With great disappointment, we have canceled our Spring 2020 Handbell concerts. At this point, it is too early to know whether we’ll be able to reschedule a new date before the summer. Watch our website and social media for updates, including an announcement about auditions. The concert at The Centre already has been rescheduled for December 12.

Two DHE musicians enjoyed participating at the Handbell Musicians of America 2020 Distinctly Bronze East festival February 27 through March 1. Brenda Austin, DHE artistic director, and Nancy Kindraka joined 114 other handbell ringers from across the country in New Bern, North Carolina, at the four-day, audition-only, massed ringing event for advanced handbell musicians. Stephanie Rhoades from Texas directed the festival.