Shoreline Ringers, Inc. is a community handbell choir, formed as a Connecticut non-profit corporation in September 2006. Our goals are to support the continued development of the art of handbell ringing and promote the ringing of handbells as a legitimate musical art form while educating audiences and increasing their knowledge and appreciation of handbell music through our concert performances. Our ringers, some of whom direct other handbell choirs, have a variety of ringing experience, and have come together to learn a more advanced repertoire.
Since Shoreline Ringers is not associated with a church congregation, our repertoire is much more secular and popular in nature. We highlight a variety of techniques and rhythms in our ringing and promise fun for all. Our group strives to educate audiences in the beauty of handbells as we perform a wide variety of challenging music. The choir rings 5 octaves of Malmark handbells and 5 octaves of Malmark hand chimes. Our weekly 2 hour rehearsals are filled with hard work and perseverance interspersed with many ounces of good humor.
We rehearse at Ledyard Congregational Church in Ledyard, CT. Our ringers are mostly from the local area, but we have ringers and substitutes from Rhode Island and Western and Central Connecticut. Since all our ringers are in the local area, we are able to practice once a week. For a large listing of handbell groups, see the National AGEHR website. or the AGEHR Area 1 website.