Author: NERC

PRICING

February 5-6, 2027
$120 Overnight - Private Cottage
$100 Overnight - Bunk Cottage
Price includes lodging and meals
$80 Day Only (and meals)
Additional nights may be reserved at
$40.00 per person, per night
meals not included
(Special Festival rate)

WHAT TO BRING

1. Handbells, mallet, music stands, table pads, etc (we provide tables).
2. Festival music (photocopies are not
allowed).
3. Clothes and personal items, including an umbrella or rain gear. If you typically get cold at night, bring extra blankets or warm night clothes.
Linens, towels, blankets, and pillows are provided by the Retreat Center. Limited
private cottage space is available and will be issued to the first registrants.

DIRECTIONS

From Interstate 95, take Exit 109 at GA 21, and follow north 12 miles to GA 275. Turn right on GA 275. New Ebenezer is 5 miles east.
OR
From Hwy 21, turn right on Old Augusta Rd. and follow to traffic circle. Take the 1st exit off circle to continue on Old Augusta Rd. Next traffic circle take the 1st exit onto GA 275, New Ebenezer is 5 miles east on the left.

New Ebenezer Retreat
2887 Ebenezer Rd.
Rincon, GA 31326
Phone: 912-754-9242
Email: retreat@newebenezer.org
Website: www.newebenezer.org
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THE THIRTEENTH
ANNUAL
2027
NEW EBENEZER
HANDBELL
CLINIC
COMBINED
INTERMEDIATE
& ADVANCED
February 5-6, 2027
Clinician
Sandra Eithun
NEW EBENEZER
RETREAT &
CONFERENCE CENTER

REGISTRATION

CLINICIAN

REPERTOIRE

____________________________
Name of Choir
____________________________
Name of Director
____________________________
Church/Organization
____________________________
Address
____________________________
City/State/Zip Code
____________________________
Primary Email Address
____________________________
Primary Phone Number
________ _________ _________
# ringers # octaves table space
needed (ft)

One form per choir. Registration is
tentative until payment is received
as one check for entire choir.
Deadline for Registration is
December 1, 2026.
Please call for availability prior to
Submitting registration.
Mail registration form and choir check along with a list of bell ringers and their
positions to:
New Ebenezer Retreat Center
2887 Ebenezer Road, Rincon, GA 31326

Sandra Eithun
SANDRA EITHUN, M.M.Ed--is a graduate of Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, WI, with an emphasis in the Kodály teaching method, keyboard, and flute. She is the Director of Fox Valley Bronze and is currently on the faculty of Valley Troubadours, both in Appleton, WI. She served as Director of Music Ministry, handbell director, children’s choir director, organist and choral accompanist at First Congregational United Church of Christ in New London, WI, from 1992-2021. She directed the Silver Lake College Handbell Ensemble from 2009-2020 and directed the handbell program at Holy Family Conservatory of Music (Manitowoc, WI) from 2021-2025. Sandra is an active member of the Handbell Musicians of America and has served on their Area VII Board of Directors.
She has been commissioned to write music for many events and for numerous individual handbell ensembles. Most recently, she received the honor of being given the esteemed Donald E. Allured Original Composition Award for the 2020 Week of Handbells in Bay View, MI. She has over 650 pieces for handbells in publication as well as several sacred keyboard books and teaching collections for the incorporation of handbells in the music classroom. In 2013, Sandra had the honor of working alongside Doc Severinsen and the Fox Valley Symphony to include handbells in his holiday show, Jingle Bell Doc, at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, WI. Sandra’s compositions have been recently featured on the PBS Christmas special, Holiday Handbells, as well as concerts by noted groups across the country including The Raleigh Ringers and The Bells on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. She continues to work as a handbell clinician and conductor at numerous festivals and workshops throughout the United States. She is married to Scott, has four grown children, four grandchildren and currently resides in Appleton, WI.

Empty Tomb, John Behnke, L2 Handbell World | Empty Tomb Behnke, John A. Various | Handbell World
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus, Eithun, L3 Handbell World | I Have Decided to Follow Jesus Eithun, Sandra Traditional | Handbell World
Rhapsody in F Minor, Mitchell, L2 Handbell World | Rhapsody in F minor Mitchell, K. | Handbell World
How Great Thou Art with Majesty, Raney https://www.handbellworld.com/music/MusicPiece.cfm?Piece=17349
Beautiful Savior (Fairest Lord Jesus), Eithun, L3- Handbell World | Beautiful Savior Eithun, Sandra Traditional | Handbell World

SCHEDULE

Friday
3:30 - 6:00 Registration
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
7:00 - 8:00 Session I
8:00 Reception
Saturday
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 Session II
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:00 Session III
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Session IV
2:00 - 2:30 Break
2:30—3:00 Performance
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