I hope you all are working on your music for festival.  I am looking forward to meeting you in St. Charles, MO June 21-23, 2012.  If you would like to meet me you can find me teaching the Stopped Sounds Class or ringing with Heartland Ringers (Kansas City KS area).

I would like to invite you to consider The Unpublished Music Reading Session at festival. It is open to anyone who would like to submit an unpublished original composition or arrangement for handbells/handchimes. The composer/arranger must register to participate by June 1. The reading session is open to anyone who would like to listen and/or participate in ringing through these new handbell pieces. More specific information and the registration form are available on our website here.  Please pass this information along to people you think might be interested in participating. Feel free to contact Lauran Delancy  if you have further questions.

I hope you visit www.agehr-ks.org and www.areaviii.org often to keep up with the ringing that happens around the state of Kansas and Area 8.  Keep me informed with what your group is doing.  I love to hear about all the concerts and workshops happening around the state.

See you in St. Charles!

Cherryl Cox   
Kansas Chair
Handbell Musicians of America Area 8