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“I make music to touch the souls of people as it’s a language we all can speak.” — Andre Rieu The McCallum Amish family singing during the Christmas Carols 2019 at the Scottsdale Mechanics' Institute Hall [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1216897715166874&set=pcb.1216899308500048] [ALBUM SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/ScottsdaleMechanicsHall2015/posts/pfbid02cDR3gvd9nXGbQS17BKrG4DrEAzrTeTuZ5JhHxEd2KeNcb1766GZmT3mR3C1sEDabl ..... ….. https://www.domain.com.au/news/escape-to-scottsdale-tasmania-891738/] BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html |
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“Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is no good. The bricks must be cemented together.” – Corrie Ten Boom PHOTO CAPTION: Amish Community at a music community. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.aol.com/across-country-amish-populations-rise-143000354.html] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/grand-friends-program-are-awesome.html |
The McCallum Family in Springfield, Northeast Tasmania, are one of Australia’s few Amish families. The more I read about them, I feel they are like the New Order Amish or the Beachy Amish Mennonites, in the sense that although they live off the grid, they are very friendly to their neighbourhood and the public. They also play musical instruments (where most Amish do not).
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“When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.” — Yo-Yo Ma A moving story of the handover of a family treasure, to an Amish family who will cherish and play a violin,brought to the Springfield district of north east Tasmania, by the Heazlewood family in the pioneering days of Scottsdale. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=358810769414416] |
They follow the 4 core values of the Amish culture: faith, family, community and simple life. This family have inspired me to learn from them. The first blog post I did on them was an introduction, the second blog post was about their community life where they bought the St Paul’s Sunday School.
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Psalm 33 vs 2 to 5 2Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp. 3Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy. 4For the word of the LORD holds true, and we can trust everything he does. 5He loves whatever is just and good; the unfailing love of the LORD fills the earth. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.heartlight.org/gallery/4321.html] |
This blog post about the Heazlewood Violin Story – where the Heazlewood family gave the violin to the Amish Family and mainly about the McCallum family as musicians. I will give my thoughts at the end of the article and video.
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Bonnie Heazlewood donates the Heazlewood family violin to an Amish family(Supplied: Dorset Tasmania History Society) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hobart-your-afternoon/family-heirloom-donated/13751210] You may have read the story in the North Eastern Advertiser this week of the 'Springfield violin'. Dating from between 1850 and 1900 the violin was owned and played by Stuart Heazlewood from Springfield, particularly in the Heazlewood Orchestra around the 1920s and 30s. When Stuart died in the 1970s his daughter Bonnie inherited the instrument and preserved and treasured it, though mostly unplayed. Bonnie recently wondered what to do with her father's old violin - she wanted it to be in Springfield and to be played, so with the help of a luthier (builder and repairer of stringed instruments) from Longford, the McCallum family from Springfield, and the History Society, the violin has been restored to a beautiful standard and Bonnie has gifted it to the McCallum family with a covenant that asks that it always remain in Springfield and always be played. Bonnie recently handed over the violin to Mary McCallum, who the family has decided will be the current keeper of the violin, at a very moving ceremony in Springfield. |
In a small church hall in north east Tasmania, a violin that had been handed down generations of one family has been donated to another family for many more lifetimes of play.
In the 1970s Bonnie Heazlewood became the owner of her fathers violin. She held onto the violin and has recently had the instrument restored. No small job considering the instrument had years of travel, play and some less than ideal repairs. The family treasure now plays beautifully and has been donated to an Amish family who live just across the road from where the violin spent many years of its playing life.
