Click here to book rooms at the Area 5 group rate.

Room rate is $184* for double occupancy, which includes breakfast. Directions about making room reservations will be sent to all registrants later this year. The room rate is an estimation for a block of rooms, which Area 5 is committed to use. It is recommended that registrants be cognizant of reserving rooms, to be assured of receiving the group rate. Area 5 has no control over hotel requirements for deposits with reserving rooms. The deadline to reserve online is March 28, 2022 by 5:00 PM Eastern.

Family and friends are welcome to join you! We have opened the hotel block to non-ringers, so your nearest and dearest can enjoy Grand Hotel with you. Family and friends are welcome to book rooms without being registered for the event.

Any attendees or friends/family who still need to purchase the Friday dinner/Saturday lunch, please contact Dave Baker at [email protected]. The cut-off date for reserving your meal ticket is April 11.

*Additional taxes and fees apply. There is also a one-time charge for round-trip baggage transfer from the docks to the hotel and return. This baggage handling charge is currently $10 per person. Within Grand Hotel, tipping is neither expected nor permitted.

Travel to Mackinac Island is available via ferry departing from either Mackinaw City or St. Ignace.

Tickets can be purchased at www.sheplersferry.com. The promotion code is: AREA52022. This code applies to both the individual adult or individual child tickets. Guests can also reference our group name at the ticket office to make their ticket purchase at time of arrival.

Overnight parking options and rates are as follows. All overnight parking is arranged at time of arrival.

Mackinaw City: All options are self-parking.
Day Parking: FREE (off-site)
Standard Parking: $15.00/night (off-site)
Premium Parking: $35.00/night on-site at the dock (gate ticket required for entry/exit)

St. Ignace: All options are self-parking.
Day Parking: FREE (on-site)
Standard Parking: $15.00/night off-site (gate ticket required for entry/exit)
Premium Parking: $20.00/night on-site at the dock (gate ticket required for entry/exit)

We provide continuous shuttle service to and from the off-site lots

Music may be purchased directly from the publishers of any music retailer. Our HIC retailers include: Heitz Handbells & Music, Jeffers Handbell Supply, and J.W. Pepper. All attendees should have legally purchased copies of all music on hand at the event. Photocopies are not allowed without proof of license or proof of purchase.

MASSED

• A Joyous Fanfare – Gramann; Choristers Guild CGB926; Level 3-
• That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright – Lamb; AGEHR AG25007; Level 2+
• My Lord What A Morning – Spiritual / arr. Eithun; AGEHR, MAG35285, Level 2+
• Allegro Con Moto – Krug; G.I.A. MGIG8073; Level 3+
• Grand Old Yankee Doodle Extravaganza – Cohen / arr. Edwards; Composers Music MCP7040; Level 3

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Friday, April 29, 2022

Saturday, April 30, 2022

We have many exciting classes for attendees to explore.

Come Ring! Music for Small Ensembles – Mary Lou Fast (Early Bird session only)
Casual Conversation with Fred – Fred Gramann (Early Bird session only)
Introduction to Small Ensemble Ringing – Quadrants
Treble Techniques: The Mighty Four-In Hand – Nancy Kindraka
Mixing It Up With…Boomwhackers! – Julie Hyatt
Next Up: South Bend Repertoire – Susan Oxley

Class list and clinicians subject to change.

Quadrants is a professional handbell quartet based in Princeton, NJ. The members of Quadrants – Robert James Lamb, Bethan Neely, Raymond Nugent, and Hyosang Park – are all professional musicians in their own rights, as well as proud alumni of Westminster Choir College and the Westminster Concert Bell Choir. Quadrants is dedicated to performing high level repertoire with musicality and precision, and frequently performs their own original transcriptions of classical masterworks. Quadrants was honored to perform at the 2019 Handbell Musicians of America National Seminar in St Louis, MO, and also performs regularly throughout New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.

Scholarships will not be awarded for this event.

The Area 5 Photography Policy can be found here.

Handbell Musicians of America is committed to upholding the copyright laws of the United States and protecting the rights of our publishers, arrangers and composers. If you wish to use a tablet computer to hold your music in place of standard paper copies on a music stand, you must contact the publisher of each piece of music to first obtain permission to convert a purchased piece of music to the format required for the tablet you are using. Copies of the written permission received from publishers must be presented on request from the event organizer, event chair, or Handbell Musicians of America staff. Permission from a publisher for one piece does not imply permission for other songs from the same publisher. The title of each song used in this format must be included in the written permission received. Attendee should also have legally purchased copies of all music with them for verification. Titles originally purchased in a digital format do not require permission from the publisher, however, please have a copy of your purchase receipt available.

Full registration amount less $15 per person will be refunded if notification is received by February 21, 2022. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after this date. We cannot make exceptions to this policy.

For any questions about the Spring Festival please contact Connie Nicholson at [email protected] or visit the Spring Festival FAQ.