{{More citations needed|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Central Philippine University Handbell Ringers | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = CPU Handbell Choir | origin = Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines | genre = Handbell choir | years_active = 1970-present | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Dr. Mailyn B. Jacar<br />''(Choir Director)'' }}
'''CPU Handbell Ringers''' ('''Central Philippine University Handbell Ringers''') (formerly ''CPU Handbell Choir'') is a Handbell choir founded at Central Philippine University. It is considered as the first handbell choir in the Philippines and also the only 5-octave handbell choir in the country. The group was organized by an American Baptist missionary named Elizabeth Taylor in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpu.edu.ph/sas/Dr_mailyn.html|title=sas_index|website=cpu.edu.ph|access-date=2016-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085709/http://cpu.edu.ph/sas/Dr_mailyn.html#|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpu.edu.ph/sas/index.html|title=Stories of Some Sowers|website=www.cpu.edu.ph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821112713/http://www.cpu.edu.ph/sas/index.html|archive-date=August 21, 2010|access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref>
The Cultural Center of the Philippines has tapped the group for the Lakbay Sining Exchange Program since 2005, and had performed in various cultural concerts in the country.
The group has also performed in several television programs and events.
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{{Central Philippine University}}
Category:Central Philippine University Category:Handbell ringers Category:Musical groups established in 1970 Category:1970 establishments in the Philippines {{DEFAULTSORT:Choir, CPU Handbell}}