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You may have read the story in the North Eastern Advertiser this week of the 'Springfield violin'. Dating from between 1850 and 1900 the violin was owned and played by Stuart Heazlewood from Springfield, particularly in the Heazlewood Orchestra around the 1920s and 30s. When Stuart died in the 1970s his daughter Bonnie inherited the instrument and preserved and treasured it, though mostly unplayed. Bonnie recently wondered what to do with her father's old violin - she wanted it to be in Springfield and to be played, so with the help of a luthier (builder and repairer of stringed instruments) from Longford, the McCallum family from Springfield, and the History Society, the violin has been restored to a beautiful standard and Bonnie has gifted it to the McCallum family with a covenant that asks that it always remain in Springfield and always be played. Bonnie recently handed over the violin to Mary McCallum, who the family has decided will be the current keeper of the violin, at a very moving ceremony in Springfield. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1364645573954135&set=pcb.1364648790620480]
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President of the Dorset Tasmania History Society Nigel Mercer spoke with Helen Shield about the history of the violin and the generous donation Bonnie made to a north east Tasmanian family.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hobart-your-afternoon/family-heirloom-donated/13751210
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From left, Ruth, 4, Esther, 17, Abi, 2, mother Bethany, Elizabeth, 12, Mary, 10, and Hannah, 16.Credit:Meredith O'Shea BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html |
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN MORE:
The Heazlewood Violin Story
A moving story of the handover of a family treasure, to an Amish family who will cherish and play a violin, brought to the Springfield district of north east Tasmania, by the Heazlewood family in the pioneering days of Scottsdale.
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BITCHUTE VIDEO: https://www.bitchute.com/video/cfexyCOkg4ps/
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MY THOUGHTS:
I appreciate and I am grateful for the McCallum Family for preserving the violin from the Heazlewood family. As Cellist, Joshua Roman said:
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Connection is very important. It's extremely important for me to be connected and sharing with other people, giving them what I feel is important. – Joshua Roman [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.picturequotes.com/connection-is-very-important-its-extremely-important-for-me-to-be-connected-and-sharing-with-other-quote-928664] |
The McCallum Family are a very talented family musical group, as the mother, Bethany is a music teacher and she trains her children well. I enjoy listening to them, whether it is singing or playing their musical instrument. As Maria Von Trapp said:
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Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. - Maria von Trapp [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/353964] |
They are similar to the ‘Mel’ Stoltzfus Family Musical Group, where they have a large family and the whole family are musically talented. The McCallums usually performed during the Christmas season in Scottsdale, Tasmania. I personally recommend that they should perform in the Shenandoah Christian Music Camp and the Anabaptist Orchestra Camp.
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devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. - Johann
Sebastian Bach The Stoltzfus Family [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=596158259593239&set=pb.100075972100828.-2207520000] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-stotlzfus-family-musical-group.html |
In conclusion, let us remember the words of Johann Sebastian Bach:
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“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” - Johann Sebastian Bach [PHOTO SOURCE: https://au.pinterest.com/pin/181973641181368142/] |
BECOMING THE PLAIN PEOPLE LINKS:
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J. R. R. Tolkien
The McCallums – One of Australia’s few Amish families
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html
The Church At Springfield
https://thechurchatspringfield.com.au/
True community arises out of transformation, and only transformation can make real community. – Eberhard Arnold
The McCallums and their community
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html
“I make music to touch the souls of people as it’s a language we all can speak.” — Andre Rieu
The McCallum Family Musical Group
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html
Love Is Work Working together with others is the best way to test our faith, to find out whether or not we are ready to live a life of Christian fellowship. Work is the crucial test of faith because such a life can come into being only where people work for love. Love demands action, and the only really valid action is work. Christian fellowship means fellowship in work. – Eberhard ArnoldSpringfield Farm Fresh Produce - McCallum Family
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/08/springfield-farm-fresh-produce-mccallum.html
“I wish you music to help with the burdens of life, and to help you release your happiness to others.” - Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Tuner Compass
From an Amish family in Tasmania, to a Chinese Australian widow in Darwin, piano tuner Martin Tucker encounters people across Australia. Through his craft the audience is introduced to a network of community, soul connection and listening, bound together by the vanishing skill of a piano tuner committed to his calling.
