THE IRREVERENT GUILD OF
AMERICAN HANDBELL RINGERS
HOMEPAGE
"A bell is not a bell until you ring it."
--Oscar Hammerstein
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This website is not owned, operated or affiliated (and could not possibly be confused by a reasonably sane person) in any conceivable manner with the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Inc.
Nor should any person, living or dead, confuse the organization that created this website with the
English Guild of American Handbell Ringers.
THE HISTORY OF HANDBELLS
The fascinating history of handbells; also includes
Handbells in the News.
PURPOSE
If there really is one to this website;
also includes
What's New? for repeat visitors. 
SPECIAL RINGING TECHNIQUES
Techniques your director doesn't want you to know about!
HANDBELL MUSIC COMPOSERS
The famous and the infamous.
NEW HANDBELL PRODUCTS
A sneak preview of handbell accessories that are currently in research and development.
BELL READING AND LITERATURE
Books currently in print on bells.  The scope of the genre will amaze you!
BELLS ON THE SILVER SCREEN
Movies, movies and more movies.  Watch and listen to films that incorporate bells!
BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS...
Tasteless, corny jokes about handbells in general.  Authorship is strictly confidential.
BASS BELL WORKOUT PROGRAM
Gain muscle mass through special circuit training in only six weeks.  Try out this link.
NEW
BELL VERSE
Bell ringing through the muse of poetry...
IGAHR MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Now accepting applications for membership.
LINKS
There ought to be something useful on this webpage.  There ain't much, but here it is.
CONTACT US
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