Greetings from the LANA Board

Dear Members and Friends of the Lyre Association of North America,

It’s a natural time of year to consider the blessings in our lives, and, in case we haven’t said it lately, the LANA Board feels very grateful to have each one of you as a part of our lyre-playing community.

As I look back at the changes in our organization over the years of my membership in LANA, I am amazed at the number of services and benefits the association is now offering to our larger lyre community. Through our website, we are able to sell music and accessories to lyrists from all parts of the world, offer mentoring services, rent lyres for new lyre enthusiasts to try out before making that all-important decision of which lyre best suits their needs, and offer financial help to those who wish to travel to conferences and workshops. As a further gesture of support, we are also now offering complimentary LANA memberships to the lyre builders and composers who provide the instruments and music for our endeavors.

Our hard-working board members continue to volunteer their time and talents toward helping LANA grow into an internationally renowned organization that seeks to bring new musicians and audiences to the beautiful sound of our unique instruments.

Personally, I feel very grateful for the joy of playing with many of you and deeply appreciate the friends I have made through this Association. We hope that you have also benefitted from your membership in LANA and that you might consider showing your appreciation through a modest gift to further our mission. As we look toward the new year, we ask for your support. Tax-deductible donations, even small ones, from our members and friends around the world are so important in defraying the costs of accomplishing our mission.

We also invite all members to consider promoting membership in LANA among your lyre-playing friends so that more people can enjoy the community support of the ‘freed tone’ that is so rare in our world today.

With this year-end letter, we are happy to include a gift of music for all our members and friends to thank each of you for your continued financial and soul support for the work of the Lyre Association of North America.

Enjoy our free download: Advent Bells by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg.

With warmest regards and all good wishes for this
Christmas season, Holy Nights, and the New Year ahead,
Nancy Carpenter and the LANA Board