We’re glad you found the Area 8 online home for Handbell Musicians of America. We are a five-state region of an international organization of handbell ringers, directors, composers, clinicians, and innovators. Area 8 contains Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, and is home to some of the world’s great handbell musicians, ensembles, conductors, teachers, and composers.
There are several things that make our area awesome:
√Our Handchime Loan Program here.
√Our State Chapters:
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska.
√Our Newsletter, Quavers, here.
√Our People here.
√Sign Up for Our Email News Blasts here.
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Festival registration is closed – we’ve reached the maximum number we can accommodate in massed ringing!
Daily registration (no massed ringing) is still open – use this form:https://form.jotform.com/A8T/A82022Daily
If you’d like to come to just attend classes, email Linda and we will get you registered.
If you’d like to be put on the waitlist, please use this form https://form.jotform.com/A8T/A822waitlist and we will contact you if space(s) open up. We’ll fill from the waitlist on a first-come-first served basis.