Who's Who in Handbells
Who's Who in Handbells
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Community Groups
AGAPE RINGERS - Carol Spring, IL - Director, David L. Weck - www.agaperingers.orgALLEGRO HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - www.allegrobells.org
ALLELUIA BELLS - LaGrande, OR - Director, Phyllis Tincher - ptincher@coni.com -
AMERICAN BRONZE - Springfield, IL - Director, Michael Lamb - Contact, Michael Lamb - MLBell@webtv.net -
ANACRUSIS - Millersville, MD - Director, Lynn Bogovich - Anacrusis - Contact Lynn Bogovich - lbogovich@comcast.net - www.anacrusis.org - (410) 923-6520
ATLANTA CONCERT RINGERS - Atlanta, GA - Director, Mike Bryant - Mike.Bryant@hies.org
AUSTIN HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Austin, TX - Director, Bob Avant - Contact, Linda Rutherford - Austinbells@yahoo.com - ahe.webjump.com - 326-2575
BAY BELLS - Bay Area, CA - Ensemble - Contact, Earl Levin - elsbellz@aol.com -
BELCANTO (quintet) - Cheryl Eckert, 10 Colombard Way, Reno NV 89512 - 775-287-0090 -- www.BelCantoNV.org - Cheryl@BelCantoNV.org
BELL TEMPO - Carmichael, CA - Director, Mary Balkow -
BELLES AND BEAUS - Canfield, CA - This group is no longer functioning.
BELLES, THE - Bountiful, UT - Director, Janet Seamons -
BELLES OF LORAIN, THE - Vermillion, OH - Director, Jerri Emery -
BELLISIMA! - Waterford, MI - Director, Hazel Lawrence - hlawrence@aol.com -
BELLISSIMO! - Billings, MT - Director, Marcia Spalding - Mary Ann Bellingham -
BELLS - Swiss Handbell Ensemble - Oberdorf SO, Switzerland - Director, Eric Nuenlist -
swissbells@gmx.ch - www.swissbells.org - +41 32 621 21BELLS IN MOTION - Springfield, IL - Director, Michael Lamb - www.bellsinmotion.org
BELLS OF BRAZIL - Brazil, IN - Director, James Deal -
BELLS OF JOYFUL SOUND - Park City UT - Director, Dr. Robert G. Hohavec - nohavec@xmission.com
BELLS OF THE CASCADES - Portland, OR - Director, Nancy Hascall - Contact, Judy Schumacher - Jshoebox@aol.com - http://www.bellsofthecascades.org/
BELLS OF THE LAKES - Minneapolis MN - Director, William H. (Bill) Mathis - info@bellsofthelakes.org - www.bellsofthelakes.org
BELLS OF THE ROCKIES - Longmont, CO - Director, Michael Kastner - MichaelEKastner@att.net - www.bellsoftherockies.org
BELLS OF THE SOUND - Seattle, WA - Director, Shirley Lindberg. - Contact, Liesl Mordhorst - info@bellsofthesound.org www.bellsofthesound.org
BELLS TIMES TWO - Houston, TX - Director, Julie Cortez - Contact, Andy Bowen -
aabowen@flash.net -BLUE RIDGE RINGERS - Hendersonville, NC - Director, Robert Currier. - Contact: Connie Engle. - http://blueridgeringers.tripod.com/
BRASSTOWN RINGERS - Brasstown, NC - Director: Pat Meinecke = hmeinecke@webworkz.com - pmein@webworkz.com -
BRONZE FOUNDATION (THE) - Rick Humphrey, director - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Contact, Heather Keith - bronzeto@sympatico.ca - http://www3.sympatico.ca/d-and-h-keith/ogehr/bronze.htm
BRONZEWORKS - Paradise Valley, AZ - Director, Kay Cook - Contact, Darla Holmes -
kaycook@earthlink.net - www.desertbells.org - 602-494-RING(7464)BRONZISSIMO! - Endicott, NY - Director, Doris Eggleston - Contact, Donnal Halbert -
mailto:SingDonna@aol.com -CAMPANILE - Los Angeles, CA - Ensemble - Contact, KatRyn Howell - www.campanilemusic.com - 1-877-DEADRINGER
CAPITAL CARILLON - Silver Spring, MD - Director, Ann Y. Schmidt - Contact, Ann Y Schmidt - AnnYSchmidtCapitalCarillon@compuserve.com
