About GDHA
The Greater Dallas Handbell Association is a non-profit organization committed to promoting handbell ringing and supporting handbell directors. Claude Ward, a handbell enthusiast and representative of Malmark, Inc., organized the first Steering Committee of local directors. In 1979, GDHA sponsored the first handbell festival in Dallas held at White Rock United Methodist Church. Formal by-laws were adopted and the organization was chartered in 1986.

Under the leadership of a Board of Directors, GDHA continued to sponsor a handbell festival each year, and soon added a workshop for directors. Now GDHA sponsors a Fall Director/Ringer Seminar, two Adult Handbell Festivals, and a Youth Handbell Festival.

Past GDHA Festival Conductors

1979 - Helen Flanagan

1980 - Cynthia Dobrinski

1981 - Mary McCleary

1982 - Linda McKechnie

1983 - David R. Davidson

1984 - William F. Griffin

1985 - Betty Garee

1986 - Donald Allured

1987 - William Payn

1988 - Douglas Wagner

1989 - Katsumi Kodama

1990 - Robert Ivey

1991 - David R. Davidson

1992 - Cynthia Dobrinski

1993 - Jane Anderson

1994 - Margaret R. Tucker

1995 - Hart Morris

1996 - Kevin McChesney

1997 - Martin Morley

1998 - Beth Watson

1999 - William Payn

2000 - Mary Kay Parrish

2001 - Arnold Sherman

2002 - John Behnke

2003 - Cathy Moklebust

2004 - David R. Davidson

2005 - Michael Helman

2006 - Kathy Ebling-Thorne

2007 -Tim Waugh

2008 - Hart Morris

2009 - David R. Davidson

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