Announcements Archive
AGM Anyone?
AGM anyone?
Good morning,
Though the deadline is technically passed, we're pretty certain there are several individuals who intend to come but from whom we've not yet heard.
Just for a meals headcount, it would be very helpful if you'd let Mary know your intentions so that we may plan exotic victuals accordingly.
Mary's email address is: 
Please?
Porter
**See also Information and Registration Form for 2010 AGM and Tentative Schedule
New Peal and Quarter Peal submission form
The form for submitting NAGCR Peals and Quarters has moved from its old home at ringing.org to Campanophile. Many thanks to Tony Parry who is now hosting it for us as a bespoke form on Campanophile. If this is the first time you have used the new form, you should definitely read the advice below: while this new form is actually a little more flexible than the old, it is different so things may not work as you expect if you've been using the old form.
Click to access the new Campanophile-hosted form.
Presumably a link to the new form will soon be made a permanent feature of the NAGCR web site in some way, probably in the ""Resources & Links" block.
By submitting performances to Campanophile using this new, NAGCR-specific form details will be automatically sent to the NAGCR Newsletter Editor or Peal Secretary, as appropriate, too. Note that it is appropriate to use this for submitting all of
- peals, both in hand and in tower, rung for the NAGCR, whether in North America or elsewhere,
- peals, both in hand and in tower, rung in North America, but for other associations,
- quarters, both in hand and in tower, rung in North America,
- and quarters, both in hand and in tower, rung elsewhere but with predominately North
American bands that you believe would be appropriate for the Clapper Editor to consider publishing.
If you like, when making such a submission it is possible to have it also automatically forwarded to The Ringing World for publication there, too. That is, this form gives one stop shopping, allowing you to enter the details once for publication in all three of The Clapper, The Ringing World and Campanophile, as well as providing the required details for peals to the Peal Secretary.
Advice for submitters
To use this form you do have to register with Campanophile. If you have not already done so, this is a simple process. When you access the form it will ask you to login. If you have not previously registered simply click the link labeled "Register." It will ask for your email address and name. Once you've provided these it will send you a brief message by email with a password, which you can use to login in. The first time you login it will offer to change your password to whatever you like it to be. It is recommended that you not use a high-value password, such as whatever you might use for your bank's web site! If you do not use a shared computer and wish to have Campanophile remember you so you do not have to login every time you use it simply click the box labeled "Automatic Login" when you do login.
Once you have logged in you will see a form for submitting a performance. The association is initialized to "North American Guild." If you are entering a peal rung in North America but for a different association simply type the correct association here.
If you are reporting a handbell peal or quarter be sure to click the radio button labeled "Hand."
If you pick a tower from the popup list labeled "Tower" the Location, State/Province, Dedication or Address, and Tenor Weight will default to those given. However, by filling in the relevant boxes you can change any or all of these as you see fit. For handbell performances you will normally need to supply all of this information by hand. Note that if you rang a peal on, say, the front six of your tower's bells you should update at least the Tenor Weight to the correct one.
If you report a performance promptly you can probably just pick a date from the popup of dates, which contains dates for the past two and a half weeks. For older performances you will have to instead enter the date in the box next to this popup, in the format dd/mm/yyyy. Note that this is a UK web site, so the date format has the day before the month. So, for example, February 3, 2009 would be entered as "03/02/2009".
The rest of the fields should be self-explanatory.
When entering the various ringers follow the conductor with "(C)".
For peals, please also supply the composition used, for the Peal Secretary's records. Note that the composition is only for the NAGCR's records; it is not passed on to The Ringing World nor stored by Campanophile.
When you click "Submit" the details will be posted on Campanophile, and sent to either the NAGCR Newsletter Editor or Peal Secretary, depending upon the length of the performance. A page will be displayed showing what you have submitted.