CAPITOL CITY RINGERS - Lansing, MI - Director, Jane C. Wright - Contact, Kim Finison - info@capitalcityringers.com - www.capitalcityringers.com -
CARO DE CAMPANAS DE PUERTORICO/Puerto Rico Handbell Choir - Carolyn Collazo, Director - MSC 831, Winston Churchill Ave. #138, San Juan, PR 00926-6023 - (787)644-8480 - campanasdepr@hotmail.com - http://corodecampanas.tripod.com
CAST OF BRONZE - Dallas, Texas - Founder/Director, Christopher T. Nabors www.castofbronze.com -- CTNabors@castofbronze
CELEBRATION RINGERS - San Jose, CA - Director, Darlene Woodburn -
CENTRAL FLORIDA RINGERS - Clermont, FL - Director, David A. Bushnell - FLRingers@yahoo.com
CEREAL CITY RINGERS - Augusta, MI - Director, Virginia Hylton -
CHAMBERSBURG COM. HANDBELLS - Chambersburg, PA - Director, Ann Bowers -
barnesa@aol.com -CHESAPEAKE BRONZE - Friendship, MD - Director, Lynn Bogovich - lbogovich@comcast.net --Contact, Joyce Terry - jetsam@erols.com - www.chesapeakebronze.peachhost.com/default.htm - 301-855-4072/2461
CLASSICAL BELLS - Livonia, MI - Director, Darlene Ebersole - Contact, Millie Everson - info@classicalbells.com - www.classicalbells.com -
CHICAGO BRONZE - Chicago, IL Philip L. Roberts, Director 877-7WE-RING
(877-793-7464) - info@chicagobronze.com -- http://www.chicagobronze.comCIRCLE CITY RINGERS - Indianapolis, IN - Director, Mike Keller - e-mail: info@circlecityringers.org --
COLONIAL ENGLISH HANDBELL RINGERS -- Bowie, MD - Director, Mary Parker -- www.colonialringers.com --
COLUMBIA HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Columbia, MO - Director, Debra Carr -
197026@mizzou1.missouri.edu -www.circlecityringers.orgCOMMUNITY BELL CHOIR, THE - Flint, MI - Di ColonialRingers@aol.comrector, Mary Ann Korte - Joynce Nutzmann - jisnutz@aol.com -
COMMUNITY HANDBELL CHOIR - Ozona, TX - Director, Maridel Dudley
COMMUNITY HB OF SO. NEVADA - Las Vegas, NV - Director, Janet Ty - clsneed@ix.netcom.com -
CONCERT BELLS OF FORT WORTH - Fort Worth, TX - Contact, Karen Thompson -
kandylane@msn.com - -www.concertbells.comCONCERT BELLS OF WEST BROKFIELD - West Brokfield, MA - Director, Cynthia Baird
CONCERT CARILLONS HANDBELL CHOIR, THE - James Rutter Middle School,
Sacramento, CA – Paul W. Allen, Director - pallen@edcenter.egusd.k12.ca.usCREATIVE OPTIONS - Jackson, MI - Director, Margie Brookshear -
CRC RIVERBELLS, THE - Sacramento, CA - Director, Paul W. Allen - Contact, Susan Coddington-Allen - sueca@ucfinc.com -
DeCOLORES - Spokane, WA - Director, Blanche Kangas - - bellbuggyx@aol.com -
DE KLOKKENLUIDERS - Pella, IA - Director, Kris Harms - harmsk@central.edu -
DESERT BELLS, INT. - Scottsdale, AZ - Director, Kay Cook - kaycook@earthlink.net -
www.desertbells.org - 494-RING(7464)DETROIT HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Dearborn, MI - Director, Susan Berry - Contact, Handbell Services -info@handbellservices.com -
DING DONG DOLLIES - St. Louis Park, MI - Director: Sandy Stoneking - SBStoneking@aol.com -
ECUMENICAL BELLS - Austin, MN - Director, Ann Flisrand - annflis@charter.net
EMBELLISH - Grand Rapids, MI - Director, Stephanie Wiltse - wiltse@iserv.net -
http://www.embellish.wsENGLISH HANDBELL ENSEMBLES - LaMesa, CA - Director, Marcia Weiland -
FAIRBORN RINGERS - Fairborn, OH - Director, Vonna Cole - Contact, Rena Letherman - jimrena@juno.com -
FESTIVAL CHOIR, THE - Ft. Wayne, IN - Director, Helen Donnell
FREMONT COMMUNITY HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Fremont, NE - Director, Joyce Miller - Joyce-Miller@msn.com
