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Season 13

Ring Sarasota’s 13th season: “I Wanna Be Like You!” Handbells are often associated with the holidays, Christmas in particular. Ring Sarasota wants to challenge that stereotype, offering selections where handbells imitate other instruments, like the pipe organ or banjo,…

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2022 #GivingChallenge

For #GivingTuesday, Ring Sarasota Continues Expansion of Educational Opportunities This year’s “global day of giving” is Tuesday, November 29th, 2022. Ring Sarasota is proud to announce its participation in the upcoming #GivingTuesday on November 29th, 2022. #GivingTuesday is a…

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Handchime Outreach Ready to Ring

Ring Sarasota Implements the Handchime Educational Outreach Program By Steven Leadbetter Ring Sarasota’s mission includes educating the community about the musical art of handbell ringing. Although the group has conducted brief informational sessions at its concerts, Ring Sarasota has…

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Bell Cleaning Party

At the end of each season we have what we call a “Bell Cleaning Party”! On May 10, 2021 we disassembled, cleaned/polished, reassembled 111 handbells, cleaned 61 handchimes, and had everything put away in just under 2 hours. As…

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Season 11

Leaving from our base in Sarasota we will join a hoedown Deep in the Heart of Texas, dance the Tennessee Waltz, give our regards to old Broadway, jive to those California Good Vibrations, sit By the Lakeside in Minnesota,…

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