If you wish to also submit your performance to The Ringing World simply click the link labeled "The Ringing World." A form will be presented with the details being sent to The Ringing World. Normally this will be exactly as it should be, but if you would like to edit it in some way you have an opportunity in this form to do so. Don't forget to push the button that actually sends this information off to The Ringing World when you're happy with it!
If at some subsequent point you discover that you need to make a correction to the information you've entered go to the Campanophile web site, login if necessary, and click on the link on the left side labeled "Submit/Amend." This will present you with a list of the performances you've submitted. Click on the appropriate one, and adjust the details as necessary. When you click "Update" the details on Campanophile will be updated, and a new copy will be sent to the NAGCR Newsletter Editor or Peal Secretary as appropriate. Note, however, that you cannot update the composition this way. If you need to update the composition for a peal please email your correction directly to the Peal Secretary <
>.
If you need to you can also delete a submission from the "Submit/Amend" page. This is useful if a performance is accidentally submitted twice, perhaps by two different people.
Note that you can only amend or delete performances you have submitted when logged in as that particular user. If you wish to amend something someone else has submitted you must ask the person that did submit it to please update it.
Peals Rung for the North American Guild
The Guild's constitution states "A peal shall be credited to the Guild only if: all members of the band are Guild Members, and at least half are Resident Members; [and] complete details of the peal, including the composition, have been received by the Peal Secretary."
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Tony Parry for adding this special form to Campanophile specifically for the use of the NAGCR.
Also thank you to Laura Dickerson who for several years laboriously copied by hand details from our old submission system into Campanophile. We hope she enjoys the rest this new system should provide her!
Wall Street Journal Feature about Trinity
Trinity Wall Street ringer featured in WSJ.
Hendersonville anniversary weekend news coverage
Hendersonville Anniversary Weekend news coverage.
Second Full Peal Attempt on Orleans Tower!
UK visitors to attempt second peal on bells at Church of the Transfiguration.
Thursday, August 5, 2:00 pm -- The Bishopstoke Ringers and Friends from England will visit the Bell Tower at the Church of the Transfiguration at Rock Harbor, Orleans, to ring a Full Peal on the tower's 10 change-ringing bells. If successful, this will be the second full peal to be rung on these bells.
Dates announced for 2011 Toronto NAGCR AGM
2011 NAGCR AGM will be held September 23-25 in Toronto . . .
St. James' Cathedral ringers hosting. Details for ringing sessions preceding the AGM to be announced at a later date. Contact Robin Clarke
or Madeleine Cheesman
for more details. See calendar entry also at this website.
First Full Peal Attempt in Orleans
On Sunday, July 25th, the First Full Peal attempt will be made on the Bells of the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans. The ringers will be our friends from Boston and New York, along with one of our own, Br. Matthew Gillis, tenoring behind.
Request from the Steward of the Rolls of Honour
Alan Regin, a London-based ringer, is the Steward of the Central Council Rolls of Honour, a set of two large books housed at St. Paul's Cathedral in London; in them are recorded the names of ringers who gave their lives in World War I and World War II, respectively. Through Alan's research, many more names have been found and added to the books, and unfortunately, the Great War (WWI) book is now full. It has been recommended that a new book, complete with vellum pages and professional calligraphy, be created. Alan is asking for donations from the world-wide fraternity of ringers to help pay for this. Please read the article in the upcoming issue of The Clapper for a more detailed description of this very worthy work. Contact Alan Regin
with questions or comments.
Wall Street Journal profiles ringer Jenny Mackley
In its "Odd Jobs" feature, The Wall Street Journal has profiled Jenny Mackley, who rings at Trinity Wall Street. With footage of ringers ringing and bells swinging.
Death of Smith Ringer
Kurt Ward, a Smith ringer, died July 13 at the age of 34 . . .
following an accident at the Deerfield, MA train yard. He was also an Eagle Scout, high school state swimming champion, and a community theater and model train enthusiast. Michael Bush of Smith wrote: "Kurt joined the Smith band in Spring 2009 and had made steady progress as a ringer especially in the last 6 months. He was warm and good natured, always willing to offer help when something needed to be done around the tower. " Kurt had attended the annual Groton outing on July 10.
