Area Spotlights – Winter 2023

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Don’t Judge a Library by its Books

Promoting Your Program Through Public Libraries by Jane Nolan Jane Nolan taught music in the Connecticut school system, has been a music director in churches for over 30 years, and teaches piano lessons in her home. She was introduced to handbells over 30 years ago....

Joyful Literate Musicians

Handbells as a Mainstream Musical Instrument by Ed Verela Ed Varela lives in Pensacola, Florida, where he earned his B.A. in Church Music in 2005 and his M.A. in Music in 2007 from Pensacola Christian College. He teaches music at Trinitas Christian School, a classical...

Seven Habits for a Successful Bell Program

by Beth Ann Edwards Author Bio This past summer, while preparing to lead a worship seminar for the Area 8 Festival, I ran across a handout from a similar workshop I taught in 2016. The handout is based on those lists of “Seven Habits for a Highly Successful (fill in...

Growth of Music for 8-12 Bells

by Carla Sue Carla Sue is one half of Larry and Carla – West Michigan’s smallest handbell choir. She started playing handbells in the late 1980s after having her first encounter with handbells in a pub in the southeast of England. A big fan of the British-style...