Here’s how the track system works:

• Determine which days you will attend the conference. You may attend each day independent of all other days.
• Select a half-day track for each morning and/or afternoon for Friday and Saturday. You will now have the chance to experience two different topics each day you attend. Your ringing experiences and classes for the day will revolve around your two chosen topics.
• If you choose to only attend half the day, sign up just for that track.
• Important Note: You are registering as an individual, not as a group, for each track (while your director may complete the registration process for you, this conference is designed for all ringers and directors to attend as individuals).
• All tracks include lunch, where all participants will gather together at the same time for announcements and a special lunch-time concert.
• In addition to the lunch-time concert, there is a track sharing time (i.e., recital or a report on what happened in each track) at the end of each day.
• Sunday registration is ONLY for massed ringing – there are no tracks on Sunday except for massed ringing (please see list of massed music to be prepared prior to the event).
  

Here’s a preliminary list of the track offerings:

Pre-Conference Tracks
Directors Master Class (Waugh)
Magic Choir/Conference Choir (Rivera)
Handbell Theater* (Greer) 

Friday Morning Tracks
All Ring Level 1-2 (Grove)
Beginning Ringing* (Meyer)
Beginning Solo Ringing (Hascall)
Rhythm Magic* (Glasgow)
The Vivace Experience* (Vivace/Rivera)
Youth Track (Waugh) 

Friday Afternoon Tracks
All Ring Level 2-3 (Hascall)
Beginning Ringing* (Meyer)
Beginning Ensemble Ringing (Velocity/Grove)
Dalcroze Magic* (Waugh)
The Vivace Experience* (Vivace/Rivera)
Youth Track (Glasgow) 

Friday Evening Tracks
Handbell Theater* (Greer)
Reading Session (Glasgow) 

Saturday Morning Tracks
All Ring Level 3-4 (Waugh)
Church Music (Meyer)
Intermediate Solo Ringing (Hascall)
Rhythm Magic* (Glasgow)
The Vivace Experience* (Vivace/Rivera)
Tips for Technique (Velocity/Grove)

Saturday Afternoon Tracks
All Ring Level 4-5 (Glasgow)
Improving Your Ringing (Hascall)
Intermediate Ensemble Ringing (Velocity/Grove)
Dalcroze Magic* (Waugh)
The Vivace Experience* (Vivace/Rivera)
You Can Do That With Bells? (Meyer)

Saturday Evening Tracks
Handbell Theater* (Greer)
Reading Session (Waugh)

*This track is repeated multiple times 

(Note: Track names may change prior to registration.)

Click Here for preliminary track descriptions. 

MAGIC CONCERTS

There will be three noon-time concerts taking place as part of the daily lunch hour. Several groups will be bringing their magical performances to the conference.

On Friday, the conference choir – aka, the Magic Choir – will perform a mini-concert of their work with Carlos Rivera in the pre-conference track (click here for audition information). As part of that same day’s lunch concert, there is a special opportunity for some other Area 12 group or individual to give a mini-concert. If you have not already checked out the information in the enewsletter and online, click here to read all about it. (Deadline for entries has been extended to November 1st.) 

Saturday’s lunch-time concert will feature Vivace, who will be traveling all the way from Puerto Rico to perform for us (under the direction of Carlos Rivera).

And Sunday’s feature lunch concert is Velocity Handbell Ensemble, Area 12’s premier quartet from the San Francisco Bay Area (under the direction of P.L. Grove).

A MAGIC LOCATION

Because the Disneyland Hotel boasts an impressive 136,000 square feet of meeting space, 52 meeting rooms and 2 ballrooms – including the magnificent 18,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom where the massed ringing will take place – Area 12 will be able to take full advantage of all the available room. In the spacious Exhibit Hall areas, handbell vendors and HIC members will be able to sell handbell supplies, and the Silent Auction and Area 12 resource areas will also be held in the same large area.

For more information about the Disneyland Hotel facilities/meeting space, go to:
http://www.disneymeetings.com/disneyland/disneyland-hotel/meeting-facilities/ 

The conference facility is also in close proximity to Downtown Disney, the non-ticketed area of restaurants, shopping, and special nighttime entertainment. Downtown Disney is just one stop on the monorail, so if you park your car at the hotel (note: there is a fee – more information on that later), you will not need to move it to go into one of the theme parks.

