 
Area III Events Quick Index
Area III Sponsored Events
2010 Area III Directors Seminar
Area III annually
offers an experience for directors either in the format of a full-day
directors seminar or as a Read and Ring Session, or sometimes combining
the two events and including ringers as well. Highly-qualified teachers
and directors lead sessions for new and experienced directors and lead
reading/ringing sessions on a variety of handbell music.
Roanoake, VA: August 27-28, 2010
2010 Area III discoveRING YOUTH
Ringers will be lead in mass ringing under the direction of a guest conductor. For the youth, Tins (2-3 octave choirs) and Coppers (3-5 oct. choirs) ring together in massed sessions as well as in their own sessions. Repertoire is prepared before attending this event. Ringers also attend classes on many different topics. The conference begins on a Friday late afternoon and concludes on Saturday afternoon. It is offered every November, usually the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Richmond, VA, November 19-20, 2010
2011 Area III discoveRING YOUTH
Ringers will be lead in mass ringing under the direction of a guest conductor. For the youth, Tins (2-3 octave choirs) and Coppers (3-5 oct. choirs) ring together in massed sessions as well as in their own sessions. Repertoire is prepared before attending this event. Ringers also attend classes on many different topics. The conference begins on a Friday late afternoon and concludes on Saturday afternoon. It is offered every November, usually the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Virginia Beach, VA, November 18-19, 2011
2010 Area III discoveRING KIDZ
The purpose of this one day event is to support the learning of handbells and handchimes for elementary age
children (grades 2 through 6). This event is designed to accommodate both the music reader and the non-music
reader and those who have never been exposed to handbells or handchimes. The hope is to stimulate a lifelong
interest in ringing. 2010 Area III discoveRING KIDZ events are listed below:
Harrisonburg, VA, September 18, 2010
Matthews, NC September 25, 2010
Bel Air, MD, October 2, 2010
2011 Area III Spring Festivals
Area III will offer three Spring Festivals in 2011 - Ocean City, Maryland, Richmond, Virginia, and Flat Rock, North Carolina. These events offer Massed Ringing and Classes for all participants and at Ocean City and Hampton, a Genesis Track for advanced-beginning choirs is being offered.
Choirs, directors and individuals are welcome to attend. You may choose to attend classes only or even ring full-time. Clinicians teaching classes in their area of specialty, director classes, handbell merchandise vendors and a well-respected massed conductor are highlights of these events.
Ocean City Festival, Ocean City, MD, March 11 & 12, 2011
Richmond Festival, Richmond, VA, April 8 & 9, 2011
Blue Ridge Festival, Flat Rock, NC, May 13 & 14, 2011
Area III Online Calendar
We maintain an online database of upcoming events submitted to us by
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Upcoming events at a glance...
Save the Date! Area III Confirmed Events through 2013
2010
- August 27, 28, 2010 - Directors Seminar, Roanoke, VA
- September 18, 2010 - discoveRING KIDZ, Harrisonburg, VA
- September 25, 2010 - discoveRING KIDZ, Matthews, NC
- October 2, 2010 - discoveRING KIDZ, Bel AIr, MD
- November 19, 20 - discoveRING YOUTH, Richmond, VA
2011
- Mar 11, 12, 2011 - Spring Festival, Ocean City, MD
- Mar 13, 2011 - State Chair Meeting, Ocean City, MD
- Apr 8, 9, 2011 - Spring Festival, Richmond, VA
- May 13, 14, 2011 - Blue Ridge Festival, Flat Rock, NC
- 2011 Directors Seminar - location and date TBA
- November 18, 19, 2011 - discoveRING YOUTH, Virginia Beach, VA
2012
- March 9, 10, 2012 - Spring Festival, Ocean City, MD
- April 27, 28, 2012 - Spring Festival, Hampton, VA
- Blue Ridge Festival - location and date TBA
2013
- March 8, 9, 2013 - Spring Festival, Ocean City, MD
- April 12, 13, 2013 - Spring Festival, Richmond, VA
- Blue Ridge Festival - location and date TBA
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Event Terminology
The information provided on this page originally appeared in the
April 1995 issue of the Bell-O-Gram.
Bronze - refers to a division of massed ringing where
difficult/complex repertoire is played by advanced-level choirs. Most of
the time, Area III requires that choirs submit an audio recording and a
copy of a program of the choir publicly performing ALL the repertoire to
be used in the Bronze division to Area III before being accepted into
the Bronze division.
Coppers - refers to a division of massed ringing for choirs
that ring with a three-, four-, five- or more octave set of handbells.
Since the metal alloy (bronze) in which the bell is made has a larger
percentage of copper, the term "Coppers" is used to denote handbell
choirs that play on larger octave sets of handbells.
Tins -refers to a division of massed ringing for choirs that
ring with a two- or three-octave set of handbells. Since the metal alloy
(bronze) in which the bell is made has a smaller percentage of tin, the
term "Tins" is used to denote handbell choirs that play on smaller
octave sets of handbells.
Spring Festivals - an event, geared primarily toward
ringers, where choirs come and ring, simultaneously, repertoire under
the direction of a guest conductor. The participants are expected to
purchase and rehearse the repertoire prior to attending the conference.
In addition, the choirs are usually expected to bring all the equipment
required for ringing, including the handbells, foam pads, table
coverings, mallets, toolkits, etc. Tables may or may not be provided at
the site, so you may also be required to bring tables as well. At some
conferences, classes may also be offered on various topics, such as
four-in-hand/shelley techniques, basic techniques, advance techniques,
bass bell techniques, etc.
Seminar - an event, geared primarily toward directors, where
massed ringing and/or classes are offered. The massed ringing
rehearsals, which are participants are expected to attend, are offered
to provide more ringing experience for the directors; to provide insight
and experience in solving the possible problems that face ringers; and
to provide a vehicle for the guest clinician in demonstrating ways of
presenting new methods and techniques.
Track - a course of study; a set of classes, offered in
sequence, related to a particular topic. For example, a Beginning
Directors' track would consist of a set of classes all geared toward
providing instruction to beginning directors. Each class would cover a
particular subject that would be beneficial to a beginning director. |
