Stafford Regional Handbell Society

02/03/2026

Rehearsals canceled tonight, Feb 3, for icy conditions in the parking lot.

01/18/2026

01/12/2026

📣Do you live in or around the Fredericksburg, VA / NOVA area?

Are you looking for a place to play handbells? 🔔

Join Stafford Regional Handbell Society on Monday, January 19 for our 2026 Annual Assessment Night!

All skill levels welcome!

Come ring through some music with us to find your placement in our various Society ensembles!

No need to be nervous.
Every Ringer Counts at Stafford Handbells!
We will find you a spot based on your skill level and the availability in our ensembles!

Advanced Ringer? Try for a spot in our highest professional ensemble Castings!

Semi-Advanced Ringer? Try for a spot in our advanced ensemble Velocity!

Not quite Advanced, but not a Beginner Ringer? We have a spot for you to grab in our intermediate ensemble Accelerando!

A Beginner Ringer? NO PROBLEM! We have a spot waiting for you in our beginner ensemble Jubellation!

Join us next Monday night for a fun, no pressure assessment to be placed into the ensemble that is the best fit for you!

If you have any questions, please contact us via our socials, head to our website - www.staffordhandbells.org, or call 540-850-3700!

We can't wait to see you NEXT Monday night!

🎶Always remember EVERY RINGER COUNTS! 🎶

12/08/2025

📣🚨Calling all Stafford Regional Handbell Society members (AND FRIENDS!), if you are in the Fredericksburg/Northern Virginia area and are looking for another holiday fun time, join us for our local Great Christmas Ring!

We will start the afternoon with our friends at Chancellor's Village at 2:30, and then we will hop into the Society party bus (you can drive yourself, of course.. less fun, but allowed! 😉) and head to Spotsylvania Towne Centre for a performance on the Food Court stage at 5PM!

Come to play at one or both GCRs, but you MUST fill out the Google form to let us know that you are coming, so we have enough bells for you to play and enough music for you to read!

👉CLICK HERE for Google Form -----> https://forms.gle/66YbybmNcXwnwE879

It is always a MAMMOTH of a good time!

See you on December 20th!

(If you have any additional questions, please message us and we will answer them as soon as we can!)

11/16/2025

Today's the Dayyyyy!!

If you are in the Northern Virginia area and would like to enjoy some afternoon handbell Christmas entertainment -- Head over to Stafford Handbells Performing Arts Center for our Merry Un-Christmas Christmas Concert at 3PM!

Check out the graphic for all additional details!

We look forward to seeing you!!

10/02/2025

Stafford Regional Handbell Society and Global Bronze Productions are still seeking additional handbell choirs all over the country to participate in our "50 States of The Great Christmas Ring"!

If you've never heard of The Great Christmas Ring, it is an off-the-table collection of 15 holiday classics. All of the arrangements are in the Key of C with NO page turns! All you need to perform a GCR is at least 11 ringers to fill out the 3 octave arrangement, bells, music stands, and a place to perform!

The Great Christmas Ring can be performed anywhere -- Train stations, airports, amusement parks, Christmas tree lighting ceremonies, stadiums, theaters, shopping malls -- the sky is the limit!

We are booking Great Christmas Rings across the country to bring the glory of handbell ringing to listeners in a vast array of unusual spaces.

A Great Christmas Ring not only promotes bells to your local community, but helps directors network with other bell ringers, find potential new ringers, promote their own upcoming concerts and events, and get the bells out of the building without all the stress of lugging a ton of gear and stuff!

We need YOU to help fill our map with handbells!

If you are the FIRST group in your state to confirm a 2025 date AND book a Great Christmas Ring event, you will receive our Leadership Pack (up to a $375 value) FOR FREE! (Discounted Leadership Pack price available for those who are NOT the first group to hold an event in their state.)

NEW THIS YEAR: If you would like to see a preview copy of the music before deciding if you would like to host an event, message Global Bronze Productions, and we will get one to you ASAP!

Join us this year in bringing The Great Christmas Ring to YOUR state!

For more information about the Great Christmas Ring, message Global Bronze Productions OR head to http://www.thegreatchristmasring.com/

09/02/2025

🚨TONIGHT AT 7! 🚨

If you're in the NOVA/Fredericksburg Area and want a fun and exciting place to play handbells.... COME SEE US!

We're just playing through some music tonight to brush the summer dust off!

Official rehearsals start next week --- Our Advanced level group on Mondays from 7PM-9PM, and our Intermediate level group on Tuesdays from 7PM-8:30PM!

If you're interested in playing with us this Christmas semester, please fill out this Google form and let us know you're coming!! https://bit.ly/4632IMo

We look forward to seeing you tonight!

08/22/2025

🚨New Handbell Merch!!! 🚨

🔔Go check out the Etsy store and buy your 'Every Ringer Counts' Merch!🔔

Currently, we have T-shirts in both Children's and Adult sizes, BUT more merchandise is coming soon! Hoodies, phone cases, bags, stickers, etc.

Keep checking back and finding all the new treasures!

Your purchase will help Stafford Regional Handbell Society continue to spread the joy of handbells in the Northern Virginia area and beyond!

Check out Adult tees here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4356310136/every-ringer-counts-adult-graphic-tee

Check our Kids tees here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4356342841/every-ringer-counts-kids-tee-youth

If you have any questions or merchandise suggestions -- please let us know!

Any handbell jokes or phrases you wish were on a T-shirt? Send them our way, we'd love to see them! They just might end up on one of our shirts!

If you happen to love Basset Hounds... you might find some good stuff too 😉

This Gender-Neutral Adult T-shirts item is sold by BassetsandBells. Ships from Hialeah, FL. Listed on Aug 21, 2025

08/19/2025

Stafford Regional Handbell Society Proudly invites you to join us this Christmas season for "The Un-Christmas Christmas Ensembles!"

We offer both an Advanced Ensemble and an Intermediate Ensemble.

Our Advanced Ensemble performs music ranging from Level 3 and above.

Our Intermediate Ensemble performs Level 2 and 3 music and requires basic music knowledge.

Join us on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 for a brush off the dust music reading session!

(There is a new Dairy Queen opening near our rehearsal space and our returning ringers are hoping for an ice cream field trip! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🎉🎉🎉)

If you are a returning Stafford Handbell player, welcome back!
If you are a new ringer in the Northern Virginia area looking for a place to play and make a ton of new friends for life, JOIN US!!!!!!

If you are planning to participate this holiday season, please click the google form link and let us know you are coming (this is required, PLEASE don't forget!). There is additional information available on the google form, including concert dates, etc.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvbe_Z4_jDC12z2lDmmKWKk1Rhv1j5E6Ay1C66lQC_6YHrgQ/viewform

We are SO excited to start the new holiday semester!
We look forward to seeing (or meeting!) you in a few weeks!