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Spring is definitely in the air and so are handbell concerts! Whether you are ringing, directing or cheering on your favorite ringers from the audience, I hope everyone is having a fabulous concert season. This year, spring also means festival planning! The board and festival committee are busy finalizing details for our 2017 Festival Conference and Young Ringers Conference at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York. Don’t miss out on the fellowship and fun of massed ringing plus the opportunity to learn from many talented handbell clinicians. It’s not too late! Register today! We are also looking ahead to the incoming 2017-2019 Area 2 Board, fall workshops, and the 2019 Young Ringers and Festival Conferences. There are many exciting events in the planning stages. Be sure to stay up to date by following Area 2 on FaceBook, checking our website, and opting to receive Area 2 emails through your Handbell Musicians of America account at handbellmusicians.org. As another season of handbell ringing winds down for many, I hope you will thoughtfully consider how you can be a part of Area 2. Next year will you host or lead a workshop, attend events, or share your time and talents as an elected or appointed board member? My time on the Area 2 Board has been rewarding beyond measure. I have learned so much from other talented handbell musicians who care deeply for hand- bells and the future of handbell ringing in Area 2. I have made wonderful friends, all in the name of handbells! I promise you, involvement in your Area 2 community will bring you wonderful experiences, new friends, and deepen your passion for handbells. I look forward to seeing many of you at the festival in June or an Area 2 event soon! Happy Ringing! Jill Fedon Jill Fedon From the Chair . . . Area 2 Twice Tolled Tales June 2017 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.
Transcript of From the Chair - Handbell Musicians of America Area...
Spring is definitely in the air and so are handbell concerts! Whether you are
ringing, directing or cheering on your favorite ringers from the audience, I hope
everyone is having a fabulous concert season.
This year, spring also means festival planning! The board and festival
committee are busy finalizing details for our 2017 Festival Conference and Young
Ringers Conference at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.
Don’t miss out on the fellowship and fun of massed ringing plus the opportunity to
learn from many talented handbell clinicians. It’s not too late! Register today!
We are also looking ahead to the incoming 2017-2019 Area 2 Board, fall
workshops, and the 2019 Young Ringers and Festival Conferences. There are many
exciting events in the planning stages. Be sure to stay up to date by following Area 2
on FaceBook, checking our website, and opting to receive Area 2 emails through
your Handbell Musicians of America account at handbellmusicians.org.
As another season of handbell ringing winds down for many, I hope you
will thoughtfully consider how you can be a part of Area 2. Next year will you host
or lead a workshop, attend events, or share your time and talents as an elected or
appointed board member?
My time on the Area 2 Board has been rewarding beyond measure. I have
learned so much from other talented handbell musicians who care deeply for hand-
bells and the future of handbell ringing in Area 2. I have made wonderful friends,
all in the name of handbells! I promise you, involvement in your Area 2 community
will bring you wonderful experiences, new friends, and deepen your passion for
handbells.
I look forward to seeing many of you at the festival in June or an Area 2
event soon!
Happy Ringing!
Jill Fedon
Jill Fedon
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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.
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A note from your Communications Coordinator: How to Subscribe to e-Newsletters for TTTs Area 2 sends an e-newsletter to our members each time a new Twice Tolled Tales has been published or when there is important news that we want you to receive. If you do not receive our e-newsletters, you will need to log onto your national HMA member account to subscribe.
• Go to the national website: handbellmusicians.org
• In the black bar across the top of the screen, click on “login”
• Enter your login name and password
• Once you are logged in, on the right side of the screen, there is a drop down menu that says: “What would you like to do?”
• Click on this drop down menu, then click on “subscribe to e-newsletters”
• The screen says: “please choose your email subscription” You may select more than one subscription.
• The first option is for the national “e-notes” (These come from National HMA, and are very informative)
• Then there are options for Area 5, 3, 7, 6, 9, and 4
• Next, there is another national option for event notes (This is different from the e-notes listed above; we suggest that you subscribe to this also.)
