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Greetings Area 2! Fall is in the air, which means it’s choir season! I hope your rehearsals are off to a wonderful start. There were some exciting events in Area 2 this summer. In July, we welcomed National Seminar to Rochester, New York. Days were filled with inspiring classes, concerts and fellowship. How wonderful to see so many Area 2 faces at a national event! In August, we had our first Challeng(R)ing in Hackettstown, New Jersey and it was a success! Nearly 50 registrants worked with Michael Joy and Karen Buckwalter to stretch their technique and musicality to the next level. We also held our annual meeting where we shared about our past year, and the new programs and events in both Area 2 and Handbell Musicians of America. This fall we have six Back to Bell workshops taking place in Pennsylva- nia, New York and New Jersey. Led by members of the board, this National initiative provides free support and instruction for directors to start or restart a handbell program. As our board continues to plan for winter and spring workshops as well as our Festival and Young Ringers’ Conferences at Onondaga Community College, I invite you to think about your handbell goals for the year. Whether you are a director, ringer or choir, I hope your goals include attending an Area 2 event this year. Even more, consider volunteering to help keep the art of handbell ringing alive in our area. Host a workshop, serve on a committee or volunteer to help with the Festival. Or perhaps, you are ready to be a part of the Area 2 board. Contact a current member of the board to find out more and volunteer today! Happy Fall and Happy Ringing, Jill Jill Fedon Area 2 Twice Tolled Tales TWICE TOLLED TALES September 2016 Please Forward and Share! Attention Directors – don’t forget to forward all Area 2 emails and Twice Tolled Tale issues to your ringers. As members of your choir, they are also members of Area 2. Help keep them in the Area 2 loop and encourage them to be active participants in their handbell community.
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Greetings Area 2! Fall is in the air, which means it’s choir season! I hope your rehearsals are off to a wonderful start. There were some exciting events in Area 2 this summer. In July, we welcomed National Seminar to Rochester, New York. Days were filled with inspiring classes, concerts and fellowship. How wonderful to see so many Area 2 faces at a national event! In August, we had our first Challeng(R)ing in Hackettstown, New Jersey and it was a success! Nearly 50 registrants worked with Michael Joy and Karen Buckwalter to stretch their technique and musicality to the next level. We also held our annual meeting where we shared about our past year, and the new programs and events in both Area 2 and Handbell Musicians of America. This fall we have six Back to Bell workshops taking place in Pennsylva-nia, New York and New Jersey. Led by members of the board, this National initiative provides free support and instruction for directors to start or restart a handbell program. As our board continues to plan for winter and spring workshops as well as our Festival and Young Ringers’ Conferences at Onondaga Community College, I invite you to think about your handbell goals for the year. Whether you are a director, ringer or choir, I hope your goals include attending an Area 2 event this year. Even more, consider volunteering to help keep the art of handbell ringing alive in our area. Host a workshop, serve on a committee or volunteer to help with the Festival. Or perhaps, you are ready to be a part of the Area 2 board. Contact a current member of the board to find out more and volunteer today! Happy Fall and Happy Ringing, Jill
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Please Forward and Share!
Attention Directors – don’t forget to forward all Area 2 emails and Twice Tolled Tale issues to your ringers. As members of your choir, they are also members of Area 2. Help keep them in
the Area 2 loop and encourage them to be active participants in their handbell community.
National came to Area 2 - and Area 2 went to Rochester!
Concerts Classes
Fun!
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Sorry you missed it this summer!
SAVE THE DATE!
Handbell Musicians of America Area 2
2017 Young Ringers’ and Festival Conference
at Onondaga Community College
in Syracuse, NY
Young Ringers
June 28 – 30, 2017
Nick Hanson, YR Conductor
Contact: Jill Fedon, [email protected]
Festival Conference
June 30 – July 2, 2017 Kath Wissinger, Festival Conductor
Contact: Susan Guse, [email protected]
Music Lists are now available online and in this issue of TTT. Please note that information regarding publication of the Composition
Contest selections will posted as soon as we have all the details. Expected availability is mid-November. Thank you for your patience.
OCC has an air-conditioned ringing floor and classrooms.
The campus is easy to navigate
and does have dormitories on property.
Parking is convenient and unrestricted.
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Handbell Director Kathleen (Kath) has been directing youth handbells for 20 years at Massanutten Presbyterian Church and teaches handbells at Redeemer Classical School. She directs regularly at Area and Regional festivals and conferences, from Beginner to Advanced levels. A composer with over 50 pieces in print, Kath often writes focused pedagogical pieces for her music classes, many which have been published. Kath directs and teaches at national, regional and local handbell events. She has studied composition with John Behnke and Arnold Sherman, and conducting with Bill Payn and David Davidson. Kath has a degree in geology from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and worked as a National Park Service Ranger and environmental educator. Kath is currently Secretary of Area III, AGEHR. She also teaches piano in her home studio.
