Handbells have been around for centuries. Originally invented for church bell tower players to practice their songs, they took on a life of their own in handbell ensembles, where groups of musicians ...
Handbells dating from the 1800s have been restored and are ready to ring in a new era. Now the instruments have been newly refurbished, thanks to the work of Suzanne Rands and the Coastal Handbells, a ...
TEWKSBURY — It started when his parents put him in the handbell-ringing choir at his church in Newton. “They needed to have something for this crazy teenager to get involved in,” Edward Henderson Jr.