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Area 12

Serving California, Nevada, and Hawaii

Volunteer to serve on the Area 12 Board

There are many appointed positions on the Area 12 Board, including Regional Coordinators (RC) and more.  Do you have a few hours every month?  Consider voluntering to serve on the board.
Current vacancies include RC Southern California.
Contact the Chair if interested in serving on the board.

More Than A Metronome - Director's Seminar

Mark your calendar for February 8, 2025 in Walnut Creek with clinicians Tessique Houston and Barb Walsh. Registration now open.

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

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.

Calendar

  • The Great Christmas Ring - Outlets at San Clemente

    November 30, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Outlets as San Clemente 101 W Avenida Vista Hermosa San Clemente , CA 92672

            South County Community Handbell Choir and local handbell musicians 
     
    This event features handbell ringers from around the area sharing their love of handbells with the community. The concert is held by the Outlets Christmas tree and is free to the public. If you are a handbell ringer and would like to join us, please contact us at [email protected].         
     
           

            https://www.schandbell.org

     
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  • Celebrating the Holidays on Handbells with San Diego Harmony Ringers

    December 8, 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

    Ring in the holidays with San Diego Harmony Ringers! We arean advanced, auditioned community handbell group located in San Diego,California. From a variety of backgrounds and experience, we join together inharmony to ring with passion, beauty of expression, and a joy in sharing ourmusic with our listeners. Our holiday concert will include both sacred andsecular selections for all to enjoy!

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  • Annual Handbell Christmas Concert - Concordia handbell choirs

    December 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Zion Lutheran Church, 222 N East St, Anaheim, CA 92805, USA

    Join the Concordia University handbell choirs for a holiday concert.

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  • O Biggest Little Town with Tintabulations

    December 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Sparks United Methodist Church, 1231 Pyramid Way, Sparks, NV 89431, USA

    Tintabulations, a community handbell ensemble in Reno, Nevada, presents their winter concert of holiday stories and music.

    The concert, entitled “O Biggest Little Town,” presents modern arrangements of classic holiday songs performed on handbells. Enthralling audiences near and far for over two decades, Reno's own Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble is comprised of passionate musicians focused on innovating the art of handbell performance and educational outreach. With a flash of glittering bronze, Tintabulations delivers the highest quality music and a visual feast for the eyes. Woven through the concert are personal holiday stories from group members, helping to get the audience into the winter spirit.

    Since its founding in 1996, Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble (or just “Tintab,” as the members like to refer to it) has been pushing the boundaries of traditional handbell performance and entertaining audiences around the West Coast. Barb Walsh, the group’s director and retired Washoe County Schools music teacher, started Tintab with a group of ambitious high school students. The group has since grown to include ringers from around Northern Nevada and California. Tintab has performed the opening concert for the Handbell Musicians of America National conference and appears regularly with the Reno Pops Orchestra and the Reno Philharmonic.

    All performances are free of charge; donations are cheerfully accepted.
         

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  • O Biggest Little Town with Tintabulations

    December 14, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Churchill County Museum, 1050 S Maine St, Fallon, NV 89406, USA

    Tintabulations, a community handbell ensemble in Reno, Nevada, presents their winter concert of holiday stories and music.

    The concert, entitled “O Biggest Little Town,” presents modern arrangements of classic holiday songs performed on handbells. Enthralling audiences near and far for over two decades, Reno's own Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble is comprised of passionate musicians focused on innovating the art of handbell performance and educational outreach. With a flash of glittering bronze, Tintabulations delivers the highest quality music and a visual feast for the eyes. Woven through the concert are personal holiday stories from group members, helping to get the audience into the winter spirit.

    Since its founding in 1996, Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble (or just “Tintab,” as the members like to refer to it) has been pushing the boundaries of traditional handbell performance and entertaining audiences around the West Coast. Barb Walsh, the group’s director and retired Washoe County Schools music teacher, started Tintab with a group of ambitious high school students. The group has since grown to include ringers from around Northern Nevada and California. Tintab has performed the opening concert for the Handbell Musicians of America National conference and appears regularly with the Reno Pops Orchestra and the Reno Philharmonic.

    All performances are free of charge; donations are cheerfully accepted.
         

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  • O Biggest Little Town with Tintabulations

    December 15, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    Sierra Christian Church, 81059 CA-70, Beckwourth, CA 96129, USA

    Tintabulations, a community handbell ensemble in Reno, Nevada, presents their winter concert of holiday stories and music.

    The concert, entitled “O Biggest Little Town,” presents modern arrangements of classic holiday songs performed on handbells. Enthralling audiences near and far for over two decades, Reno's own Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble is comprised of passionate musicians focused on innovating the art of handbell performance and educational outreach. With a flash of glittering bronze, Tintabulations delivers the highest quality music and a visual feast for the eyes. Woven through the concert are personal holiday stories from group members, helping to get the audience into the winter spirit.

    Since its founding in 1996, Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble (or just “Tintab,” as the members like to refer to it) has been pushing the boundaries of traditional handbell performance and entertaining audiences around the West Coast. Barb Walsh, the group’s director and retired Washoe County Schools music teacher, started Tintab with a group of ambitious high school students. The group has since grown to include ringers from around Northern Nevada and California. Tintab has performed the opening concert for the Handbell Musicians of America National conference and appears regularly with the Reno Pops Orchestra and the Reno Philharmonic.

    All performances are free of charge; donations are cheerfully accepted.
         

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  • Annual Concordia Handbell Christmas Concert

    December 15, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA

    Join the Concordia University handbell choirs for a holiday concert.

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  • An Opus Handbell Christmas

    December 15, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 1600 Carver Rd, Modesto, CA 95350, USA

    The holidays are all the more delightful when you include Opus Handbell Ensemble in your entertainment plans! This advanced community handbell choir has been performing their extraordinarily beautiful music in the Modesto area since 1992. They play a highly unique instrument requiring precision eye-hand coordination, music reading ability and great teamwork. This concert features eight pieces from our 2009 CD, "An Opus Handbell Ensemble Christmas". Tickets may be purchased at the door and are $20 for adults, $15 for students, and $10 for children under 12.
     
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  • Christmas Kaleidoscope with South County Community Handbell Choir

    December 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
    Christ Lutheran Church 35522 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, CA 92673

    Come and be filled with the holiday spirit as the South County Community Handbell Choir explores holiday music of all genres. Admission is free. An offering will be taken with all proceeds given to Family Assistance Ministries, our local homeless prevention organization.​
     
           

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Recent News

December Twelfth Tone available

The latest issue of the 12th Tone is available here. This issue includes how one group is supporting their local veterans, introduction of South Reno Methodist group, and some information on the upcoming (February 2025) director's seminar

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September 12th Tone now available

How was your summer?  Did you lean new handbell skills?  Do some fun things?  How about using some of those skills for this upcoming handbell season?  Perhaps think about how your handbell equipment is maintained? Read about all that and more in the latest issue of...

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Area 12 Biennial Member Meeting 6/21 12:45pm

On Friday, June 21st as part of the Go Nuts conference, Area 12 will hold our Biennial Meeting at 12:45pm. If you can't come to the Go Nuts Conference you can still attend the meeting. It will be live-streamed on Area 12 Facebook page:...

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April 12th Tone is here

Lots of news about Go Nuts and Bellz! conference coming up in June and September, respectively.  Registration is open for both events. More about upcoming Spring rings in Southern California and Northern Nevada. Last call for (self) nominations for Chair-Elect,...

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