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This just in from Pinnacle 2010: Some new and exciting changes are on the horizon for our organization and the art of handbell ringing.

At lunch on Day Two of Pinnacle 2010 in Music City, Nashville, Tennessee, AGEHR president John Pfeiffer announced the beginnings of some major changes which will serve to transform the face of the organization and become the catalyst for handbell musicians to build a lifetime of ringing.

In his keynote address at seminar last year, John indicated the need for the organization to move in a bold, new direction if it is to survive. Since then the board has been working on a plan to achieve that move. He said that the Guild will invest a good deal of time and money into the future of the organization by concentrating on three areas. The board has embarked on a capital campaign which has already raised more than $40,000.

First will be a complete overhaul of technology, which will bring handbell musicians and directors together like never before, truly recognizing ourselves as the voice of the art.

Second will be a restructuring of the organization’s membership and the introduction of faith based, educational, and community emphases from which members can choose to get the content necessary to fill their needs.

Third is a major rebranding effort designed to go along with the direction our organization and art form need to take in order to take its rightful place in the music world. The rebranding, however, he left as a cliff-hanger, and he promises to tell us more at the capital campaign reception tonight, Tuesday, July 20, at 7:15 in the Nashville Ballroom Salon E of the Marriott before the Vivace concert.

There are still tickets left to attend the reception. Find a board member to get one!