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This arrangement of the theme from Emile Waldteufel’s”Les Patineurs, op. 183, is for three players. Jeffrey has a mini-lesson included that explains glissando techniques and double stops as used in the arrangement. Percussive Arts Sociewty Review: Much to the chagrin of many percussionists, the bell kit just hasn’t gone away. For those who still use the kits, Jeffrey T. Parthun has written a trio that would be perfect for beginning players. This trio includes some fun aspects of playing, like glissandos and double stops, that would be of interest to young performers. It’s only about 60 measures, equaling a couple of minutes, and would be doable as a percussion feature on a beginning band concert. You could easily double and/or triple the parts depending on the size of your percussion section. It’s a bit too long to simply memorize, so I also like the fact that students would need to read this in performance, reinforcing reading skills. The composer offers several paragraphs of performance notes that would be helpful to any beginning band director. This also might be a good exercise for the percussion techniques class when talking about bell kits and keyboard percussion. Julia Gaines