Events Abound! Are You Going?

This note written by Ruth Seiwell, Area 9 Chair There are a few things that break my heart in life. There is often not much that I can do to help many heartbreaking things! However, I can be a cheerleader in the handbell community and try to make one of the...

The Friends I Could Have Missed

This article written by Dellinda Ebeling, Texas Representative It’s amazing the number of great people in my life I would never have met if not for handbells! So said a posting on Facebook today. Ok, it read “music;” but I substituted “handbells” because this is a...

2016 Spring Rings Announced

Area 9 is excited to announce the first two locations for the 2016 Spring Rings. The locations are: Central Texas Spring Ring West Texas Spring Ring March 5. 2016 March 5. 2016 First United Methodist Church St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Boerne, TX Abilene,...

Instrumental Therapy

This article was written by Ruth Seiwell, Area 9 Chair Handbells are a musical instrument. Handbells are cast of bronze. Handbells often mean working with an ensemble. Are handbells a sanctuary? What are handbells to you? Consider ringing handbells as your sanctuary;...

From the Beginning

This article was written by Stevie Berryman, Artistic Director of Houston Chamber Ringers Let’s start at the beginning. For the last few centuries, the very first toy given to an infant has been: a rattle. Or, as I like to call it, a pre-bell. From the time we can...