A newspaper report of the accident provides more detail. There will be a memorial service Saturday, July 17 at 2 pm at St. Peter's, Weston, MA. Ringers in Northampton and the Boston area are making plans to attend.
Update added Jul 26, 2010 by Michael Bush
Elizabeth, I and a number of other ringers attended Kurt's memorial service at St. Peter's in Weston, MA on July 17. It was a beautiful service and a fitting tribute to him. Several Boston ringers gave a short demonstration of change ringing on handbells at the conclusion of the service.
We passed on the many messages of condolence that we received from those not able to attend. The family were very appreciative and replied: "Thank you so much for your messages directly after the service with names of the bell ringers and the subsequent information about the quarter peal's and details. We treasure this information and know that Kurt would be so honored and touched to be remembered in this way."
We plan to ring a quarter peal at the Smith tower in Kurt's memory in the near future including as many of the local band as is feasible.
2011 Steel City Ringing Festival
Save the date: the 2011 Steel City Ringing Festival will be held 15–17 July 2011 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. Please see our calendar entry for more details.
Temporary change in practice at St Martin's, Philadelphia
Due to St Martin's having special outdoor services on Wednesday evenings in July and August, we will be ringing at St Mark's on July 21 and August 4 instead of at St Martin's.
Possible Ringing Opportunities made available to North American Guild in London
Below is a email message from Philip Vracas (a member of the Middlesex and London Diocesan Guild of Change Ringers) to the President regarding possible ringing in London for August.
Please note that the following is an invitation of interest to North American Guild members (and guests) and is not a North American Guild sponsored or sanctioned event.
"In short we would be looking to host 10-20 ringers from the NAG for a week in Spitalfields in some brand new (and unused) London university accommodation - right in the City of London. We would then arrange ringing to suit the aspirations of the visitors - whether training and practice in certain methods, or QPs or even perhaps the odd peal, depending on what people wanted. To add leaven in the lump and make the week an enjoyable holiday, we would pepper the week with trips to popoluar sites in London (St Paul's, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Place etc) and some train rides outside London to places like Oxford, Cambridge and Canterbury. I always think a boat trip down the Thames to Greenwich and a ring there is a lovely thing to do on a fine day."
Please indicate your interest by mid-July to:
Philip Vracas, 
34 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, London E1 6QR.
(tel: + 44 207 375 1797 or Mob: +44 7905 1000 22)
Hendersonville Ringing Course
Triples Training Course in Hendersonville
Please join us in Hendersonville for Thursday and Friday, August 12 and 13 before their Anniversary weekend gets under way on Friday evening.
This course will have two aims:
Firstly for people who want to consolidate ringing touches of Plain Bob and Grandsire Triples to have the opportunity of an extended practice;
Secondly for people who want to begin to call touches to have the opportunity to do so.
So that everybody gets a good ring we may have to limit the participants. There is a need for experienced triples ringers to come and assist.
If you are interested in a ringing course this summer, this might be the one for you. The Hendersonville group is eager to have a successful event.
Everybody is welcome and there will be no charge – just a donation towards beverages and snacks will be appreciated. For more information please contact me (
) or Bob Aldinger (
). Please respond by August 1.
Cheers, Bruce
New Information and Registration Form for 2010 AGM in Little Rock!
New Information and Registration Form for 2010 AGM in Little Rock!
Located on the Guild Calender at:
http://www.nagcr.org/meetings/2010/10/2010-nagcr-agm-little-rock-ar.html
or at:
Update added Aug 13, 2010 by Donald F Morrison
Quick reminder to procrastinators: the deadline for registering is 15 August!
Changes to Old North Practice Schedule
Beginning in July, ringing practice at Old North Church in Boston will be held alternately on Saturdays and Sundays.
