Our conductor is Southern California's own Barbara Meinke.  An up-and-coming massed ringing director, Barbara was born and raised in SoCal and has been ringing and conducting for more than 30 years. After earning a BA in Music from California State University in Fullerton, she began her career in 1993 directing choral music at Hope Lutheran Church in Temecula, CA, and soon developed a multiple ensemble handbell ministry which she continues to direct. She rings with Sonos Handbell Ensemble, The Guild’s Distinctly Bronze, and is a founding artist in the new Timbré Ensemble. In addition to directing and ringing, Barbara is in demand as a substitute teacher for Lake Elsinore Unified School District. She brings enthusiasm, energy, high expectations, and superb musicianship to the classroom and podium. You're going to love working under her baton!

 

2012 is the year the Area 12 Festival/Conference will be at Disneyland, so we have modified the format of our Spring Ring to encourage you all to attend that event, too. (And, believe me, you DON’T want to miss it!) This year, we will not have any classes, nor will we have a Bronze Vision event. (Don’t worry; those things will be back in 2013!) This year will be massed ringing only and three of our four pieces are from the Disneyland repertoire. We will still have a public concert at the end of the event and, of course, attending groups will have the opportunity to present a solo number at that concert.

 

One other change: Ringers will be on their own for lunch. They may choose to bring their own lunch or purchase one from a nearby establishment. Lunch will NOT be provided at the event. We will have coffee, water, and some snacks, but ask that groups please bring some goodies to share.

 

Your registration will be confirmed by email or USPS shortly after it is received.  <<After February 15, registration fees will increase, so please register early!>>  Walk-in registrants are welcome at the door for $25 per ringer, as long as we have room.  Early registration helps our planning, so please register as soon as possible! If you or your group plans to play a solo piece at the evening concert, early registration will ensure a place on the program.  There will be a limit of six (6) solo/ensemble pieces.  The concert will last about an hour.

 

 

 

Please purchase and prepare the music in advance.  Barbara will work on the interpretation of the music, not the assignments or working out the piece. 

 

Although there are four pieces on the repertoire list, ensembles and/or individuals may pick and choose those pieces they wish to prepare and perform for the final concert.  Less experienced groups may wish to drop the more challenging work(s) and more advanced groups may wish to skip the easier piece(s).

* Also on the repertoire list for the 2012 Area 12 Festival/Conference at Disneyland!

Table rental:  Groups who register before the Early Bird Deadline of February 15th will be able to rent tables for use at the event. The small rental fee of $1.00 per foot is used to help with custodial fees. Groups who register after the deadline will need to bring their own tables.

 

Music exchange:  There will be a table where directors may lay out music they no longer use.  Feel free to help yourself from this display; it is a free exchange.

 

Handbell store:  Did you forget your gloves?  Need more mallets?  Get them at the event! 

  

Free-will Offering: An offering will be taken at the concert to benefit Hope’s handbell ministry. Please invite friends & family to the concert -- we'd like a big audience!

 

Snacks and things: During the breaks, there will be an opportunity to munch on goodies.  We need your help with this, so please bring some snacks to share.  We will provide drinks (coffee, soda pop & water). This will also be a good time to shop at the handbell store, enjoy each other's company, and ask questions.