• Next, you will see the option for Area 2. Be sure that the Area 2 option is selected!
• Once all of your subscription selections are “checked”, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the blue “subscribe” box.
You should now be all set to receive the selected e-newsletters in the future. Happy Reading! Diane
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June 2017
Insurance Coverage for Local Festivals From Susan Guse - First in a series of two articles:
Insurance for Festivals Endorsement of Festivals My church, St. John’s Lutheran in Poughkeepsie NY, has participated in the Hudson Valley Handbell
Festival Conference for 15 years. For over twenty years, the location of the Festival has been Nyack College in their large gymnasium. In 2017, we had the 41st Hudson Valley Festival Conference.
Nyack College requires all outside events held at the college to provide proof of insurance coverage.
Up until January 2017, the Hudson Valley Festival has met that requirement by applying for endorsement from the National Office of Handbell Musicians of America.
At the beginning of 2017, the insurance underwriter of National’s coverage changed their policy so that
H.M.A. is no longer able to provide coverage to endorsed events (local festivals). Jenny Cauhorn, Executive Director of H.M.A., recommends that each Festival secure their own insurance. She suggests:
Seek coverage with a local service provider (Google “Commercial Insurance service for a list of local
companies that service your area). Contact 2 to 3 providers to get comparison quotes. Ask for “general event liability coverage. The venue for your event will provide a contract and should indicate the clauses in the contract that ad-
dress insurance. Costs for insurance will vary widely based on state, city, venue type, event type and anticipated attendance. The three quotes I requested for the Hudson Valley Festival were all less than $300. Based on our average attendance each year, that works out to $1.25 - $1.50 per ringer.
Next time: Why we still need to apply for endorsement . . .
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Handbell Musicians of America Area 2 will begin accepting applications for the
Handchime Lending Program beginning March 1, 2017
Applications will be accepted until all sets have been allocated for Summer 2017 and the school year 2017-2018. Contact the HMA Education Chair about set availability. Application and supporting documents may be emailed to the Education Chair or sent by regular mail.
Handchime Lending Program:
The purpose of the Handbell Musicians of America Area 2 Handchime Lending Program is to promote the ringing of Handchimes in Public or Private Elementary or Secondary schools, Churches, or Community Groups within the area of Area 2: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Ontario. This program is a valuable introduction to the art of ringing instruments and often becomes a focal point in expanding such programs in the local community.
About the Loan Program:
HMA Area 2 has 5 sets of three-octave handchimes to loan.
The loan periods are: One school year (September 1 through June with return of handchimes to HMA-Area 2 by June 15, 2018.
-OR-
One summer session (July 1 – August 15) with return of handchimes to Area 2 by August 22.
Eligibility Requirements: Public or Private Elementary or Secondary school, Church, or Community Group within HMA - Area 2.
1. Handchimes will be loaned only once to a particular school, church or group. 2. Preference will be given to a new school district before another school within the same district. 3. Preference will be given to organizations with existing music programs. 4. Must be a member of Handbell Musicians of America (HMA), or willing to become a
member of HMA if the loan is approved. For further information, application and other requirements visit the Area 2 website:
http://area2.handbellmusicians.org/handchime-lending/
New Jersey
Susan Nelson Mercerville, NJ 08619
Doris Watson Oakhurst, NJ 07755
James Klotz Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ 08540
Kathy E. Heller St. Peters U. Methodist Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Robert Lamb Christ Church NYC Princeton, NJ 08540
Daniel Leguizamon Madison U. Methodis Madison, NJ 07940
William Davis Summit, NJ 07901
Pennsylvania
Marilyn Hines Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Barbara Giebler Phoenixville, PA 19460
Peg Knapp
First U. Methodist Church Titusville, PA 16354
Ann E. Hosler
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Ontario
Barbara Neal Foundation Five Quintet Mississauga, ON L5M 5R3
New York
Joanne Westerlund
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Rocky Point, NY 11778
SaraJane Cipperly
Schoharie Presbyterian Church
Central Bridge, NY 12035
Bob Hallenbeck St. Johns Episcopal Johnstown, NY 12095
New Members
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Change in Endorsed Event Policy (reprinted with permission from E-Notes January 2017) One of your benefits as a member of Handbell Musicians of America is the option to have events you present Endorsed by the national office. Endorsement offers a variety of benefits including:
• Listing in the online event calendar at Handbellmusicians.org (including a link to your event website).