So, for example, in July practices will be held as follows:
* Saturday, July 3: 11 AM - 1 PM
* SUNDAY, July 11: 2 PM - 4 PM
* Saturday, July 17: 11 AM - 1 PM
* SUNDAY, July 25: 2 PM - 4 PM
* Saturday, July 31: 11 AM - 1 PM
The general pattern will be to practice on the 2nd & 4th Sundays of each month and on the Saturday of the remaining weekends in the month. So, in August, the Sunday practices will be on the 8th and the 22nd while on the other weekends, practice will be held at the traditional Saturday time. We will be evaluating this new pattern as we go along and will post notices to this spot, the Old North entry in the Towers list, and to key listservs if there should be any further changes.
Orleans Bell Tower Blessing and Visit from Whitechapel
Cape Cod Church Celebrates Anniversary with Bell Tower Blessing and Visit from Whitechapel
Saturday & Sunday, June 12 & 13 – The Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, Massachusetts celebrates its 10th Dedication Anniversary with a full weekend of events! On Saturday, special guests Alan and Kathryn Hughes of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London will give a talk. On Sunday, the Church Bell Tower (home to a set of 10 change-ringing bells, cast by Whitechapel) will be blessed during the service of Eucharist. The Advent Guild of Bellringers from Boston, MA and other ringing friends will also be on hand to ring the tower’s first ever quarter peal. Other events during the weekend include organ concerts, a Spirit of America Wind Ensemble concert, artist talks, Choral Evensong with Gloriæ Dei Cantores, and Elements Theatre Company's presentation of "The Doorway" by Phyllis Tickle. All are welcome! For more information and tickets for the Dedication Anniversary weekend, visit www.communityofjesus.org or call 508-240-2400. (The Church of the Transfiguration, 5 Bayview Drive, Orleans, MA 02653)
Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting - New Castle
Unfortunately, the New Castle Area Meeting in May will not take place this year. Immanuel Church sponsored A Day in Old New Castle for 85 years and this year announced a hiatus for 2010. Although 2 other organizations have made the effort to have a replacement event this year, at this point we still do not know if and when there may or may not be ringing and if the ringers would get gratis admittance to the houses and gardens as before. Connie King and Sue Clopper have reluctantly canceled ringing on that day.
We look forward to having this back on the calendar next year. But, please remember the New Castle Dinner on November 13. Everyone welcome to come and attend.
First Tower Bell Peal of Surprise Maximus in the US by an All-Resident Band
First Tower Bell Peal of Surprise Maximus in the US by an All-Resident Band rung at Trinity Wall Street on Sunday, March 28. Congratulations to all the ringers. For details click here.
New Photo & Video Feature
Check out our two new features -- "Photo and Video Albums" and "Photo of the Day"! You should see them as open widgets on the Home Page or you can always find them by clicking on their links in the "Resources & Links" widget. Easy to view and easy to upload new images! For more about it, click HERE.
Shreveport featured in Ringing World
Congratulations to Shreveport on being the cover story in the March 6th Ringing World.
Update added Mar 05, 2010 by Dianne S P Cermak
Go to <http://ringingworld.co.uk/news-articles/this-week/358-rw-5158.html> for a precis of the article.
Ring Around Charleston in the news
Vernal Equinox Update
The Annual Celebration of the Vernal Equinox is to be held in Philadelphia over the weekend of March 19-21.
Unfortunately due to a concert in the church there will be no ringing on Friday evening at St Martin’s. If there is enough interest, we will check on the availability of the bells at St Mark’s for a session from 6:30-8:00 PM.
We look forward to seeing many of you. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.
Registration forms are found on the calendar page.
Update added Mar 15, 2010 by Bruce N Butler
There will be ringing at St Mark's on Friday evening. Black Sheep following the ringing.
2010 Pittsburgh Ringing Course
The 2010 Pittsburgh Ringing Course at Southminster Presbyterian Church will be held the weekend of 23-25 July, and will be aimed at those learning to ring surprise, or hoping to improve their skills at ringing simple surprise methods.
