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[BELLS RINGING] Keep it moving.

To stand in front of 21,000 people in the Conference Center and ring the bell is a thrill. There's no other venue like it in the world. And to have the Tabernacle Choir surrounding you, it doesn't get any better than that. It's a dance. It's a dance of the arms and a dance of their faces. Their faces--this is one of the reasons I've chosen these people, is because their faces are animated with the gospel of Jesus Christ when they ring. Bells on Temple Square began about 10 years ago, actually, when a high school group that I directed was asked to accompany the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Then Craig Jessop kind of got it into his head that he'd like to see the bells be rung by members of the Tabernacle Choir. So I brought back a proposal of two seven-octave sets of bells and two six-octave sets of hand chimes. And we rang them with the Tabernacle Choir for a couple of years. And then Craig said, "Organize a choir." In fact, that's our number-one purpose, is to be there for Mack Wilberg and the Tabernacle Choir. And then in addition to that, we get to do two or three performances a year. We have many that are career people. We have medical people. We have construction people. We have bookkeepers and executives, secretaries, housewives, and even a house father. [BELLS RINGING] We perform for the Savior and, in doing so, hope that He will bless us with welfare for our souls. [PIANO AND BELLS]

The Bells on Temple Square Part 2

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Conductor Thomas Waldron shares the story behind the bell ringers on Temple Square.
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