Honorary Life Award

Honorary Life Award

New Honorary Life Members Named by P.L Grove We are pleased to announce the addition of two new Honorary Life members this year at National Seminar in Anaheim, California. These dedicated individuals have devoted many years of their lives to growing and improving the...

Sustainability in Handbell Ensembles

Our subject for this month is Recruiting for and Maintaining a Handbell Ensemble. I’m interested in how groups deal with turnover, and whether they are concerned with long-term planning for the health of their ensemble(s). Church groups, school groups, and community...

A Storm Called Harvey

Helping handbell groups in the wake of a hurricane by Amy Haller In today’s world, it seems like we are constantly being reminded of how divided we are as a nation. However, in the last two weeks, I have witnessed the exact opposite. The response to the devastation...

Connected

What comes to mind when you hear the word connected? If you have children or grandchildren of a certain age, you might think about all the parts for the toys that can be connected together to build everything from space ships to dinosaurs. Perhaps the need to work on...

Transitions

September to October of each year for us is a time of transition.  As one fiscal year ends and another begins, Area boards are transitioning with some board members completing their terms as new board members step up to take their place. This organization would not...