FULTON FAMILY & FRIENDS - Seattle, WA - Director, Barb Fulton - Contact, Loren Milliman - loren.d.milliman@boeing.com -
GATEWAY RINGERS - St. Louis, MO - Director, Nancy Helmich. Contact
Andy Eversole, akeversole@yahoo.com -- http://gatewayringers.homestead.comGLORIAE DEI RINGERS - Orleans, MA - Director, Richard K. Pugsley -
GLOVE HANDBELL CHOIR - Hong Kong -- Emily Li, Director - emilyky@hkbu.edu.hk - http://www.gloveshandbell.org.hk/
GOLD COAST RINGERS - Director, Jack Hibbs -
GOLDEN BELLS - Jasper, GA - Director, Roxanne Golden - NCSRrollin@aol.com -
GOLDEN GATE BOYS CHOIR AND BELLRINGERS - Hayward, CA - www.GGBC.org - GGBCBR@aol.com - Steven Meyer. Director
HANDBELLS OF HOT SPRINGS - Hot Springs Village, AR - Director, Jeanette McIntyre
HANDBELL RINGERS OF SUN CITY - Sun City, AZ - Director, Pat Edris - GandA4mc@aol.com
HARMONY 400 ASSOC. HB. - Teignouth Devan, England - Director, Michael Wright
HARTLEY HANDBELLS -- www.geocities.com/hartleyhandbells -- hartleyhandbells@yahoo.com.au
HOSANNA BELL CHOIR - Seattle, WA - Director, Minna Choe - mchoe@adobe.com
HOUSTON BRONZE ENSEMBLE - Houston, TX - Director, David VanderMeer - daverMUS@aol.com
HOUSTON FESTIVAL RINGERS - Houston, TX - Director, Andrew A. Bowen - aabowen@flash.net
THE JAMES RINGER RINGERS -- Richmond VA - Director - Dottie Tweedie - (804) 932-4448 - jamesrringers@juno.com - www.jamesriverringers.com
JAMES RINGER RINGERS, THE -- Richmond VA - Director - Dottie Tweedie - (804) 932-4448 - jamesrringers@juno.com - www.jamesriverringers.com
JOYFUL SOUND - Greenwood, IN - Director, June Hannah - junehannah@juno.com -
http://www.angelfire.com/music/joyfulsound/index.html -JULILEE RINGERS - Elkhart, IN - Director, Stan Skinner -
KALAMAZOO RINGERS - Kalamazoo, MI - Director, Janet Van Valey - vanvaley@aol.com -
KING RINGERS, THE - Fort Dodge, IA - --
KINGS RINGERS - Shawnee, KS -
LAKE ALMANOR BELLS - Chester, CA - Director, Irene Burkey
LAWRENCE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Lawrence, KS - Director, Laurel Krider - laurelck@aol.com -
LEAVENWORTH MARLIN HB RINGERS - -
LITTLE HEISKEL RINGERS - Columbus OH -- Director, Lucille Bileci - Ann Barnes - Barnesa@epix.net
MADISON AREA CONCERT HANDBELLS - Madison, WI - Director, Susan Udell - Contact, Alice Teter - teter@chem.wisc.edu - http://www.madisonhandbells.org/
MAGIC OF BRONZE - Orlando, FL - Director, Blanche Marie Lewis - rbmmll@juno.com - http://www.magicofbronze.org
MARTIN HANDBELL RINGERS, THE - Leavenworth, WA - Director, Eleanor T. Culling - etcetc@leavenworthetc.com -
MEDALION RINGERS - Houston, TX - Director, Christine Anderson - bronze@pacbell.net
MESA RINGERS - Mesa, AZ - Director, Glenna Kratzer -
METOPOLITAN BELLS - Chattanooga, TN - Director, Ken Cochrane - Contact, Theresa Coker - Metbells@aol.com -
MID-OHIO VALLEY RINGERS, THE - Vienna, WV - Director, Charles Thomas - cthomas@wvcorpcu.org - 304.485.4563
MIDDLE TENNESSEE CONCERT BELLS - Murfreesboro, TN - Director, Martha Touchton
MOBILE-MUSICALE -- "SWISSBELLS - Swiss Handbell Ensemble - Oberdorf SO, Switzerland - Director, Eric Nuenlist - swissbells@gmx.ch - www.swissbells.org - +4132 621 21 - Swissbells is one of the very few existing handbell ensembles in Switzerland"
NORFORK COMMUNITY CHOIR - Norfork, VA - Director, Rob Minter - minterr@hdol.niche.nih.gov
NORTHWEST BELL ENSEMBLE - Seattle, WA - Director, Ron Ebbers - Contact, Paul Schaper - SchaperP@aol.com -
