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STATE FESTIVAL 2026

When: Saturday February 28, 2026
Where: Highland Valley UMC
Time: 8:30 a.m. Registration/setup, 3:30 p.m. Closing Concert 

Clinician :  Tammy Waldrop

Tammy Waldrop is a graduate of Baylor University ('80 & '85) with both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Music Theory with an emphasis in Composition. Tammy has been writing and arranging for handbells and vocal choirs since 1980, placing over 400 publications with 19 publishers. She has held music editor positions at major sacred publishers including a tenure as Alfred Handbell Editor. 

Tammy has served on the music staff of numerous churches in various denominations. She is a frequent clinician/director for workshops, music weeks and festivals across the country. She is past Musical Director for the Community Handbell Ensemble, Strikepoint of Texas. Currently she is co-director of Musical Arts at First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood.

Tammy enjoys vegetable and herb gardening, cheese making, writing children's fiction, and breeding and showing dogs. She resides in New Caney, Texas with her husband, Emanuel Hollander and five Eskimo dogs: Hanzie, Lillie Belle, Finn, Farley, and Tulip.

Schedule

8:30-9:30 Registration/Setup
9:30-9:45 Introductions
9:45-10:45 Mass Rehearsal I
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Mass Rehearsal II
12:00-12:30 Tins Rehearsal
12:00-1:30 Coppers Lunch
12:30-1:30 Lunch with Tammy (Directors Only)
12:30-2:00 Tins Lunch
1:30-2:00 Coppers Rehearsal
2:00-3:00 Mass Rehearsal III
3:00-3:20 Tins/Coppers Touchup
3:20-3:30 Break
3:30 Closing Concert

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Location

Highland Valley UMC
15524 Chenal Pkwy, 
Little Rock, AR 72211







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