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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s become a lost tradition for many churches in the metro. On Saturday, St. Thomas Lutheran Church held a handbell festival Jason Horner the music director of the church said ...

The Over the River Ringers, an 11-member handbell choir, are preparing to play at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. SKOWHEGAN — The handbell ringers begin trickling into the basement of the All ...

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 ...

For 40 years, the handbell choir known as the Capital City Ringers has been entertaining fans across mid-Michigan. The group is celebrating its milestone achievement with a couple of upcoming concerts ...

DULUTH — Bill Alexander, founder and longtime leader of the acclaimed handbell ensemble Strikepoint, died early Monday morning at age 70. The cause was cancer, according to a CaringBridge page ...

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Bright and festive notes rang out at First Presbyterian Church of Babylon last month — but not from an organ or traditional choir. They came from 61 bronze handbells, each rung by one of a dozen ...