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Dede began her bell ringing career as a youngster in church. She joined the ACR in 2005 and also enjoys ringing in the Handbell Choir at the First Christian Church of Decatur where she is a lifelong member. She is a native Atlantan but loves to travel. Dede is a Human Resources Manager for McKesson. But above all, spending time with her friends and family is what brings her true happiness. |
Dede Alsobrook
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Dale Becker
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A founding member and current president of the ACR, Dale has been performing in church choirs and bell choirs since early childhood in Cleveland, Ohio. He currently rings and sings at St. Mark United Methodist Church and is an assistant principal in the Fulton County School system. |
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Charlotte is our newest ACR member. She played bells in high school in New York and performed in International Handbell Symposiums in both England and Japan. She took a hiatus from bells to study neuroscience at Emory and is now happily settled in Atlanta as an analyst of new product development at Turner Broadcasting. |
Charlotte Blank
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Jeff Carter
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Jeff has been ringing bells since the age of 10 and has found that ringing as an adult is a lot more fun. He is a fourth grade language arts teacher and uses bell ringing as a great stress-reliever. Jeff also enjoys playing tennis year-round with ALTA. |
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Having received her Bachelor of Music from Wesleyan College and her Master of Music from Georgia State University, Lillianette spent 32 years in the DeKalb County School System teaching general music, chorus, and drama. During her career she was listed twice in Who's Who Among America's Teachers and was the director for the DeKalb County Elementary Honor Chorus. Upon her retirement, Lillianette's school honored her by naming the entrance road Lillianette Cook Way. |
Lillianette Cook
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Nancy Cullison
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Nancy is a native Atlantan who lives with her husband, teenage daughter, and five large dogs. During the workday she is a teacher-librarian. After hours, Nancy pursues her penchants for dogs, dancing, books, and music. She plays recorders, crumhorn, and percussion in an early music consort, as well as ringing in two handbell choirs. Soli Deo Gloria. |
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Kathe started playing handbells in Northern Michigan and brought her love of ringing to Georgia in 2001. She is a stay-at-home mom to three boys, ages 11-18. Kathe and her husband, Jeff, have been married for over 20 years. She plays with the handbell choir and performs handbell solos at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian. Kathe also plays the piano and when not involved in music, she is a total sports mom. Kathe's favorite hide-out is her craft room where you can find her working on scrapbooks or a new beading project. |
Kathe Cunningham
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Scott Easley
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Scott has lived in Atlanta his entire life. He presently rings handbells for Peachtree Christian Church and, in the spring of 2005, he joined the ACR where he met his future bride. When he is not ringing handbells, Scott is in charge of information technology for a financial corporation. |
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Amanda began ringing bells in high school and after taking a hiatus for several years, she started ringing again 8 years ago. She is a founding member of the ACR and currently serves as a board member, Publicist, and official bartender. Espresso martinis, anyone?! When she’s not puttering around the pottery studio or planning a wedding, Amanda can be found studying sleep at Emory University. |
Amanda Freeman
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Suzanne Holton
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A Lexington, KY native, Suzanne lives in Norcross with her husband, Scott, and is a paralegal assistant in a Midtown law firm. A mathematics degree from Centre College in Danville, KY started her on a career in computer programming, which she left in the 1970's to be a stay-at-home mom to Steven and Sara for two decades. Suzanne learned to ring handbells with the Asbell Ringers at Doraville’s Church of the New Covenant Presbyterian Church, where she also sings in the choir and serves on the session. In her free time, Suzanne enjoys sewing, tennis, reading, Sudoku and crossword puzzles. |
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Lee has been performing music since she was four years old. She earned a Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from Furman University, where she was a percussionist with the Marching Band, Wind Ensemble and Orchestra. Lee’s first career was as a Band Director in Fulton, and later, Rockdale County. After earning a Master’s from Syracuse University, she now serves as the Digital Services Librarian at the Oxford College of Emory University. Lee started ringing bells four years ago when she joined the handbell choir at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta. |
Lee-Meredith Howard
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Steve Leadbetter
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Steve is a self-described “bell junkie”, performing in various handbell festivals including Bay View Week of Handbells and Distinctly Bronze. He rings with the St. Mark Ringers and has forayed into solo ringing. He is the archivist for Area IV of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers and is an ACR founding member and the current vice president. Steve is a statistician in cancer prevention research at the CDC and is currently preparing for the Distinctly Bronze 2007 Performance Tour (Scotland, England, and France). |
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Mark is currently a member of the Peachtree Christian handbell choir and has just recently joined ACR. He has been ringing handbells for over 15 years and has been involved in music all of his life. Mark works in the information technology field for a global animal pharmaceutical company. When Mark is not in Atlanta, you can usually find him traveling though out Europe, Asia or South America for his company. |
Mark Worrel
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