OLD MILLSTREAM RINGERS - Findlay, OH - Director, Martha Avery - Contact, J.R. Smith - ringers@fortfindlay.com -
OPUS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE, INC. - Modesto, CA; Director, Richard J. Colla; Booking Coordinator, Lisa Traughber - lisabell@tupc.org - www.opushandbell.org
ORIGINAL KIDS PLAYERS - Nashua , NH - Director, Michele Laliberte -
OSWEGO HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Lake Oswego, OR - Director, Nancy Hascall -
Nhascall@aol.com -PACIFIC BELLS - Newport Beach, CA - Contact, Tracy DeWitt - bellgirl99@hotmail.com
PACIFIC IMAGE RINGERS - Mt. Vernon, WA - Director, Dr. Armin Mohr - Contact, Natalie Hunskor - hunskor@cnw.com -
PENIEL HANDBELL CHOIR - Oradell, NJ - Director, Byung Lee -
PHILADELPHIA HANDBELL ENSEMBLE (PA) -- http://philadelphiahandbellensemble.org/
Kermit D. Junkert, Conductor - Michael Joy, Composer In Residence - mjoy@shipleyschool.orgPIKES PEAK RINGERS - Colorado Springs, CO - Director, Kevin McChesney - http://www.pikespeakringers.org
PUERTO RICO HANDBELL CHOIR/CARO DE CAMPANAS DE PUERTORICO - Carolyn Collazo, MSC -- 831, Winston Churchill Ave. #138, San Juan, PR 00926-6023 - (787)644-8480 - campanasdepr@hotmail.com - http://corodecampanas.tripod.com
PURDUE UNIVERSITY BELL CHOIR, West Lafayette, IN Director- Jonathan Swoboda --
jfswoboda@purdue.edu -- http://www.purdue.edu/pmo/bells/index.htmPYRAMID RINGERS - Memphis, TN - Director, Sondra Tucker - sondra@midsouth.rr.com - http://home.midsouth.rr.com/tuckermusic/pyramid.html -
QUEEN CITY RINGERS - Charlotte, NC - Robert L. Kennedy, Artistic Director/Director, Conductor Rkmaestro@aol.com
www.queencityringers.com -RALEIGH RINGERS - Raleigh, NC - Director, David M. Harris - rringer@rr.org -
RANDOM RINGERS - Palatine, IL - Director, Carol Traxinger
RENAISSANCE RINGERS - Northeast OH - Director, Dean Wagner - dwagner@firstchurchcf.com -
REZOUND! - Kansas City, MO - Director, Paul A. McKlveen - www.rezound.org - contact@rezound.org
RING OUT ENSEMBLE - San Diego, CA - Ensemble - Contact, Leslie McEuen - stiletto@tlcnet.com
RING-A-LIERS - Director, Dorothy Brower - f5g5@bbs.bfunhouse.com -
RING OF FIRE - Hillsboro, OR - Director, Jason Wells - www.rof.org - jason@rof.org
RINGERS OF BRYN MAWR - Bryn Mawr, PA - Director, Paul Kingsbury -
kingsbur@unagi.cis.upenn.edu -RIVERBELLS – Sacramento, CA. - Paul W. Allen, Director - musicallen@sbcglobal.net -- www.riverbells.org
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RINGERS - Denver, CO - our web site is: http://www.rmringers.com
ROYAL OAK COMMUNITY HANDBELLS - Royal Oak, MI, Director Sylvia Hartsoe -
ROYAL OAK SENIOR COMMUNITY HANDBELLS - Royal Oak, MI, Director Sylvia Hartsoe -
SAN DIEGO HARMONY RINGERS - San Diego, CA - Director, Joe Rodriguez - Contact, Joan Mentze - jmentze@sunstroke.sdsu.edu -- http://sdhringers.ms11.net//
SAN JOAQUIN RINGERS - Stockton, CA - Director, Jon Townsend - jtownsend@deltacollege.edu
SCOTTSDALE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Scottsdale, AZ - Director, Kay Cook - Contact, Darla Holmes - kaycook@earthlink.net - www.desertbells.org -
SEATTLE BELL ENSEMBLE - Seattle, WA - Contact, Malia Johnson - Malia_and_Jeff@msn.com - www.seattlebell.com -
6th DIMENSION HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Winchester, VA - Contact, Rhonda Brooks - rjb@rma.edu -- www.6thdimensionhandbells.com -
SONOS - Bay Area, CA - Director, Jim Meredith - Contact, Jason Tiller - jason@sonos.org
SONORAN BELLS - Tucson., AZ - Director, Margi Zearley - -www.sonoranbells.org