Please note that this is a week earlier than was originally posted on the calendar on this web site. Further details about the course can be found at http://groups.google.com/group/pgh-ringing-course/web/2010-course. Those interested in joining the course as students please contact Don Morrison <
>.
Exchange Rates 2010
The NAGCR exchange rates for subscriptions, memberships, and the like as of February 1, 2010 will be 1.00 US$ = 0.60 GB£ and = 1.05 CAN$.
Contact Rosalie Crouch, Treasurer, with any questions or concerns.
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Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting - Washington, DC
The February Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting will be held in DC. on Saturday, February 13. Ringing times: 10 am-noon at the Old Post Office Tower and 2 pm-4pm at the National Cathedral.
Please be informed that with the morning ringing at the OPOT there have been changes in the parking situation. It appears that it will cost $2 an hour with a two hour limit all around town on Saturdays.
This is Presidents' Weekend and an excellent time to visit the area. Please join us.
Ring Around Charleston Event Details
Reminder! Ring around Charleston will be held February 19th to 21st. There will be ringing at all four Charleston towers and at all levels from rounds to surprise royal. Please register by February 12th.
We will have strong ringers at every session. We will also be attempting quarter peals, from doubles to royal. We will do our best to accommodate everyone’s requests.
Special events:
- Reception on Friday 7 to 9 at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul . Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by the Charleston area ringers.
- Low country dinner at Grace church on Saturday 7:00 drinks/7:30 dinner (typical cuisine of this area)
- A visit to see the four Russian bells on Saturday midday at Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Mt. Pleasant. These bells are on a stand just outside the doors of the church, and are struck by ear-muffed ringers.
- Ron Warford will lead a workshop on conducting. 1 hour classroom/1 hour towerThe workshop aims at giving Guidance on how to conduct & states the responsibilities of a conductor. Attendees should be ringing touches of bob doubles; attendance is limited.
- Special service at Grace Church celebrating the 10th anniversary of the bells on Sunday at 11. A new hymn has been composed for the event, the readings will be by ringers and handbells will be in the service.
Do join us. Registration is $15 and covers the Friday reception. The Saturday dinner is $25. Registration forms are on the NAGCR web site and also at http://www.gracechurchcharleston.org/content.cfm?id=2064. Please register by February 12th.
For further information, do contact me at 
.
Hope to see you in a few weeks. (Today it is 70 deg.!)
Rosalie
Five Towers Ringing Festival in Houston, TX April 9-11, 2010
I am SO happy to announce the Five Towers Festival which will take place in Houston, Texas this year! We're getting excited... are you?
A mini-course will precede the festival and will begin on Thursday, April 8 and will end at noon on Friday, April 9, when the festival will officially begin.
We are also happy to have Alan Regin visit us during the event. Alan often acts as a course instructor. Alan is also the judge of our local and light-hearted striking competition.
For more information and registration forms, please visit this website. Feel free to make as many copies as you need to pass out to your tower. The more, the merrier!
If you still have unanswered questions, feel free to contact me at 
and I'll do my best to answer your questions.
As you've probably heard, we have a pretty good time down here, so grab your boots and hat and mosey on down. We promise you a good time and we might actually learn something about ringing in the meantime!
Take care!
Dawn Uebelhart,
St. Paul's, Houston
Results of NAGCR General Election
The results of the NAGCR General Election are now available at the Member Discussion pages.
Please consider helping Campanophile's future
Please consider helping Campanophile's future: Many of the active peal and quarter peal ringers in North America look at and post on Campanophile regularly. To date it has largely been sustained by the generosity of those that started it. Tony Parry is currently trying to put it on a more sustainable footing. You can read more about this on the front page of Campanophile.
If all of us who use Campanophile regularly make a small donation each year it can help ensure this wonderful resource doesn't go away. I encourage those of you that do use it to consider doing just this.
