Alberta Guild of English Handbell Ringers
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Inc.
British Columbia Guild of English Handbell Ringers
Handbell Guilds of Canada
Handbell Ringers of Great Britain
Handbell Ringers of Japan
Handbell Society of Australasia
Korean Handbell Association
Manitoba Guild of English Handbell Ringers
Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers
Saskatchewan Guild of English Handbell Ringers


Feeling the need to band together for fellowship, sharing information, and ringing handbells for each other, the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Inc. was begun in 1954, and since that time national organizations have been constituted in other countries. The following is general information about the International Handbell Guilds.  

Handbell Ringers of Japan (HRJ)-- Organized 1976.

President: Akiro Ito, Arusu Otowa II-214, 1-22-18, Otowa, Bunkyo-ku  Tokyo JAPAN  Tel: +81 3 5369-1760  Fax:  +81 3-5395-1739

Executive Secretary:  Mrs. Sun-Joo Shin, Arusu Otowa II-214, 1-22-18, Otowa, Bunkyo-ku  Tokyo JAPAN  Tel: +81 3 5369-1760  Fax:  +81 3-5395-1760  hrjtokyo@mx2.nisiq.net

  

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Handbell Ringers of Great Britain (HRGB)-- Founded in 1967

Chairman:     Alan J. Hartley, 'Ten Trees', 1A Glover Road, Totley Rise, Sheffield
                            S17 4HN, UK; Tel/Fax  0114 235 0785; e-mail  --  alan@hrgb.org.uk

Secretary:    Sandra Winter, 87 The Woodfields, Sanderstead, South Croydon,
                           Surrey CR2 0HJ, UK;  Tel/Fax  020 8651 2663.  e-mail sandra@hrgb.org.uk

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Handbell Guilds of Canada
The several Guilds of Canada, while autonomous, seek to cooperate with each other as well as the International Community through the biannual International Handbell Symposium..  Chairmen of Canadian Guilds:  Loraine Lowewen, 37188 Dawson Road, Abbotsford, B.C.  V3G 2K9  Tel 604 852 9386.   Past President & : Lorraine Loewen, floewen@uniserve.com
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Alberta Guild of English Handbell Ringers -- Organized in 1983

Chairman: Lucy Graham --  grahle@uleth.ca

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British Columbia Guild of English Handbell Ringers (BCGEHR)--  began in 1993.

President: Nikki Attwell Ê<mailto:president@bcgehr.com>president@bcgehr.com

 

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Manitoba Guild of English Handbell Ringers (MBEGHR) -- 1995,
 

  E-mail: M. Morrow

Past President: Tracy Wright, 39 Sunset Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba  R2M 0X3, Tel 204 233 8723   E-mail  twright@centragas.mb.ca

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Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers (OGEHR) --  June, 1985

President:  Debbie Lloyd,  292 Olympus Avenue, Kingston, Ontario  K7M 4T9  Phone (613) 389-4675
e-mail: lloyd-s@rmc.ca  http://www.come.to/ogehr

Past President: Valerie Wood,  4564 Lake Road, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec, H9G 1G8  Tel 514 620 3569   norwood@total.net

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Saskatchewan Guild of English Handbell Ringers (SGEHR) -- 1986

President: TBA 

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The Handbell Society of Australasia (HSA) -- The first handbell festival was held in 1981, in South Australia. At the third festival in Sydney in 1983, the Handbell Society of Australasia was formed.

The first International Handbell Symposium in the southern hemisphere was held in Adelaide, Australia in July of 1994.

President: Carmel Daveson - PO Box 5555, Mail Centre, Mackay, Queensland, Australia 4740 Tel: 61 79 534 149"

Treasurer & International Liaison: Philip Bedford, PO Box 50, Charleston, S. Australia 5244 Tel: 61 8389 4211--     Email: Philip@hyper.net.au

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Korean Handbell Association (KHA) --  1985

President: Mrs. Sharon Jung Hee Han

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Contact the individual organizations for additional information.

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