~ Kathy Hendrickson ~
Kathy began ringing handbells with her church choir in 1992 and is a charter member of Sonoran Bells. She has experience ringing solo pieces and with small ensembles but she especially loves ringing with the full choir, the treble bells in particular, where she can be challenged by four-in-hand. She has had the privilege of playing under such handbell greats as Don Allured, Kay Cook, and Bill Payn at the annual Handbell Explo Conferences in Phoenix. A music major in college, Kathy still enjoys playing the flute and has performed on flute with Sonoran.Kathy is originally from Boston, MA. She is an elementary school teacher, currently teaching 1st grade. She and her husband, Kaleb, enjoy traveling (especially to a beach) and going to Arizona Diamondback games, although Kathy is a devoted Red Sox fan. Her travels have taken her as far as Taiwan, where she grew up (her parents were missionaries), and South Africa, when she was a flutist with the Continental Singers Christian musical group. She would love to visit Australia and the Holy Land someday.