Our conference schedule allows for evening trips into the Disneyland theme parks, and Disney is offering evening park rates to our registrants. (There are also a few elective evening tracks for those die-hard handbell enthusiasts who just want to keep “belling”!)

REGISTRATION MAGIC

Online registration is now open. Directors may register multiple ringers in one session, or ringers may register individually. Click here to be taken to online registration.  Click here for a class summary worksheet of the information you need at hand before beginning the registration process.

Below is some information on Pricing, Discount and Refunds: 

  
Pricing: 

• The one time Conference Registration fee is $20.
• One half day track is $60 and includes lunch.
• The Mass Ring on Sunday is $90 and includes lunch. 
• Master Class is $75 and includes dinner.
• Handbell Theater and Reading Sessions are free.
• Magic Choir is $90 and includes dinner and music. 
• Lunch and Concert for guests is $32. 

Discounts:

• One full day (2 half day tracks) receives a discount of $30.
• Early Bird.  Order three full days at one on-line registration session by February 15, 2012 and receive a 20% discount ($114).
• Youth Track (2 Friday half day Youth tracks) receives a discount of $50.
  
• Youth Track plus two other full days receives a discount of $134. 

Refunds:

• The conference registration fee is $20 and is non-refundable.
• Cancel before February 15, 2012 and receive a 100% refund excluding the conference registration fee.
  
• Cancel before May 15, 2012 and receive 50% refund

HOTEL MAGIC

The Disneyland Hotel is located at 1150 Magic Way in Anaheim, California. Its recently renovated rooms with new modern, sophistocated features, new pools and waterslides now offer more comfort and convenience.

Area 12 has negotiated a per room rate of $175 (plus additional taxes and fees) for up to four occupants. All conference registrants who choose not to stay at the Disneyland Hotel will be assessed an off-site fee of $50. This fee will be waived for local residents who live within a 50-mile radius of the hotel.  Click here to start your Disney Hotel reservation process.

If you would like to learn more about the Disneyland Hotel go to http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland-hotel/

PRELIMINARY MAGIC SCHEDULE

THURSDAY SCHEDULE
3 PM-10 PM                            Directors’ Master Class
                                                Magic Choir
7:30 PM-9:30 PM                    Handbell Theater

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SCHEDULE
8:15 AM-11:30 AM                   All Morning Tracks
11:30 AM-12:45 PM                 Lunch and Concert
1 PM-4:15 PM                         All Afternoon Tracks
4:30 PM-5:30 PM                    Track Sharing/Recital
7:30 PM-9:30 PM                    Handbell Theater
                                                Reading Session

SUNDAY SCHEDULE
9:00 AM-10:30 AM                   Massed Rehearsal
10:30 AM-10:45 AM                 Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM                 Massed Rehearsal
12:15 PM-1:30 PM                  Lunch and Concert
1:45 PM-3:15 PM                    Massed Rehearsal
3:15 PM-3:30 PM                    Break
3:30 PM-4:30 PM                    Final Massed Concert

Note: The above conference schedule is preliminary and is subject to change. 

MASSED RING MAGIC

All massed ringing will occur on Sunday, July 1^st. There will be three massed conductors, each conducting two selections, for a total of six massed ringing pieces. In addition to the selections listed below, each of the massed conductors has been asked to compose a piece specifically for this event – we expect those selections to be available in spring 2012. The three massed pieces already selected are:

• Standin’ in the Need of Prayer (Michael Glasgow conducting)
  arr., Valerie Stephenson, Level 3
  Choristers Guild – CGB534 (3-6 octaves)
• Joy and Elation (Nancy Hascall conducting)
  arr., Cynthia Dobrinski, Level 2+
  Hope Publishing – HP2457 (3-5 octaves)
• Change Ring Prelude on Divinum Mysterium (Tim Waugh conducting)
  arr., Fred Gramann, Level 3+
  Lorenz Corporation – LC201537L (2-3 octaves) OR LC201239L (3-6 octaves)
  

Area 12 souvenir items will be available for purchase online and at the conference while supplies last.

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