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2026 Conference Composition Content

Area 12 is holding a composition contest to provide a piece for the 2026 conference.  Deadline for submissioin: October 15, 2025.  Click for details.

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Do you want to be a mentor?

Would you like to be a resource for handbells in Area 12? Please click to submit your information to be added to the Area 12 list of teachers and mentors.

(If you are looking for a mentor, please contact the Education Coordinator.)

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Volunteer to serve on the Area 12 Board

There are many appointed positions on the Area 12 Board.  Do you have a few hours every month?  Consider volunteering to serve on the board. Openings include Membership Director, Historian, Member-at-Large, and Event Coordinator.
Contact the Chair if interested in serving on the board.

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Area Website Banner Advertising now available!

Do you have an upcoming handbell event? Have a concert? Sell handbell items?  You can now advertise on the Area 12 website right here!  Click for details.

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Check out the latest issue of the 12th Tone Newsletter

Learn more about what upcoming events are happening and what the Area 12 board is up to.

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Calendar

  • Redding Handbell Festival

    October 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
    Redding Christian Fellowship, 2157 Victor Ave, Redding, CA 96002, USA

    It's fall festival time and what better way to jump start your ringing season than by attending the Redding Handbell Festival. There will be massed ringing led by Matthew Compton; classes: Mallets taught by Artie Pascual, Bell trees taught by Julie Hunziker, Engaging your Audience led by Lois Nichols, Change Ringing taught by Nancy Schmitt, Weaving, and Healthy Ringing. A final free public concert is sure to please the audience as we play our massed songs; Song of Assurance by Arnold Sherman; Andante Maestoso arr. Kevin McChesney; I've Got Peace Like a River, arr. Valerie Stephenson; Momentary by Matthew Compton.
     
    Registration fee $40.00 per ringer

    For more information: [email protected]

    This is a Handbell Musicians of America endorsed event.
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  • Redding Handbell Festival - concert

    October 18, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
    Redding Christian Fellowship, 2157 Victor Ave, Redding, CA 96002, USA

    A final free public concert is sure to please the audience as we play our massed songs; Song of Assurance by Arnold Sherman; Andante Maestoso arr. Kevin McChesney; I've Got Peace Like a River, arr. Valerie Stephenson; Momentary by Matthew Compton.

    For more information: [email protected]

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Recent News

New board officer: Member-at-Large

Sep 22, 2025 |

At the most recent Area 12 Board of Directors meeting, the board created a new officer position: Member-at-Large The duties include: Assist with Area 12 projects, initiatives, and events as assigned by the Chair or Executive Committee; Support the work of other board...

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Area 12 at Pinnacle 2025

Aug 15, 2025 |

Check out all the folks from Area 12 at Pinnacle in Kansas, including the Concordia University choir who performed in a showcase concert.

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August 12th Tone – upcoming events

Aug 9, 2025 | ,

Check out the latest issue of the 12th Tone here. Read up on some upcoming events (for directors and ringers) in Southern Nevada, Northern Nevada, Southern California, Northern California,  And a recap of some of the events folks traveled to this summer including...

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Neon City Rhythms – seeking class suggestions

Aug 7, 2025 |

The Conference Committee invites you to propose classes for 2026 Neon City Rhythms. If you’ve got an idea for a class you’d like to teach, please use the form linked here. If you’ve got ideas for classes you’d like to see offered at the conference, but you don’t...

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June Board Meeting

Jun 17, 2025 |

On June 14, you Area 12 Board met via Zoom to handle Area 12 business, including the upcoming 2026 biennial conference in Las Vegas, NV, Neon City Rhythms.

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Check out the June 12th Tone newsletter

Jun 7, 2025 | ,

Are you finishing things up for the season?  How about checking out upcoming events in Area 12 and around the country (should you be traveling) that might be of interest. A couple of fall events are mentioned in the latest issue.  You can read it here.

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