Truth in advertising disclaimer: Tony called my first quarter peal! Also, one of the founders of Campanophile is well known to many of us, having learned to ring at Kalamazoo: Tina Stoecklin.
Hendersonville Change Ringers in the News
Excellent article about change ringing in Hendersonville in Asheville, NC magazine:
Click here and then scroll down the left side of the page to find the Hendersonville link near the bottom.
Excerpt of Shreveport Ringing on YouTube
Shreveport bells on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieX6suLUjxo
Some Cambridge Suprise Minor on the new Shreveport bells.
Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund 2010 grant applications invited
Grant applications invited for bell restoration projects; Deadline January 31, 2010.
Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund 2010 grant applications invited: Applications are invited for allocation of grants towards bell restoration projects outside the British Isles. The primary purpose of the Fund is to support sterling expenditure with the UK bell founders.
Applications must be received by 31 January 2010.
Full details can be found by contacting Jackie Roberts via 
from whom application forms and guidance are also available.
Jackie Roberts
CC Bell Restoration Committee
Time left to send in your NAGCR Ballot until 12/31/09
Time remaining to vote -- December 31 is the deadline for receipt of ballots by NAGCR for the general election.
If you need a ballot, please so indicate to 
.
2010 Ringing Courses in England
UK ringing courses deadlines approaching: Range of options, book soon!
These courses run the gamut of offerings. Please note that they are very popular, book up quickly, and have early deadlines.
Essex: http://www.eacr.org.uk
Hereford: http://www.herefordringingcourse.org.uk
Keele: enquiries@cpe.keele.ac.uk
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Cheers, Bruce Butler
NAGCR Education Officer
Candidate Statements & Officer Duties
Current election: Candidate & Officer info now available on Member Discussion page. Click HERE for direct link.
NAGCR Constitution and Bylaws available here
See the current NAGCR Constitution and Bylaws at this website.
Click on "Getting Started" in the Resources and Links box on the home page, then select "About the Guild". The Constitution and Bylaws can be viewed and downloaded in PDF format at the bottom of that page titled "About the NAGCR".
Or, just click on http://www.nagcr.org/materials/guild.pdf.
NAGCR Ballot Deadline - December 31
December 31 is the deadline for receipt of ballots by NAGCR for the general election.
An incorrect date was regrettably printed on the paper ballot mailed with The Clapper. The e-ballots include the correct date of December 31. The Executive Committee apologizes for this discrepancy and for any inconvenience caused thereby.
World Wide Ringing Requested
The World Council of Churches requests worldwide ringing at 3.00 pm on Sunday 13 December.
The date will be mid-way through crucial international talks on climate change in Copenhagen. The global initiative is being promoted in the change ringing fraternity by Operation Noah, the climate campaign for British churches. Please see www.bellringing350.org for more details, or send email to request PDFs with tips for organisers on arranging a special touch of 350 changes and local publicity.
Update added Dec 10, 2009 by Margaret Ketchen
KAIROS is asking every church in the country to ring its church bells 350 times for climate justice on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3:00pm.
That is a day of action for churches around the world. A global bell ringing action is timed to coincide with an ecumenical service that the World Council of Churches is coordinating at the height of the talks in Copenhagen. When it ends at 3:00 pm, churches all over Denmark will ring their bells.
Why church bells? Because for thousands of years they’ve been used to warn people of imminent danger and also to call people to action.
Why 350 times? Because according to climate experts, 350 parts per million (ppm) is the upper limit for carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in our atmosphere. Until about 200 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 ppm of CO2, but now the concentration stands at 390 ppm. Unless we are able to rapidly reduce, we risk irreversible impacts on all of Creation.
The ringers at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, B.C., Canada, will ring a special touch of 350 changes that morning, instead of in the afternoon, in order to avoid another trip to the Cathedral, thus reducing their carbon footprint.
New Member Page Available
New page now available for Member Discussions of ballot issues and other Guild-related matters.
