Wyoming Spring Ring

 May 26-27, 2023 – Casper, Wyoming

Join Us at Wyoming Spring Ring in 2023!

Two days with clinician David Harris, brings ringers together for a mass-ringing event in Casper, Wyoming.

Registration Form

Registration Fees 

Registration – $50/member or $60/non-member

Registration fees includes Sat. morning pastries & muffins, yogurt & granola, fruit, coffee, tea, & juice

 Not a member? Join here .

Lunch Cost 

Lunch choices – includes coffee, iced tea, chef’s choice of dessert, tax & tip

  • Baked Potato Bar – all the fixings plus garden salad with dressings – $14.75
  • Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad – $16 \
Make checks payable to Handbell Musicians of America, AREA XI, memo WY Spring Ring and mail to:
Carolyn Deuel
1824 Lynwood Pl.
Casper, WY 82604
Questions? Contact Carolyn Deuel, 307-267-8606 or email address below.
Please email your preferred table layout and second choice, along with any solo performance selection(s) to: ARTCOREWY@aol.com

Best Western Downtown Casper

123 W. “E” Street. Casper, WY 82601

307-439-2074

Room Rates

$81 + Fees

David Harris

David M. Harris has been the director of The Raleigh Ringers since January 1990, when he was instrumental in the formation of the group. David is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and has studied conducting privately with Dr. William A. Payn at Bucknell University. David was the director of the handbell program at Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church, and has served Handbell Musicians of America in several capacities: as All-Star Conductor, Ringing Track Conductor, Instructor for the National Seminar, North Carolina State Chairman, and as Area III Treasurer. He chaired the national committee that planned the first Community/Professional Handbell Choir event, Pinnacle 2000, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, David has led well over 200 handbell festivals and workshops in 36 states as well as in England, Puerto Rico, Canada, and the Caribbean. He has also been the primary handbell clinician for several denominational music events, including Montreat, Lake Junaluska, and Lutheridge (NC); Mo-Ranch (TX); Massanetta (VA); and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (KY). He has written several articles for Overtones, the national publication of Handbell Musicians of America. After growing up in the Northeast, David moved to Raleigh with his wife, Kristina. Dave and Kris have three grown children and one granddaughter.

Friday, May 26, 2023
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Arrival, registration and set-up of tables and bells.
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Rehearsal

Saturday, May 27, 2023
8:30 – 10:30 Mass Rehearsal
10:30 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 12:00 – Class Session – “Musicality in Handbells”
12:00 – 12:45 – Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 – Mass Rehearsal
2:30 Concert – There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be accepted.

Break times and lunch will be used for the rehearsal of solo piece.

The concert will begin at 2:30pm on Saturday, May 27.

There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be accepted.

Questions: Contact Carolyn Deuel, 307-267-8606