Festival Conductor—Kathleen Wissinger
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We are excited to announce Nick Hanson as our 2017 Young Ringers’ Festival conductor!
Nick Hanson is in his eleventh year as the director of handbell ensembles at the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia, and his ninth year as the handbell director at Bush Hill Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Virginia. At Potomac, Nick’s duties include teaching instrumental music curriculum to 5th thru 12th grade students who participate in any of the school’s four handbell ensembles and teaching private handbell lessons. His directing duties at Bush Hill currently involve a teen/adult ensemble.
Nick is a published handbell composer, has served as faculty, clinician, and conductor at handbell events nationally (Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia), and internationally (Hong Kong and Taiwan), and is a member and assistant to the director of the Virginia Bronze Handbell Ensemble. In 2015, Nick was privileged to be chosen as the first-ever Associate Conductor for the Distinctly Bronze (an advanced performance event in Portland, OR, under the leadership of Dr. William A. Payn), and was the conductor for the Distinctly Teen event in Dallas, TX.
He holds a BA degree from Concordia University, Irvine, CA, as a major in music with concentration in handbells.
Young Ringer’s Director—Nick Hanson
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New Jersey
St. Luke’s Gladstone Gladstone, NJ 07934
Pennsylvania
Chris Titko JW Pepper & Son, Inc
Exton, PA 19341
Rebecca Veith St John’s/St Mark’s Lutheran Chs Butler, PA 16001
New York
Jennifer Murray Mastic, NY 11950
Elynn Strzelec
Williamsville, NY 14221
Susan DeVuyst Rochester, NY 14625
Sharon Logan Dewey Avenue Presbyterian Rochester, NY 14615
Holy Cross Catholic Church Rochester, NY 14612 Rochester Christian Reformed Ch Penfield, NY 14526
Malcolm Matthews St. Marys Catholic Church Rochester, NY 14607
Robert Ferris St. Thomas Episcopal Rochester, NY 14618
Ron Milliman Webster U. Church of Christ Webster, NY 14580
First Baptist Church of Penfield Penfield, NY 14526
Pendleton Center U. Methodist Ch North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Penfield Incarnation Episcopal Penfield, NY 14526
Penfield U Methodist Church Penfield, NY 14526
Marion Deleo St. Martin’s Lutheran Church Webster, NY 14580
Yvonne Mulholland Yonkers, NY 10701
Linda Rupp East Aurora, NY 14052
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Here is your chance to share your own handbell news with the rest of Area 2! Have you just had an excellent concert? Celebrating a milestone anniversary of your bell program? Done something really “outside the box”? Did you attend a workshop or festival and want to share your experience? Have you done some community outreach?
Use this opportunity to “brag” about your accomplishments! Send us your stories and photos (or video) to share with the rest of our Area 2 members. By submitting your information and media, you are granting the Area permission to share in TTT, on our website, or on the Area 2 Facebook page. It is assumed that you have written permission for us to publish the images from all parties involved (or their parent/guardian if they are under the age of 18). Spread some handbell love across the area! Document who, what, where, when, and why. Then, with the subject line “Ring Your Own Bell”, Email your submittal (including photos) to your Area 2 Communications Coordinator at:
[email protected] We will let you know when and where we will be sharing your special story.
Ring Your
Own Bell!
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Anybody go to Vancouver? Write and let us know!
Editor’s Note: I know Area 2 was well represented!
TWICE TOLLED TALES is published four times per year for the membership of HMA Area 2. Publication dates for 2016 are February, June, September and November. The deadline for articles and photos is the fifteenth day of the month prior to the publication date; these will be included as space permits. It is preferred that articles be sent in the format of Microsoft Office 2003 (or later) Publisher as an email attachment. Articles may also be sent in MS Word format (2003 or later) or in hard copy form, typewritten. Photos are always welcome. All information for publication and advertisements should be sent to the editor with TTT newsletter in the subject area:
Kathie Bittenbender [email protected] 292 Founders Way 717-697-6257 Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
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Next TTT deadline is , 2016
www.area2.handbellmusicians.org
Chairman
Jill Fedon [email protected] 908-835-1491 199 Broad Street Washington, NJ 07882 908-835-1491
Chair-Elect
Vacant at this time
Treasurer
Chris Braden [email protected] 328 Queens Court Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-447-2751
Secretary
Gail Posey [email protected] 120 S. Main Street Yardley, PA 19067 215-280-5737
Past Chair
Susan Guse [email protected] 53 Marges Way Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 845-227-7696
Membership
Nancy Trievel [email protected] 429 Bowmansville Road Mohnton, PA 19540 717-445-5729
Education Chair
Bob Ward [email protected] 99 Sunny Brook Circle Highland, NY 12528 845-691-2124
Workshops and Mentoring
Bea Mooney 4537 County Route #14 Treadwell, NY 13846 [email protected] 607-829-5507
Historian
Cynthia Reineke [email protected] 75 Old Red Mill Road Rensselaer, NY 12144 518-368-6514
Communications Coordinator
Diane Dick [email protected] 9433 Johnson Road Middleport, NY 14105 716-628-0548
Special Group Liaison
Joyce Klinck [email protected] 380 Selby Place Blue Bell, PA 19422 Romania Liaison
Richard Pinkerton [email protected] 799 Washington Road Pittsburgh, PA 15228 412-841-3937
Webmaster
Bob Reineke [email protected] 75 Old Red Mill Road Rensselaer, NY 12144 518-256-8944
Newsletter Editor
Kathie Bittenbender [email protected] 292 Founders Way Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 717-697-6257
Area 2 Board Members 2015—2017
APPOINTED POSITIONS
EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Thank You Jeff
The Area 2 Board has accepted the resignation of Chair-Elect, Jeffrey Clouser. We regret that he was unable to complete his term and thank him for his dedicated service to Area 2 and the handbell community. We wish Jeff well on all his future endeavors. The Nominating Committee will be seeking nominees for a mid-term election for the position of Chair-Elect.
