Musicians from three ensembles perform Christmas extravaganza by Colin Walker It all started innocently enough. Ron Mallory, director of Rainier Ringers, Jennifer Vangolen, president of Bells of the Sound, and Colin Walker, managing director of Emerald City Ringers,...
Training a New Generation of Handbell Musicians by Neesa Hart The ‘ah-ha’ moment for our children’s bell program came as a result of three separate events. On a Monday morning in January, a friend sent me a quote from Ann Voskamp – “You can’t make a difference until...
How to break a Guinness World Record by Jennifer Cauhorn On November 19, in Bloomington, Minnesota, 664 handbell musicians gathered at the Mall of America to set a new world record for the largest handbell ensemble. This was the culmination of four months of work in...
