The Ocean Journey – Day 2

Day two brought a very early morning for most of the cruisers including those attending Summit 2016 – it was Cozumel day!The ship docked in port and ran the Mexican flag up the mast between 5 am and 6 am. The ship’s crew had breakfast ready and the gangway prepped to...

The Ocean Journey – Day 1

Let me start off by saying that I am not a writer. I can do snappy tweets and engaging posts, but I’ve never actually tried my hand at blogging before. Please remember with each new blog this week: you have been warned. *********************** Today was our first full...

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...

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,...

A New Promotion Option from Area 9

While spreading the word about all of the amazing handbell concerts happening in December, many groups have asked if Area 9 could include their concert series artwork on our website. This year we sadly had to say no to many ensembles. We have fixed the problem for...