handbell
noun
hand·bell
ˈhan(d)-ˌbel 
: a small bell with a handle
especially
: one of a set tuned in a scale for musical performance
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Choir rehearsals are Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and the Crandell Ringers handbell choir practice is Sundays at 8:30 a.m.
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Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
Rehearsals for choir are on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and for handbells at 6 p.m.
Information: 273-5450 or fpcbentonville.org.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
Crandell Ringers handbell choir will take a break until February.
—Becca Martin-Brown, Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
Also new, the Celebration Ringers handbell choir will perform a concert near the gazebo after the fireworks.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
The concert is the retreat center’s biggest event of the year and features more than 80 vocalists, 20 instrumentalists, and adult, chamber, handbell, and children’s choirs.
—courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
The free event will feature music ensembles, a handbell ensemble, and a chamber orchestra.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2021
Also that day, the Lions Club plans a memorial ceremony at the USS Lexington Memorial, the Hancock Church presents a handbell concert, and The First Parish Church in Lexington offers a talk on the events of April 19, 1775, all virtual.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
The creation of the handbell choir at Avon Middle School happened due to a chance meeting.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2020
Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
Rehearsals for choir are on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and for handbells at 6 p.m.
Information: 273-5450 or fpcbentonville.org.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
Crandell Ringers handbell choir will take a break until February.
—Becca Martin-Brown, Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
Also new, the Celebration Ringers handbell choir will perform a concert near the gazebo after the fireworks.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
The concert is the retreat center’s biggest event of the year and features more than 80 vocalists, 20 instrumentalists, and adult, chamber, handbell, and children’s choirs.
—courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
The free event will feature music ensembles, a handbell ensemble, and a chamber orchestra.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2021
Also that day, the Lions Club plans a memorial ceremony at the USS Lexington Memorial, the Hancock Church presents a handbell concert, and The First Parish Church in Lexington offers a talk on the events of April 19, 1775, all virtual.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
The creation of the handbell choir at Avon Middle School happened due to a chance meeting.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2020
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