Many Directors prefer the intimacy of performing at local churches. These smaller venues offer the ability to enjoy personal interaction with local church people on your handbell tour.

Perform at
Bach Church (Arnstadt) * St. Thomas Church (Prague) * St. Nicholas' Church (Galway)

Hospitals and Homes for the Elderly offer the chance to ‘give back’ to those people who would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend a handbell performance. Including these experiences offers a memorable contrast to other performance venues.

Perform at
Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (London) * Civic & Community Centers * Orphanages Worldwide

Rehearsing and performing with your international peers is always a highly attractive and rewarding proposition to both the visiting group and the hosts.

Perform at
St. David's Methodist Church (Wales) * Handbell Ringers of Great Britain * European Handbell Festival

If you should choose to tour England, we can include a visit to the John Taylor Bell Foundry and Museum, at Loughbrough in England. Since the 14^th century John Taylor cast bells have been exported around the world. See the process and learn that in manufacturing a bell the mould is destroyed in removing the bell casting which means every bell is unique. Taylor's also cast the largest bell in Britain, "Great Paul", the massive Bourdon bell at St Paul's Cathedral in London, was cast in 1881, and weighs 37,483 pounds.

Visit
Whitechapel Bell Foundry (London) * John Taylor Bellfounders (UK) *
Paccard Bellfoundry (France)