, 2009, 04:20:06 PM

Quote from: "catherine"Excellent!

Better get working on Black Light Machine for next year...

Aw, c'mon, Catherine: the whole of Milliontown , surely ... Would probably need about 300 bells and scouts able to play at hyperlightspeed ...

Pedro · December 13, 2009, 04:26:05 PM

LOL
Black Light Machine....with one octave of only white notes...hmmm....tricky....

catherine · December 13, 2009, 04:45:19 PM

Quote from: "Pedro"LOL
Black Light Machine....with one octave of only white notes...hmmm....tricky....

Only white notes? Nonsense! You must be colour blind. Look at the picture again.

You've got a red note, an orange note, a yellow note, two green notes, two blue notes and a pink note...

Pedro · December 13, 2009, 05:19:37 PM

LOL
Alas, not shown, the clappers are all white.

rogerg · December 13, 2009, 05:45:03 PM

Quote from: "Pedro"LOL
Alas, not shown, the clappers are all white.

and I thought we never had rhythm...

Pedro · December 13, 2009, 06:50:31 PM

LOL
...the dings are smaller...but beautifully formed...