Coming in the New Year

by J.R. Smith The past nearly two years has certainly changed the world—in many ways negatively, but positively in others. HMA and the handbell community have certainly seen a good deal of change. Some things will likely return to what we are used to, but many...

Normalcy is on its Way

by J.R. Smith As I write this, close to 50% of the United States population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and sthings are slowly starting to look a little more normal. In many states, those who have been vaccinated are free to be in public places without face...

Music, HMA, and You: More Important then Ever

by J.R. Smith As I write this, we are nearly a full year into shelter-in-place orders, shut downs, and restrictions on our normal lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccines beginning to roll out, there is hopefully some light in sight, but we are still possibly...

2020: A Year of Accomplishments

by J.R. Smith While 2020 has been a year of challenges, tragedy, and devastating loss in so many ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also been a year of accomplishments not only within the organization itself, but among the handbell community at large. J.R....

It’s a Virtual World, After All

by J.R. Smith Who in January would have thought that in a very short time they would be spending so much time working, playing, visiting, learning, and shopping online. Granted, we’ve been doing a good deal of that online for some time now, but online activities seem...