Are you planning your own local handbell workshop or event?
Please consider applying to have your event endorsed
by Handbell Musicians of America.
An Endorsed Event is an event that is presented by a member or member organization of Handbell Musicians of America. To qualify, your event must be educational in nature such as a festival, conference, seminar, read-ing session, or a workshop. Stand-alone performances and concerts are not eligible for endorsed status. However, concerts that occur during your event are considered part of its educational nature.
There are many benefits to you and your organization when your event is en-dorsed:
General Liability Coverage
Property Coverage for Loaned or Borrowed Equipment used by the event presenter for the benefit of the event as a whole
Inclusion in the Handbell Musicians of America Event Calendars on our website and in each issue of Overtones
A web link from the event calendar listing to your website to provide more event details
Access to the Handbell Musicians of America membership data to direct market your event to handbell enthusiasts
For detailed information regarding the benefits, criteria, and application process associated with an endorsed event visit the website: http://handbellmusicians.org/events-networking/events/sponsored-endorsed-event-information/
Then we can add it to our Area 2 Belletin Board!
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July 7-10, 2011 Area II Festival Conference
Kutztown University Kutztown, PA
Debbie Rice, Director Arnold Sherman, Masterclass
April 2, 2011 Nittany Valley Handbell Festival
State College, PA
David Harris, Director
Contact: Gail Ritchey 814-234-1655
July 5-7, 2011 Area II Young Ringers Festival
Kutztown University Kutztown, PA
Ron Bellamy, Director
Check updates at the area website: www.area2agehr.org
April 9, 2011 Western PA Handbell Festival
Wilson Christian Academy West Mifflin, PA
Howard Moser, Director
Contact: Kathy Hayes 734-235-0202
May 14, 2011 Challenge Ring
Webster Presbyterian Church Webster, NY
Ron Bellamy, Director
Contact: Betsy Barr 315-524-3816
April 30, 2011 Hudson Valley Handbell Festival
Nyack, NY
Deborah Rice, Director
Contact: Rex Holden 631-567-8913
Check updates at the area website: www.area2.handbellmusicians.org/Events/
HMA Area 2 BELLETIN BOARD
June 30-July 2, 2017
Area 2’s Festival Conference Kath Wissinger, Conducting
SUNY Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
June 28-June 30, 2017
Area 2’s Young Ringers Festival Nick Hanson, Conducting
SUNY Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
March 10, 2018
Central PA Handbell Festival
Kimberlee Strepka, Conductor
Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA
Contact: Jeffrey Clouser (717)314-5606
September 17, 2016
Area 2’s Back to Bells Workshops
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Poughkeepsie NY Contact: Susan Guse (845)242-1478
September 17, 2016
Area 2’s Back to Bells Workshops
First English Lutheran Church
Lockport, NY Contact: Diane Dick (716)628-0548
September 17, 2016
Area 2’s Back to Bells Workshops
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lancaster, PA Contact: Jeffrey Clouser (717)314-5606
September 24, 2016
Area 2’s Back to Bells Workshops
Trinity United Methodist Church
Hackettstown, NJ Contact: Jill Fedon (908)310-3480
September 24, 2016
Area 2’s Back to Bells Workshops
Emmaus Road Lutheran Church
Levittown, PA Contact: Gail Posey (215)280--5737
October 22, 2016
Area 2’s Back to Bells Workshops
Sackets Harbor Presbyterian Church
Sackets Harbor, NY Contact: Pastor Melodie Long (315)646-2077
October 29, 2016
Philadelphia Bronze Workshop
King of Prussia, PA Clinician: Martha Alford
Contact: Sarah Hazel (484)716-3892
