The Clapper ~ 1990-1999

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Vol. 17 No. 1, Winter, 1990

  • A Stedman Primer
  • From the President
  • From the Overseas Liaison
  • Announcement of Vernal Equinox Dinner
  • Second Annual Three Towers Festival in Texarkana Announcement
  • Striking Competition in Raleigh Announcement
  • Chicago Handbell Bash Announced
  • Ringing Tour of Northern Ireland
  • Survey of Scottish Towers -- II
  • "Pulling Off Bells"
  • Appeal for Shawell Bells
  • "Ringers' Test"
  • Quarter on the Rocks
  • Area Reports
  • Letters fo the Editor
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 17 No. 2, Spring, 1990

  • Cathedral of the Holy Rosary -- A Short History
  • Letters
  • Plans for Philadelphia AGM
  • "Rutland: An Exercise in Surprise Major Composition"
  • "A Ringing Network???"
  • Remembrance of Ben Schwarz
  • Area Reports
  • Cathedral Consecration Year Announcement
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 17 No. 3, Summer, 1990

  • Photos from Ringing Events
  • Letters
  • Report of Philadelphia AGM
  • Report of Three Towers Festival
  • Report of Raleigh Striking Competition
  • Philadelphia's Ten-Year Anniversary
  • Quebec City Weekend Report
  • !990 Handbell Bash Report
  • CCCBR Report
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 17 No. 4, Autumn, 1990

  • Report of 1990 AGM in Philadelphia
  • Letters
  • Minutes of the AGM
  • Washington Celebrates Consecration of National Cathedral
  • Database Design for Quarter Peals
  • EXPO Rings for Crown Princess
  • "Thanksgiving"
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 18 No. 1, Winter, 1991

  • "The Bells of Abilene Are Ringing Changes"
  • Letters
  • "A Minute and Distorted Look at North American Ringing"
  • Cumberlands at Kalamazoo
  • "A Trip to Abilene, or: A Tour of Eight Towers"
  • Book Review: "Campanological Archaeology"
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
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Vol. 18 No. 2, Spring, 1991

  • "Building a Belfry, or EXPO Moves to Riverside"
  • Letters
  • "Little Rock Welcomes AGM"
  • "Learning Surprise Methods: Cambridge"
  • Striking Competition Announcement
  • "Equinoctial Revelry"
  • Area Reports
  • Book Review: "An Atlas of Bells"
  • Ringers Songs
  • Peals & QPs
  • Guild Book Service Listing
  • Membership Renewal Form
  • Submission Guildelines
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Vol. 18 No. 3, Summer, 1991

  • St. Andrew's Honolulu Dedicated
  • Letters
  • Membership Fee Schedule
  • International Striking Competition
  • Three Towers Festival Report
  • Quebec City Weekend Report
  • Ringing for the Queen (And Then Some)
  • Old North Peal Lottery Announcment
  • USA '91 (If It's Tuesday It Must Be Texas)
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Book Service Offerings
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Vol. 18 No. 4, Autumn 1991 (Labeled Vol. 15 No. 4)

  • "Labor Day in the Sweet Sunny (?) South"
  • Membership Information
  • Letters
  • Minutes of the 1991 AGM in Little Rock
  • Nominations for HLM
  • Area Reports
  • Consecration of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria
  • "The First Ithaca Handbell Gorge"
  • "Belfries, Beds, Baths, and Breakfast"
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 19 No. 1, Winter, 1992

  • Restoration Progress at St Mary's, Burlington
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Burlington Work Weekend: "A Wonderful, Terrible Time"
  • "The Proclamation of the Bells"
  • 1991 Striking Competition: First Place Tie
  • Announcement of Vernal Equinox Weekend
  • "Meditation, Reminder"
  • Three Towers 1992 set for Little Rock
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 19 No. 2, Spring, 1992

  • Learning Surprise Methods
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Sound Out the Spring Song
  • AGM Announcement for Kent & Brewster
  • Area Reports
  • NAG Role of Honor Established
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Honolulu Update
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 19 No. 3, Summer, 1992

  • The Lost Ring of Holy Trinity Cathedral, New Westminster
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Central Council Meeting Report
  • Obituary of William Theobald
  • Report of 4th Annual Three Towers Festival
  • Report of Quebec City Weekend
  • News from Abroad: The Update from Oxford
  • The Year of the Ringing Simulator
  • Headstock Hiatus at Houston
  • Announcement of Striking Competition in Philadelphia
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 19 No. 4, Autumn, 1992

