Continuing involvement in music is a good way to remain active both socially and mentally. Music is the one activity that uses both sides of your brain at the same time. Ringing handbells creates a firing process in your mind that no other activity can do. Many of us do not ring handbells as a solo instrument, so it becomes a social activity as well. Those you see at handbell rehearsal may not be your best friends, but you have something in common that other groups do not eve