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Main Show Topic – Basics of Ringing w/ Michele Sharik

• What to teach & how to teach it: 
  • Seating the bell
  • the "D" motion
  • active vs. passive wrist
  • after the ring – follow through`
• Vocabulary – what you say and how you say it is important
  • a noun can sometimes be a verb (i.e. grip)

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Music Review

Question of the Week

Do you have any questions you get when teaching ringers?

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Hot Topics – Handbell Buzz

• Paul's Kids ringing for lent in the key of "creative" minor
• St.Olaf Music
• We are on Stitcher Radio -  http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=19842

From our Listeners – Emails and Voice Mails

• YouTube message from Polka Brothers

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Highlights from the Community

• John P – once again making everyone else look like slackers on the community! 

Video of the Week

• CSL handbells play Party Rock LMFAO

Concert and Event Announcements

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Main Show Topic – Podcast Round Table

• resources for the new millenium.  Think WAY outside the box and discuss teaching tools and recources (print, computer, ipad, iphone, xbox, etc) or what missing resource should we have? 
• Kinect for Windows -  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/

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• Chatroom – Tuesday Evenings 9 PM Central on Google+: Follow Dean to Find the Hangout
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Hot Topics – Handbell Buzz

• Hope Publishing Liturgical Calendar: http://www.hopepublishing.com/plans/plans.cgi?cal_id=80
• Dean and Paul talk about Area VII festival
• Paul's rehearsal woes.  

Handbell Musicians of America Area News – Area XX

• Website:  http://agehr4.org/
• Location: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands.
• Highlights – Events
  • May 19, 2012 Area 4 "Tables and Trees" An Ensemble & Belltree Ringing Workshop
  • Lots of Spring Rings 
• Communication: None
• Newsletter: Castings – Last one I found was Spring 2010
• Social Media: None
• Website Review: Nicely formatted, not fancy but very easy to navigate.  Bonus: We are in the links page.  Both the Handbell  Podcast and the Handbell Community

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Video of the Week

• Polka Brothers on Handbells

Concert and Event Announcements

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Hot Topics – Handbell Buzz

• Only one show this Iweek – Our scheduled guest had a family emergency.
• Were on Stitcher Radio – www.stitcher.com
• Paul and Griff will be teaching at the next AOSA national conference in St. Louis!

Handbell Musicians of America Area News – Area 3

• Website:  http://www.areaiii.org/
• Location:   Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and North Carolina
• Highlights – Events
  • Spring Festivals – Seems to be two each year
  • Bravissimo
• Communication: Under Services
  • Classifieds – List things for sale or positions 
  • Bell Sub List – BEAUTIFUL
• Newsletter: The Bell-O-Gram
  • Archives back to Nov. 2005
  • Well produced
  • Beautiful publication
  • Editor: Michael Glasgow
• Social Media: Facebook and YouTube prominent on all pages
• Website Review: One of the best area websites I've seen.  

From our Listeners – Emails and Voice Mails

• Carlene – Email
• One Voice Mail – Doug? Mystery Person? or "Take my number off your list NOOOOW"

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Highlights from the Community

• Interesting New Member – Nat
• Composition an art of introversion
• Complete Handbell works of Nat S.
• Bell Fests – Nat 

Video of the Week

• Raleigh Ringers Promotional Video

Concert and Event Announcements

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Music Review

Podcast Roundtable Discussion for next week

• resources for the new millenium.  Think WAY outside the box and discuss teaching tools and recources (print, computer, ipad, iphone, xbox, etc).  
• or what missing resource should we have?  

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Hot Topics – Handbell Buzz

• Happy Birthday Boris and Natasha – 6 Years Old
• Ringin' in the Caribbean
• Paul's Back from Cinncinnati…but it's top secret 
• Jeffers, you rock! – love, Paul
• Twin Cities Bronze Concert Review…what exactly happened?  

Handbell Musicians of America Area News – Area 2

• Website: http://area2agehr.org/
• Location: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario
• Highlights – Events
  • Lots of small area festivals
  • http://area2agehr.org/events/
• Communication: No ringer to ringer bullitin board found
• Newsleter: Twice Tolled Tales - Quarterly Newsletter available in PDF going back to March 2001
• Social Media: None found on the site
• Website Review: Website is copyried 2004 and still looks like it.  Could use a refresh.  Logos and Banners need to be updated.  Also many references still to AGEHR that need to be changed.  Great information about Bylaws and Financial Reporting.   Info was easy to find.

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Video of the Week

• Wannabe – Spice Girls

Concert and Event Announcements

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This show brought to you by Ringing Restorations – Entrust the care of your bells to the very best! Contact Monica McGowan at http://www.ringingrestorations.com

Main Show Topic – Choosing Music for the New Year

• What do you want to accomplish this year
• What goals are you working towards
• Are there musical skills that you would like to work on?
• Are there special events you are working towards?
• Seasons: Epiphany, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, May

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Hot Topics – Handbell Buzz

• New Years Resolutions
• Will Louis CK change how we get our content?  Will it change how you create content?
  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/louis-ck-makes-profit-on-5-online-video-i-think-we-can-safely-say-that-the-experiment-really-worked/2011/12/12/gIQAsXS0tO_blog.html
  • http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/22/technology/louis_ck_million/?source=cnn_bin
• Paul says YES to another committee…but this one is exciting
• Twin Cities Bronze Twelveth Night Concert…Michele Sharik is Coming to town!!!
• Anthornis Event
• Tim Waugh is Listening…Rhythm games smack-down!

Handbell Musicians of America Area News – Area 1

• Website: http://www.agehrarea1.org/
• Location: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and the Atlantic Provinces of Canada
• Highlights – Events
  • Directors Seminar 2012  University of Massachusetts Conference Center  Amherst, Massachusetts  Friday–Saturday, February 10-11, 2012
  • Festival Conference June 27 – 30, 2013  Clinicians:Fred Gramann and Hart Morris
• Communication: Bulletin Board – Great area for Job postings, ringers wanted, auditions, etc.
• Newsleter:  Fundamental Tone - http://www.agehrarea1.org/Ft/index.htm - Available in PDF
• Social Media: Great Facebook Presence – http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=111022122273169
• Website Review: The website could use a little attention.  Some events were very out of date.  Some links ended in dead pages and 404 errors.  I personally dont like mailto: links as menu options.  Could use a refresh but the information is there and easy to find.

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Highlights from the Community

• Petit & Fritsen Help – Wolf & Cindy

Video of the Week

• MPR Story THe Ding-Dong-Dollies

Concert and Event Announcements

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