• Listing in print version of the event calendar in each issue of Overtones.
• Inclusion in our monthly Event Notes newsletter.
• Data file of member addresses in your region to use for event marketing.
• Payment of ASCAP licensing fees. An additional benefit has been the extension of our national insurance policies to cover your event as well. Due to changes in policy set forth by the insurance underwriter of our coverage, we are no longer able to provide any insurance coverage for Endorsed events. Standard coverage will remain in place for Spon-sored events. Sponsored events are those events that are produced and presented by an Area or sub-Area. Questions regarding this change in policy should be directed to executive director, Jennifer Cauhorn. To learn more about endorsed events go to: http://handbellmusicians.org/events-networking/events/sponsored-endorsed-event-information/
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HMA AREA 2 -- FALL 2017 WORKSHOPS
Are you a new director or choir?
Do you need help brushing-up on techniques?
Are there beginning ringers in your choir who would benefit from a special session to bring them more up to speed?
Would you like help in improving your choir's musicality?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES, schedule a fall workshop with one of our clinicians. Sessions may be full or 1/2-day.
They may be open to other HMA members, or geared specifically for your choir!
Contact Lyn Powell @[email protected] to schedule your workshop today.
www.area2.handbellmusicians.org
Chairman
Jill Fedon [email protected] 908-835-1491 199 Broad Street Washington, NJ 07882 908-835-1491
Chair-Elect
Bob Ward [email protected] 99 Sunny Brook Circle Highland, NY 12528 845-691-2124
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 845-242-1478
Membership
Jean Coniber [email protected] 135 Brightwoods Lane Rochester NY 14623 H-585-292-5139
Education Chair
Workshops and Mentoring
Lyn Powell [email protected] 16 Copperfield Drive Hamilton, NJ 08610 H-609-581-0889
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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TWICE TOLLED TALES is published four times per year for the membership of HMA Area 2. Publication dates for 2017 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
Next TTT deadline is August 15, 2017
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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
HMA Area 2 BELLETIN BOARD
June 25, 2017 7:00 pm
from Annandale, Virginia:
The Carol Ringers and Celebration Ringers in Concert
Nancy Capel and Tammy Freeman, Conductors
Palmyra Church of the Brethren Palmyra, PA
June 28-June 30, 2017
Area 2’s Young Ringers Festival Nick Hanson, Conducting
SUNY Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
Check updates at the area website: www.area2.handbellmusicians.org/Events
June 30-July 2, 2017
Area 2’s Festival Conference Kath Wissinger, Conducting
SUNY Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
from Estonia:
Campanelli Handbell Ensemble Inna Lai, conductor
July 21, 7 pm July 25, 7 pm Estonian House St. Paul Lutheran Church New York, NY Beachwood, NJ July 23, 7 pm July 28, 7 pm Our Lady of Sorrows TBA Hamilton, NJ Sponsored by Malmark www.gofundme.com/estoniahandbells
The Raleigh Ringers in Area 2! David Harris, Conductor
July 12, 8:15 pm July 13, 7 pm Chautauqua Institution Greene High School Chautauqua, NY Greene, NY July 15, 8 pm July 16, 2:30 pm Schwab Auditorium Mt. Gretna Playhouse State College, PA Mt. Gretna, PA See the Area 2 website/events for more info
HMA Area 2 Twice Tolled Tales Editor 292 Founders Way Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
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