- zgal2@hotmail.comSTOW HERITAGE RINGERS - Stow, OH - Director, Sherri Stoffer - Contact, Susan Swab - Swatcats@aol.com -
STRIKEPOINT - Duluth, MN - Director, Bill Alexander - http://www.strikepoint.com - strikept@cpinternet.com
STRIKEPOINT OF TEXAS - Kingwood, TX - Contact, Patti Surratt - PLGSurratt@aol.com - http://www.strikepointoftexas.com -
THE SOUTH COAST HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Director/Founder,Susan Ullom Hungerford http://www.southcoasthandbellensemble.com
THE SOUTHMINSTER RINGERS, Rich Pinkerton - http://www.southminsterringers.org/history.htm
SUMMIT BELLS - Akron, OH - Director, Charles Kobb - Jeanne Seifert - GJISEIFERT@aol.com -
SWISS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE - Oberdorf SO, Switzerland - Director,
Eric Nuenlist - swissbells@gmx.ch - www.swissbells.org - +41 32 621 21"SWISS HANDBELL RINGERS OF MIDWAY - Midway, UT - Director, Britt Wilde
SYMPHONIC HANDBELLS OF COLUMBUS -- Columbus, OH -- Director, William H. Griffin - Contact, Lynn Pease -- LynJasBrad@aol.com - 614-873-8046
THE BELLES - Bountiful, UT - Director, Janet Seamons -
THE BELLES OF LORAIN - Vermillion, OH - Director, Jerri Emery -
THE BRONZE FOUNDATION - Rick Humphrey, director - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Contact, Heather Keith - bronzeto@sympatico.ca- http://www3.sympatico.ca/d-and-h-keith/ogehr/bronze.htm
THE COMMUNITY BELL CHOIR - Flint, MI - Director, Mary Ann Korte - Joynce Nutzmann - jisnutz@aol.com -
THE CONCERT CARILLONS HANDBELL CHOIR - James Rutter Middle School,
Sacramento, CA – Paul W. Allen, Director - pallen@edcenter.egusd.k12.ca.usTHE CRC RIVERBELLS - Sacramento, CA - Director, Paul W. Allen - Contact, Susan Coddington-Allen - sueca@ucfinc.com -
THE FESTIVAL CHOIR - Ft. Wayne, IN - Director, Helen Donnell
THE JAMES RINGER RINGERS -- Richmond VA - Director - Dottie Tweedie - (804) 932-4448 - jamesrringers@juno.com - www.jamesriverringers.com
THE KING RINGERS - Fort Dodge, IA - Director, Cathy Moklebust - mokle@netins.net - http://sites.netscape.net/mokle/king_ringers -
THE MARTIN HANDBELL RINGERS - Leavenworth, WA - Director, Eleanor T. Culling - etcetc@leavenworthetc.com -
THE MID-OHIO VALLEY RINGERS - Vienna, WV - Director, Kathleen Reel - Lois Coffey - AreaVSec@aol.com -
THE VILLAGE RINGERS - Williamsville, NY - Director, Mildred J. Fischle - Milfisc@juno.com -
TINTINNABULATORS, THE - Chester, MD - Jean Ressler -
TOP BRASS RINGERS -
THE TROUBADOR RINGERS -
TULSA FESTIVAL RINGERS - Tulsa, OK - Director, Jean Hendon - jhendon@busprod.com
TWIN CITIES BRONZE - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN - Artistic Director: Monica S. McGowan - monica@handbells.org - http://www.handbells.org -
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ALUMNI HANDBELL ENSEMBLE -- Boulder, CO -- Director, Karen Pfiffner - Contact, Jerry Olson - olson@ncar.ucar.edu - http://www.ringem.org/misc/groups/cubells/index.html
UTAH VALLEY HANDBELL RINGERS - Springville, UT - Director: Karen Eskew-Wyllie - neil@wyllienet.com - www.utahbells.com
VELOCITY - Director, Pam Grove -VIRGINIA HANDBELL CONSORT -- vhc@virginiahandbellconsort.com -- www.virginiahandbellconsort.com
WESTMINSTER RINGERS - Westminster, MD - Director, Larry Henning - Contact, Debbie Henning - debhen@cct.infi.net -
ZEELAND COMMUNITY HANDBELL ENSEMBLE -- Zeeland, Michigan.-- http://www.zche.org/
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