St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Shreveport, Louisiana
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
We are a new tower with bells installed in December 2009. To hear our bells being rung to Cambridge Minor for our first service ringing Sunday, December 20th, 2009, click here. Ringers were from the Houston Guild of Change Ringers and the Trinity Cathedral Ringing Society of Little Rock, Arkansas.
We have training days one Saturday a month from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Our next training day is January 22, with another planned for February 26, 2011. Experienced ringers are invited to help teach plain hunt, beginning methods and new ringers. All ringers are welcome, but please call ahead.
We are hosting the annual regional Tower Festival April 28th through May 1, 2011. This year's festival is named "The Southern Cross Ringing Festival" in honor of Miss Marie Cross, whose instruction at towers in Houston, Texarkana and Little Rock created a lasting legacy in this region. Aka the "3, 4, 5, etc" Tower Festival, activities include a ringing course April 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and April 29th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Alan and Kathryn Hughes of Whitechapel Bell Foundry will be in attendance. Alan will conduct a bell maintenance class Friday, April 9th. Alan Regin will also play an active role and judge the annual ringing competition.
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