by P.L. Grove Lately, I’ve been thinking about the various ways in which we make our voices heard. It’s not always about talking, or even writing. When I retired almost two years ago, I decided to delve into the world of social media. P.L. GroveNational Board...
by P.L. Grove In thinking about the issue of diversity in the handbell community, you may have asked yourself the same questions I’ve been wondering. Are we diverse? If not, why not? And how do we become more diverse? P.L. GroveNational Board President But wait …...
by P.L. Grove Last summer I focused my article around the question of why handbells? My answer was centered around church handbell choirs. But I’ve had a concern about the need for music in our schools for quite some time now, and handbells are the perfect medium....
by P.L. Grove You’ve no doubt seen that phrase on several materials promoting our National Seminar this summer in St. Louis, Missouri.For those of you (likely young folks) who don’t know, it’s a reference to the 1944 musical of the same name, which made the song...
by P.L. Grove This is one of the questions I get asked as president of Handbell Musicians of America. My colleagues and I on the national board of directors have noticed that many of our members assume that the national board functions exactly like the area boards,...
