It's difficult enough for a director to keep musicians in line when they're all playing at the same time. But when members ...

Handbell ringing in the US has become more popular over the past 50 years. A Handbell Musicians of America predecessor had fewer than 50 members in 1955; in 2012 HMA has roughly 7,000 registered ...

The seven women stood behind a long table. Their shiny brass handbells were arranged in front of them, smallest to largest in size, highest to deepest in notes. Cathy Miles stepped to the music stand, ...

More than 200 musicians came to Warner Robins March 9-10 — and they brought bells. Groups from 17 churches came from across the state for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s 2018 Handbell Festival ...

Beautiful sounds of ringing bells fill the venue as musicians ring, pluck, swing, strike and rotate a set of shiny handbells. It looks like a simple enough task, however, don’t be fooled. Often taking ...

Jake Malta left his job as chief engineer at Schulmerich, the world's biggest handbell company, in 1973. But Malta couldn't stop thinking about bells. He had a vision for a perfect bell — a bell he ...

No, these aren’t the words to a hopscotch rhyme, as far as I know. Instead, they are musical terms which were heard frequently this weekend as 225 handbell ringers gathered for the fourth annual ...

Strikepoint has traveled around the world since Bill Alexander formed the group in 1984. This year's trip to Japan held many memories for Alexander as he's about to retire. Duluth's Strikepoint ...

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Palmetto Bronze. Photo provided. Palmetto Bronze, the premiere handbell ensemble of the Lowcountry ...