Any member wishing to discuss matters related to the principles, operations, etc. of the NAGCR may post ideas, proposals, alternatives, and the like to the new Member Discussion page. Members may also post a response to earlier postings by others.
Your name will be attached to your comments, so be civil; in particular, please do not name or quote from others without their explicit permission.
Reminder - Ringing World Diary 2010
Ringing World Diary 2010 available
Time is running out to obtain a 2010 Ringing World Diary. Please send an email to giving me your order.
Standard – USD $11.50 – CDN $12.00
Standard with Pencil in spine - USD$11.75 – CDN $12.50
Leather – USD $19.50 – CDN $21.00
Add USD $2.50- CDN $2.75 each if you wish airmail (not really necessary!)
Name
Address
Quantity/Which kind?
Amount Enclosed
Send a check in US funds
payable to NAGCR Book Service to:
Bruce Butler
829 North 25th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
If you wish to pay in CDN funds, please let me know.
Ballot Issue Information Coming Soon
Information and discussion relevant to the ballot issues in the upcoming election will be available on the website within ten days.
A new Member Discussion page is under development and is expected to become active on or before November 21st. This new feature will offer the opportunity to read, post, and comment on matters pertaining to Guild concerns to members only.
Orleans Photos attached to Sr. Alicia's article
Videos & Photos of tower, bells, and ringers of Orleans now attached to latest article.
Click here to take you directly to Sr. Alicia's article about the Orleans ringers' experiences getting going with their new bells.
AGM 12-Bell Ringing Course Slides
PowerPoint slides from AGM 12-Bell Ringing Course
For anyone interested, I've uploaded the PowerPoint slides that were used for the Erin Cinques and Kent TB Maximus ringing course that was run at Trinity Wall Street as part of the 2009 AGM. They appear under the Education section which you can link to directly by clicking here. The slides cover the same techniques that were used to develop the Trinity band in the run-up to the first local band peal, of Erin Cinques, at the end of 2008. I hope you find them useful -- Tim
Taylors sold.
Taylors sold.
Brewster Kent ON for 10/17
Brewster-Kent Area Meeting is ON for Saturday Oct. 17th
Starting around 10 AM in Brewster. Please park in the rear parking lot by the playground. The door at the bottom of the path will be open. Coffee, tea, and goodies provided.
Ringing until lunchtime in Brewster. Pizza can be ordered in at Brewster or cars can stop on the way to Kent.
Beginners will be attending so expect Rounds, Call Changes, and Plain Hunt. Also, expect opportunities for Stedman Doubles/Triples, Cambridge Minor/Major, along with assorted Minor and Doubles Methods.
Bob Stokes 1928-2009
Bob Stokes 1928-2009
Bob Stokes, who was among many other things, a ringer in Minneapolis, died over the weekend. Click these links for more information and memorial peal
2010, 2011 NAGCR AGMs sites annnounced
Little Rock to host AGM in October 2010.
Exact dates and event details for the ringing festival and meeting at Trinity Cathedral in Arkansas are tba. For 2011 the NAGCR is pleased to accept Toronto's invitation to return to Canada for its 40th AGM at St. James Cathedral.
October Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting is ON for October 10th
Oct 8, 2009 -- The Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting is *on* for Saturday, October 10 at Washington, DC.
The meeting scheduled for Saturday October 10 is happening. We're happy to say that enough people are planning to come to make it viable. All are welcome to come and ring.
Ringing times are: 10AM-noon OPOT and 2PM- 4PM Cathedral.
Lunch will be provided in the Cathedral tower around 1PM.
Note that parking may be tight at the Cathedral because the Natioinal Accolyte Festival is also being held there on October 10.
Lastly, the band has already been set for the 4PM wedding that Bruce mentioned in his announcement.
/Quilla Roth
Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting - October 10
October Mid-Atlantic meeting may be cancelled unless more ringers sign up by Oct 4.
