Dayle Schmidt

I first became interested in handbells while attending First Presbyterian Church in Redding, CA.  My wife and I sang in the choir.  A bell choir was started in the early 1990's.  She and I decided to join the bell choir.  I enjoy ringing and playing for retirement home residents.  My most memorable ringing experience was going to Germany and helping to start a bell choir in Wittenberg.  After high school I served in the U.S. Marine Corp for five years.  I then became a California Highway Patrolman for 30 years.  I enjoy woodworking, dancing, and performing karaoke.