Updates from the Chair, June 2024
Hello friends, What an exciting time for handbell ringing and for Area 5! In the weeks and months ahead, there are numerous opportunities for you to brush up on your skills, meet and socialize with other ringers and directors, and just generally spend time building...
Letter from the Chair, October 2023
Dear Friends, As you may have heard by now, the Area 5 Spring Festival scheduled for 2024 in Battle Creek, Mich., was canceled due to renovation issues at the ringing site and hotel. (Long story short: Our hotel canceled our plans with them and had no suitable...
Area 5 Election Results, 2023
Results are in! The following members will join or continue on the Area 5 Board on October 1, 2023: Chair-Elect – Shannon HardiekShannon will become our new Chair-Elect as Jarod Ogier moves from Chair-Elect to Chair. Secretary – Jane SnowJane will replace Mary Lou...
Two Days of High-Impact Moments: The Chair-Elect Reflects on the 2023 Spring Festival
In March, more than 250 ringers met together in South Bend, IN for Ringin’ the Irish, our Area 5 Spring Festival of 2023. Stephanie Rhoades, guest conductor, led the massed ringers through engaging new selections and old favorites from Patrick Meyer, Sandra Eithun,...
Area 5 Emerging Composer: This Joyous Celebration!
Patrick Meyer joined Area 5 at our 2023 Spring Festival in South Bend, Indiana as our inaugural Emerging Composer. When asked to reflect on his experience he said, This has been quite a journey for all of us, hasn’t it?...to finally assemble together, to ring, to...