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HAWKEYE VALLEY BELL PROJECTS 

                
   FIVE DIFFERENT RINGS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY PATRICK HAZELL UTILIZING 
10 DIFFERENT BELLS IN EIGHT CHURCH BUILDINGS, THE OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL,AND THE 
FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA OF BURLINGTON, IOWA, ALONG THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.FEB.2, MAY 1, AUG.1, NOV.1, 2003; AND MARCH 20, 2004 
                                
(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A WIUM FM, MACOMB,IL. BROADCAST OF THE MAY 1, 2003 BELL PROJECT.)

UTILIZING 10 DIFFERENT BELLS IN EIGHT 
CHURCH BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 
IN THE HISTORIC MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOWN, 
BURLINGTON, IOWA. 
                    
THE BELL PROJECT IS A COMPOSITION FEATURING 
THE RINGING OF THE OLD BELLS IN VARIOUS 
COMBINATIONS OF CHORD PATTERNS AND OVERTONES 
THAT SHOULD MAKE FOR A VERY INTERESTING 
HOUR-LONG AMBIENT SOUND EVENT. SONIC WAVES
WILL ECHO THROUGH THE HILLS OF THE VALLEY 
LONG AGO CARVED BY HAWKEYE CREEK AS IT FLOWED 
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN THIS VALLEY 
WAS BUILT THE OLD DOWNTOWN OF BURLINGTON WITH ITS UNIQUE GROUPING OF MAJESTIC 19TH CENTURY 
HIGH-STEEPLED CHURCHS. IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE LARGE TOWN SETTINGS ALONG THE IOWA 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER COAST.