Music and entertainment have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. From the time when I was still in school and I played Christopher Columbus and received “fan mail” from an elementary school girl, I knew the special feeling of speaking to...
In early 2012, executive director Jenny Cauhorn shared the news of a wonderful opportunity for our summer seminar participants to ring the national anthem at a Cincinnati Reds baseball game. I was pretty excited about this because I love baseball, and I had never...
In the last issue of Overtones, Jennifer Vangolen shared with readers the amazing energy the national board has to “dream the fantastic while sustaining the reality.” Two of the realities we face over and over again are the need to reverse declining membership numbers...
Recently, the national board appointed a Development Advisory Team to assist them with fundraising for the organization. Past-president John Pfeiffer chairs the committee, which includes Marlene Anderson, Michael Glasgow, Beth Judd, Kermit Junkert, Linda Krantz, Reiff...
As i considered the topic for this issue, an expanding list of words beginning with the prefix re, meaning again, anew, once more, kept running through my mind. Consider how many of these apply to you as a handbell musician this summer. If you are attending any...