Important information regarding the October meeting:
If you are planning on attending please let Mary Clark
know by Sunday, October 4 at and cc me. The WRS will make a decision to have the meeting if there are at least 5 non-Washington ringers attending. Otherwise it may be cancelled.
Mid-Atlantic Area Meeting - Saturday, October 10 at Washington, DC Ringing times as follows: 10AM-noon OPOT and 2PM- 4PM Cathedral There will be a wedding at 4 with a quarter peal and out of towners may be asked to participate.
All welcome to come and ring.
-- Bruce Butler
Redundancies at Taylor's
Done in by expense of new roof, Taylor's lays off 13 of 28 staff.
See update on Loughborough foundry at http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Bell-foundry-cash-crisis-leads-redundancies/article-1365054-detail/article.html
Also a ULSCR member?
Seeking ULSCR members!
I'm trying to identify University of London Society of Change Ringers (ULSCR) members in North America with the goal of eventually having a ULSCR event of resident North American members.
If you are a ULSCR member or know of one, could you please contact me directly at: 
?
Greg
Gregory Watson
Orleans Dedication
Invitation to the dedication of the new ring in Orleans MA posted.
Details can be found on The Church of the Transfiguration's website as well as on Campanophile. Though the invitation is open to all, the total ringing time will be only about one hour, so Ed Futcher, who is going to be managing the ringing, expects that any visiting ringers would get at the very most one very short touch. If you are considering attending please contact the Church at the phone or email they give in their announcements and in addition, please let Ed Futcher
know.
NA Ringing in the Ringing World
Monthly RW column about North American ringing in the September 11 issue.
The first installment of Kathryn Tucker's "From Across the Pond: A round-up of reports from towers in the North American Guild of Change Ringers" can be found on page 935 of The Ringing World, No. 5133. This particular report summarizes summertime visits and events as originally reported in The Clapper. Next month we can look forward to the first of a series of columns highlighting one particular North American tower in each. Well done, Kathryn, and thank you!
2010 Ringing World Diary
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Great article in The New York Times
Check out the great coverage of the NAGCR AGM in The New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/nlbdfk
Free registration to the NY Times site may be required.
Adjustment of NAGCR Exchange Rates
The 2009 NAGCR exchange rates for subscriptions, memberships, and the like will be re-evaluated and changed as necessary.
This action was taken in response to the recent rapid change in currency values and in order to preserve equity for all parties, through Executive Committee vote by email on 10/26/08.
As of July 1, 2009, it has been determined that the appropriate exchange rate will be:
1.00 US$ = 0.60 GB£ and = 1.10 CAN$. Contact Rosalie Crouch, Treasurer, with any questions or concerns.
Call for NAGCR 2009 Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given of the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the NAGCR to be held on Saturday afternoon, September 5, 2009, at Trinity, Wall Street, New York City.
The agenda for the Meeting shall include (but not be limited to) review and adoption of the Annual Report, an interim report from the President on the current year, and announcement of all items approved for the ballot as of 9/5/09.
For issues to be decided during the General Meeting, the majority shall rule, and only Resident Members may vote. Please submit items for the agenda and names of members deceased since the last AGM to .
William H. Jackson
William H. Jackson, the first "Secretary-Treasurer" of the NAGCR, died on Easter Sunday in England.
As Secretary-Treasurer, Bill carried out the work that is now distributed across five of the seven Executive Committee members and did so with enthusiasm and energy that was crucial to the formation of the Guild. He was voted Honorary Life Member of the Guild in 1974. He had made his home in England for about thirty years. A more complete obituary will follow.
Update added Jul 27, 2010 by Lyn A Barnett
First Peal on the bells at Orleans, MA! Church of the Transfiguration. Sunday, 25 July 2010. 5021 Grandsire Caters. Edward J. Futcher (C). See all peal details at http://www.nagcr.org/articles/2010/07/first-full-peal-on-orleans-bells.html