A Wonderful Thing Happened on the Way to Pinnacle

by Mya Dundzila Mya DundzilaRegional Membership Coordinator The final leg of my journey to Pinnacle this summer was a 90-minute flight from Chicago to Wichita. The last two passengers to board were a father and his adult son, who had an intellectual disability. The...

Roots

by Kim Braswell   root1/root/ – 1. the part of a thing attaching it to a greater or more fundamental whole; the end or base. 2. the basic cause, source, or origin of something. Kim BraswellWest RegionalMembership Coordinator Roots are the fundamental...

One Time, One Meeting

by Mya Dundzila Mya DundzilaRegional Membership Coordinator During last summer’s International Handbell Symposium in Japan, I traveled throughout Japan with a subset of ringers prior to arriving in Hamamatsu. One of our memorable activities was participating in a...

My Walk Through the Forest

by Brenda Kohl Orlando This issue’s Membership Matters is by guest columnist Brenda Kohl Orlando, a first-time attendee at the Into the Forest Bell Tree event this summer. Guest ColumnistBrenda Kohl Orlando Brenda has been playing handbells for about 17 years. She had...

Resiliency When You Need It

by Mya Dundzila   My current home group, the Penobscot Bay Ringers (PBR), just finished up a busy ringing year with our spring concert weekend. Mya Dundzila Regional Membership Coordinator The 2023 fall/winter season started routinely with the usual rehearsals...