The North American Guild of Change Ringers

Looking straight up past the bells through the hatch into the steeple. (Photographer: Dianne S P Cermak, Boston)

The early St James band of change ringers, 1979. Some of them still ringing with us and elsewhere. (Photographer: Connie Engle, Hendersonville, NC, Jan 1978)

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Announcements Mar 6—This is a reminder that Kalamazoo’s spring weekend is coming up April 11-13. Also, our fall weekend has now been set for November 7-9 and is More... Feb 28—March is almost here and that means Spring Dinner in Philadelphia. Please join us for the Vernal Equinox Weekend, March 21-23. More details can be found on the regsitration More... Announcements Archives... Event Reports A Successful Weekend in Toronto Nov 22–24. Robin Clarke Plus 1 response Washington, DC October 12 - 13 Oct 12. Andrew Mitchell Brewster/Kent Area meeting focuses on Plain Major Oct 26. Paul Windels III Report of AGM 2013 Sep 25–29. Robert Aldinger Bradfield Ringing Course (England) David Henry Plus 1 response Browse the archives... Highlights from Our Store The New Ringer's Book Harrison and Lewis A spiral bound book written for the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers Education Committee. An excellent resource for both student and teacher with many photos and diagrams. 157 pages Buy books, recordings, apparel, and more...	Find Ringing Near You Your location: Or browse the towers... Calendar of Events March 21–23 Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting Philadelphia's Spring Dinner Weekend April 11–13 Kalamazoo Ringing Weekend April 12 Area Meeting in NYC April 20 Easter Sunday April 24–27 Seven Towers Bell Festival - 2014 Full Calendar... Resources & Links Getting Started: Change ringing for newcomersUpdate About the GuildNeed Towers/Bands Contact Us Updates: AnnouncementsNeed Event reportsNeed ArticlesNeed Calendar of eventsUnplanned Photo and Video Albums Photo of the Day Peals & Quarters: This month's performance index Last week's full reports SubmitNeed Materials: NAGCR StoreNeed Public RelationsEdit Education Member services: Clapper issuesNeed Member directory Member discussionsNeed Guild DocumentsNeed Upload new contentNeed Update contact information and profileNeed This site: Customize Coming soon: Search the site More links...	Articles The Smoke Ring Michael Hinton Ideas for recruitment William Hronas Plus 2 responses 2012 Quarter Peal analysis Rick DuPuy Plus 2 responses An early reference to Change Ringing? A Thomas Miller What is the Abraham Lincoln Society? Don Morrison Plus 34 responses Browse the archives... Performances Mar 9—1296 Grandsire Caters, Washington Mar 8—5184 Spliced Surprise Major (5m), Frederick Mar 2—1260 Plain Bob Doubles, New York Last week's full reports... Performance index for March... The Clapper Winter 2014, Vol. 41, No. 1 Clapper archives... Photo of the Day Maris, Elizabeth, Asher, Michael. (Photographer: Dianne S P Cermak, Groton) More from the same album... Photo and Video Albums AGM 2013 Hendersonville St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, N.C. , Sep 2013 Joy Franklin Sonando Cambios New York, Dec 2009 Nancy Garcia Philadelphia Spring Dinner Philadelphia, Mar 2012 A Thomas Miller New York City Area Meeting New York, Dec 2011 John Danaher Hendersonville Ringing Weekend 2011 In the tower and at St. James' Church, Aug 2011 James L Snyder Browse albums and see photos... Member Discussions Note that these discussions are only viewable by NAGCR members. Bell Simulator Lynn G Blair Renew online? Laura Dickerson Plus responses from A Thomas Miller Where Can I Find a Ringing Box? Paul Windels III Plus responses from Bruce N Butler, Paul Windels III Ballot Information, PRO Candidate Statement, Ballot Madeleine Cheesman How do you address lack of motivation from your ringers? Lynn G Blair Plus responses from Susan O'Neill Browse the archives... Customize This Page You can add, remove, or rearrange the information that you see on this page. Shrink any widget by clicking its icon. Click the icons under Resources & Links to add widgets. Enable Disable moving and hiding widgets. Show the banner Hide the banner at the top of the page. Reset the page layout. Member Directory Search for a member: