Jenna. Sep 4. Handbell Reunion.

Today we recognized Jackie Sue Stephenson [my mom] as being the handbell director at our church for the past 25 years. 36 of us who were under her direction came to ring together. We welcomed Cynthia Dobrinski as the guest director this weekend. Ms. Dobrinski is incredibly accomplished and quite the celebrity in the handbell world. Handbell ringers seem to flock to her compositions and in our church handbell group we've tended to prefer her pieces over many other composers.

So, here's the group in warmup.


And here's Ms. Dobrinski, in the flesh. She's standing next to a bell ringer, in the wooden capacity.