Cindy Curtis . . .

joined Sonoran Bells in the spring of 2008, and currently serves as Treasurer. Her first introduction to ringing bells wasin junior high, when the music director (and youth pastor) at her church brought in a 5-octave set and started a handbell choir. Her parents and siblings joined, and she was later “drafted” while watching the rehearsal one evening. Prior to that, she had some piano lessons as a child and a good music education in elementary school as her only preparation for ringing. However, she realized that if she messed up, she’d probably hear about it at youth group! So she quickly caught on, and a love for ringing bells was born.

Years later, after moving to Tucson for college, her local church bell choir announced a need for a ringer, and she jumped at the opportunity to play bells again. After a dozen or so years of ringing with her church group, Cindy was looking for more ringing opportunities, and came to Sonoran Bells.

When not ringing bells, Cindy keeps busy with two young daughters (who show signs of aspiring to ring bells, too), and is a CPA part-time. She says ringing is what balances out her tendency to be “left brain”! She even feels that maybe she was destined to become a handbell ringer, because from a young age her father used to call her “Cindy-Bell” (her siblings were called “Bell”, too!)

If Cindy suddenly came into a lot of money, she would buy her own complete set of handbells and chimes, and build a “bell house” for them!