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Phyllis Kirk, Chair-elect, completed her undergraduate degree at Oklahoma Baptist University and did graduate studies at Oklahoma University. She has served two terms on the National Board of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Inc. She has served as handbell clinician and conductor for State, Area and National Festivals and Directors' Conventions throughout the United States, two festivals in Canada and the International Symposium in Australia. She has led workshops at Montreat (Presbyterian), Junaluska (Methodist), Lutheridge (Lutherans), Music & Worship Conference for the Christian Church (DOC) and state workshops for North Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia, and Alabama Baptists. Phyllis has several published handbell compositions and has articles published in Overtones, a publication of AGEHR., Inc. She currently directs a civic handbell ensemble, Embellishments, which plays 6+ octaves of handbells, 7 octaves of chimes, 2 octave of Petit & Fritsen handbells; the Newcomer Singers; and is Minister of Music at Grace Christian Church (DOC) in Helena, Alabama.
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