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December 2011

Happy Holidays Area 9!

We wish you many blessings and joy this Christmas season!  We hope you are supporting fellow ringers and helping celebrate the season by attending handbell concerts all over the Area!  Check out concert listings on the Event page of our website, area9.handbellmusicians.org!

Many of you are already planning the spring ringing season, and so we offer you Central Texas Spring Ring registration, and encourage you to register also for Summit 2012: Unlimited Possibilities, our 2012 Area 9 biennial event with Michael Glasgow and Beth Judd!

Summit 2012: Unlimited Possibilities

June 22-24, 2012
The Lone Star Convention & Expo Center
Conroe, TX (near Houston)
featuring clinicians Michael Glasgow and Beth Judd

Now online are details about our host site in Conroe, Summit repertoire, our All-Star Ensemble auditions, an FAQ about our Summit 2012 event and how your Area is organizing the best biennial event to date!  All info can be found on our website, area9.handbellmusicians.org!

In addition to our two amazing clinicians, Barb Brocker will be a guest artist and performer at the Summit 2012: Unlimited Possibilities event.  Barbara Brocker has developed the bell tree solo concept, has over 20 bell tree publications in her name and has written “The Bell Tree Keyboard Manual.”  She taught at International Symposiums in 2008 and 2010 and National Seminars in 2006, 2008, and 2009, and performed and taught at this year’s National Seminar in Minneapolis.  As a performer and clinician at the Solo and Ensemble Extravaganza (S.E.E.) in 2001, 2003, and 2005, she was selected to join their “Dream Team” Quartet.  Barb’s appearance at the festival is sponsored by the Greater Houston Handbell Association.

Summit 2012: Unlimited Possibilities is going to be the perfect event for any and all ringers/directors, ensembles and individuals alike!  Massed ringing opportunities, a by-audition All-Star ensemble under the direction of Michael Glasgow (application online), and great ringing tracks available for all skill sets!  Also, we’re proud to have more concert opportunities than at any previous Area 9 event, by performing ensembles from all over Texas and Oklahoma! 

For more details, visit www.area9.handbellmusicians.org!  Questions about the event, and how to make the most of your Summit experience?  Contact your Area board (updated email addresses below!), or leave comments on Area 9’s website!


Registration is open for Central Texas Spring Ring 2012!

March 3, 2012
Northwest Hills UMC
Austin, TX
featuring clinician Stephanie Rhoades

Registration, schedule, and clinician bio now at area9.handbellmusicians.org!

This is a great day-long spring event for your ensemble to build camaraderie ringing together under the baton of a fantastic clinician with repertoire that can be built into the spring ringing season at your home site!


Are you on Facebook?  So is Area 9!  Come "like" our page, and chat with other members of our Area, and get links and photos from our events!

 


Have you visited our new website?  Area 9 is now at area9.HandbellMusicians.org!  Designed specifically with you in mind, our new website is very interactive -- leave comments on pages, ask questions, and tell us what you'd like to see added or changed on our site! 

Be sure to visit the Guild's new website as well at www.HandbellMusicians.org.


We want to advise you that with the rebranding effort of our Guild, Handbell Musicians of America, we’ve not only changed our logo and put together a more efficient website to celebrate this change – we’ve also changed our email addresses!  We can now be found at:

chair@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Chair, Karen Thompson)
chairelect@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Chair-Elect, Michelle Tejada)
pastchair@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Past Chair, Sheryl Cory)
treasurer@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Treasurer, Ruth Seiwell)
secretary@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Secretary, Sueda Luttrell)
membership@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Membership, Steven Eddington)
publications@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Publications, Pam Adams)
okrep@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Oklahoma Representative and Financial Advisor, Wilson Van Tine)
txrep1@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Texas Representative, Patrick Murphy)
txrep2@area9.handbellmusicians.org (Texas Representative, Jayne Brown)

We hope your Christmas season and New Year are joyful, musical, and blessed!

Ringingly Yours,
Your Area 9 Board

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