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of Change Ringers

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(Google Calendar - 2009 and beyond!

2009 Calendar
(downloadable in PDF)


2009 NAGCR AGM & Course
Trinity Church, New York City, NY
2-7 September 2009

www.trinityagm.org

Ringing in the News
Kalamazoo College Stetson Chapel Bells 25th Anniversary
On Sunday, 31 May, a band in Kalamazoo rang a peal to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the bells.
In advance of the event, the college put an article on its web site.
The Kalamazoo Gazette ran a front page story in Saturday's paper and posted these articles on its web site:
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/05/bell_ringers_to_go_full_peal_s.html
http://videos.mlive.com/kzgazette/2009/05/change_ringing_at_kalamazoo.html

North American Guild
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College
Sunday, 31 May 2009 in 2h52 (9-0-16)
5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by: G Lindoff
1 Russell J Hankey
2 Thomas W Farthing
3 Kathryn F Almy
4 Britt E Hartenberger
5 Mark R Rizzo
6 Margaret I Miller
7 Paul R Graupner
8 Robert T Kakuk (C)
First in method: 4.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the bells, dedicated 2 June 1984.
The band would like to associate Linda C Woodford with this peal, and
to thank T Jefferson Smith for his many years of devotion to ringing
at Kalamazoo College.

Adjustment of NAGCR Exchange Rates
In response to the recent rapid change in currency values and in order to preserve equity for all parties,
the Executive Committee voted by email on 10/26/08 to re-evaluate and change as necessary the 2009 rates adopted on 10/3/08.
For the first quarter of 2009 it has been determined that the appropriate exchange rate will be:
1.00 US$ = 0.70 GB£ and = 1.20 CAN$
Contact Rosalie Crouch, Treasurer, with any questions or concerns.

Twelve Bell Weekend
Saint James Cathedral
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 - 21 June 2009
Registration due: 20 April. Payment due: 15 May
Contact: Dan Tregunno
Contact: Mark Androlia
Information (.pdf file)
Registration Form (.pdf file)

The Fourth Annual Pre-4th of July
Novice Weekend and Tower Festival
Dallas, Texas
26 - 28 June 2009
Information & Registration

Hendersonvile Ringing Weekend
Hendersonville, North Carolina
14 - 16 August 2009
Information (.doc file)

Tower Needed for the Bells of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Ring of 8, 9-2-0
Ways to give


New Bells for St. John the Baptist, Yarkhill, Herefordshire
Baptismal church of Fabian Stedman
You can help (.pdf brochure)


Congratulations to Trinity Wall Street!

on its first all-locals peal, rung on 20 December 2008, only two years after the installation of the bells, the first ring of 12 in the US.
The band pictured and listed below included 3 first time peal ringers, each of whom was taught to ring at Trinity, and 2 additional first peals on 12.
Special kudos to conductor Tim Barnes who serves as Master of Trinity ringing and training. 

North American Guild
New York City, New York
Trinity Church
Saturday, 20 December 2008 in 3:18 (23 cwt)
5016 Erin Cinques
Composed by: TJ Barnes
1. Anthony C Furnivall
2. John S Danaher
3. John Hitchings
4. Lynn E Kodrich
5. Tina Hitchings
6. Anthony P Micocci
7. R Roger Savory
8. Jeremy C Bates
9. Timothy J Barnes (C)
10. Duncan J Large
11. J Chapman Knott
12. Gregory F Russell

1st peal: 1, 6 and 8
1st on 12: 3 and 5
1st Erin for all except 7 and 9
1st peal by an all-local Trinity band.

Hear the Southminster Bells (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
and interview with Don Morrison,
featured on a weekly radio broadcast on local public radio station WQED.
(This is an audio-only Quicktime file.)

Bells Are Ringing in Seattle!

The Gordon Stuart Peek Foundation Memorial Bells were dedicated on 31 May 2008.

Watch a short (~10:00 min.) video on Seattle Ringing

To read an article on the bells, click on the picture above.
To see a live webcam look at the towers, click here:
www.music.washington.edu/bells


Read Mike Simpson's book, There Was Life Before NAG (9M pdf file)

Ringing Publicity Posters for your tower
(from the Central Council)

The poster in PDF format.

The poster in Word (.doc) format with a place to put your tower's information.
From the editor of The Clapper

The Clapper is the official journal of the North American Guild of
Change Ringers. It is published quarterly with cut-off dates for submissions:
January 8, April 8, July 8 and October 8
Items for publication should be sent to clapper@nagcr.org.
The Newsletter Editor will hold space for a specific article if given reasonable notice.
NAGCR Shirts

New supply of NAGCR polo shirts in red, black, light blue and jade with white lettering.  They come in all sizes and cost $25 each. 

New supply of NAGCR sweatshirts in red, purple and maroon with gold lettering at a cost of $20, again in all sizes.

To order a shirt, contact the Guild Book service by mail phone or e-mail :

NAGCR Book Service
829 N 25th Street
Philadelphia, PA USA 19130
Ph: (Home) 215-765-8736 (Work) 215-276-5258

Page updated: 14 March 2009