Upcoming Ringing Events

These events include workshops and massed ringing events happening in Area I. Pre-registration is required for these events and many have limited space available for participants, so please email the contact person for a registration form or download it here.

All events on this page are sponsored by AGEHR Areai Board:

To download the forms to sponsor your event:

1. Fill in Sponsor/Endorsement Application
2. Fill in Event Budget form
3. Email to the chair

Have an event? Please email it to webmaster@agehrarea1.org

August 3 - 7, 2010
International Handbell Symposium
Osaka, Japan

Saturday October 2, 2010
NH Repertoire Reading
St. Christopher's Parish
62 Manchester Streeet
Nashua, NH 03064

• Registration(pdf)
• Cost: $10
• Bring: Gloves and Music Binder

Come join us for a Repertoire reading in Southern NH. We will be reading through Holiday selections and the F/C concert music. We are so glad that Debra LeBun is back again this year to be our clinician! All music will be on sale at a discount and the Glove Tree will be there for glove sales! For more information please contact Pam Studevant

November 5-6, 2010
Adult Ringer Weekend
Mt. Washington Resort
RT 302
Bretton Woods, NH

For more information and registration materials please see August Fundamental Tone. Information also on the Adult Ringers Weekend Website!

Clinician: Nancy Cappel
Contact: Nancy Reynolds

Saturday, November 13, 2010
High School Ring Out
The Wheeler School
216 Hope Street
Providence RI 02906

Cost: $20 per Ringer

Dan Moore and the ringers at Wheeler School invite all Area I youth ringers and choirs to participate in this exciting and growing event. The day will include rehearsals with an exciting guest director, BYO lunch, a closing concert with an opportunity for individual choirs to present solo pieces and plenty of time to get to know other ringers.

For more information and registration please see the August 2010 Fundamental Tone.

Saturday, November 13, 2010
NH Handbell Festival
Laconia High School
345 Union Ave
Laconia NH

Conductors for Festival Divisional choirs will be Andy Wallace for Coppers and Massed, and Joan Fossum for Tins choirs. Each division will perform one Christmas and one general selection in the 4:00 pm Sharing Concert. Individual choirs wanting to share one piece of its own choosing are welcome.

During the day, classes will be offered in various aspects of handbell ringing techniques. For those of you that missed Kim Strepka at Festival/Conference ’09, you will have the opportunity to attend one of her classes in “Musicality through Motion Language.” Come to Laconia on November 13th for a day of performing, organizing, educating, mentoring and socializing. A website with further information including registration will be in place by June 1st through a link at the Granite State Ringers website: www.granitestateringers.org.

See the August 2010 Fundamental Tone for more information and

If you have questions, please contact Mary Divers, Festival Organizer at mary13150@metrocast.net.