(ABC, Compass, 2021)
See 4:22 to 8:25 of video for the McCallum Amish Mennonite Family
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html
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BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/08/springfield-farm-fresh-produce-mccallum.html
VIMEO SOURCE: https://vimeo.com/539429269/5a910346a1
RUMBLE VIDEO: https://rumble.com/v705yag-piano-tuner-compass.html
BITCHUTE VIDEO: https://www.bitchute.com/video/iuvkk7OjQpWM
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SCMC Ohio is committed to musical excellence and spiritual vitality. We welcome you to experience the beauty of God and the challenge of building musical skills, all in the heart of Holmes County, Ohio. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=974543104679836&set=a.490916773042474] |
RELATED LINKS:
Shenandoah Christian Music Camp strengthens communities with biblically-rooted music and worship resources. Our vision is to see disciples whose music-making reflects Jesus. While we focus on Anabaptist groups, our programs are open to all Christians seeking to deepen their relationship with Christ.
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/04/introducing-shenandoah-christian-music.html
https://www.facebook.com/shenandoahchristianmusiccamp
https://www.youtube.com/@BrandenbergerFamily/featured
Learn all there is to learn, and then choose your own path. - George Frideric Handel
HANDEL’S MESSIAH (PREMIERED ON APRIL 13, 1742)
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/04/handels-messiah-premiered-on-april-13.html
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. - Revelation 11:15 (KJV)
HANDEL’S MESSIAH – HALLELUJAH
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/04/handels-messiah-hallelujah.html
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Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. - Johann Sebastian Bach The Stoltzfus Family singing on stage [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=595470586328673&set=a.180386637837072] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-stotlzfus-family-musical-group.html |
Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. - Maria von Trapp
THE STOTLZFUS FAMILY MUSICAL GROUP
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-stotlzfus-family-musical-group.html
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New Song From Amish Couple Ben & Rose: “The Little Mountain Church House” [SOURCE: https://amishamerica.com/amish-couple-ben-rose-perform-little-mountain-church-house/] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/03/ben-and-rose-amish-singing-couple.html |
Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. - Johann Sebastian Bach
BEN AND ROSE – THE AMISH SINGING COUPLE
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/03/ben-and-rose-amish-singing-couple.html
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Anabaptist Orchestra Camp [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1079582187308885&set=a.522092593057850] |
Friendship arises out of mere companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). The typical expression of opening friendship would be something like, “What? You too? I thought I was the only one.” —C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Anabaptist Orchestra Camp is an extended ministry of Shenandoah Christian Music Camp, offering instrumentalists an opportunity to interact with each other and grow as Christian musicians.
https://www.facebook.com/OrchestraCamp
https://www.orchestracamp.info
Anabaptist Orchestra Camp 2024 Concert - Dover OH
Aug 12, 2024
The Anabaptist Orchestra Camp performing their 2024 concert at the Dover High School Auditorium in Dover, OH.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvX-E5bP-WE
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She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. – Proverbs 31 vs 17 (ESV) Mennonite women from the MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service) helped out at Barre, Vermont. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://images.app.goo.gl/D54fJYFGdqALgFFy6 https://www.facebook.com/MennoniteDisasterService https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/07/wiedertaufer-frauen-bei-der-arbeit.html |
Amische und mennonitische Frauen (Amish and Mennonite women) LINKS:
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. – Proverbs 31 vs 17 (ESV)
Wiedertäufer Frauen bei der Arbeit – Anabaptist women at work
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/07/wiedertaufer-frauen-bei-der-arbeit.html
MEET GLORIA YODER THE NEW ORDER AMISH COOK
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/03/meet-gloria-yoder-new-order-amish-cook.html
https://lucindajkinsinger.com/how-my-plain-mennonite-heritage-impacts-my-parenting/
https://mennoniteeducation.weebly.com/
https://homejoys.blogspot.com/
https://kb.osu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/4cca1bec-552f-50e2-b5ec-f87c7420217a/content
https://undersevenstars.com/2019/08/31/5-reasons-why-i-love-being-mennonite/
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/10/grandfamilies-on-rise.html
11 And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.” – I Samuel 1:11 (ESV)
Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity. - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-mothers-day-sermons.html
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