  • Kent-Brewster Hosts 1992 AGM
  • Letters
  • Five Named to Honor Roll
  • Expansion Proposal Approved for Ballot
  • Minutes of 1992 AGM
  • Candidate Statements
  • Membership Information
  • Executive Committee Actions
  • Bruce & Eileen's Bellringing Tour
  • Re-Visiting Royalty
  • "A New Ring of Twelve for Minneapolis-St Paul"
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 20 No. 1, Winter, 1993

  • "The Year of the Simulator -- Concluded"
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Notice for Fifth Annual Three Towers in Texarkana
  • Raleigh Dedicates New Eight
  • Sermon from Raleigh Dedication
  • Philadelphia Hosts Striking Competition
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Obituary for Rt. Rev. Allen Goodings
  • "Define Hazing, Please"
  • Vernal Equinox Weekend Announcement
  • "Were You Invited"
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring, 1993

  • St Michael's, Charleston, Bells Cross the Sea
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Announcement of AGM in Calgary
  • Raleigh Peal Dedicates Augmented Eight
  • Book Review: "Change Ringing: The History of an English Art"
  • Report of Quarter Peal Weekend n Philadelphia
  • "Philadelphia Spring Dinner: The Great American Alternative to Punting
  • "Number Crunching at the National Cathedral"
  • "Meredith Morris Elected Pope? or, Awkansawyers Ring in the Presidential Inauguration of a "Man from Hope"
  • "Saturday Dawned Bright and Sunny"
  • Area Reports
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Peals & QPs
  • Contribution Guidelines
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Vol. 20 No. 3, Summer, 1993

  • "Surprise! Methods"
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • "Quebec Pilgrimage"
  • Peal Ringing in England
  • Hands On in Ithaca
  • Dedication in Charleston
  • Burlington Work Party
  • Birthday Barbeque Bash
  • A Distant Country Meeting
  • Central Council Meeting
  • Striking Competition Schedule
  • Contribution Guildelines
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Membership Updates
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Vol. 20 No. 4, Autumn, 1993

  • AGM in Calgary Report
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Book Service Offerings
  • A View of the AGM from Two Visitors
  • Minutes of the 22nd Annual AGM
  • Executive Committee Action Minutes
  • If It's Sunday, It must be Victoria
  • 25th Anniversary of the Bells at Smith College
  • Contribution Guidelines
  • "HOG Tour"
  • Area Reports
  • Membership Updates
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 21 No. 1, Winter, 1994

  • "First in Maryland"
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Announcement of NAG Tutorial Program
  • Three Towers Festival Announcement
  • Vernal Equinox Weekend Announcement
  • "How to Make Friends with, and Influence, the Bell"
  • Guidelines for Contributors
  • Area Reports
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 21 No. 2, Spring 1994

  • Three Decades of Devotion
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Executive Committee Actions
  • Announcement of 1994 AGM Plans
  • "A Sparkling Weekend in Philadelphia"
  • Report of Vernal Equinox Weekend
  • Obituary of Geddes
  • Area Reports
  • Acrostic by MT
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 21 No. 3, Summer, 1994

  • Silent and Unconducted at Riverside
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Central Council Meeting Report
  • Unwaned 37 Cwt Twelve -- Former Bull Ring Bells
  • "Quebec: David Flies, Lynn Doesn't, and Sally Unwinds in Chet's Arms"
  • "A Name on a Lost Peal Board"
  • Whitechapel Guild Spring Tour 1994
  • An Enjoyable Exercise
  • "Classical Music and Change Ringing Music
  • Area Reports
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 21 No. 4, Autumn, 1994

  • AGM Returns to Kalamazoo
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Summary Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting
  • Peals & QPs
  • "Learning the Ropes"
  • Member Contact Information
  • Change Ringing in Flatland
  • Area Reports
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Vol. 22 No. 1, Winter, 1995

  • Conducting Plain Bob Doubles (for Everyone)
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Summary Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting 1/14/95
  • Obituary of Albert Mostone
  • Book Service Offerings
  • A Double Surprise
  • Invitation to Three Towers Festival in Little Rock
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Invitation to Vernal Equinox Weekend
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Vol. 22 No. 2, Spring, 1995

  • "Part of the Pattern"
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Summary Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting
  • Proposed By-Law Changes
  • Obituary of Bill Crichton
  • "The Blessing"
  • Philadelphia Spring Dinner Report
  • Philadelphia Quarter Peal Weekend Report
  • "Ringing Rounds: The Second Time Around
  • Area Reports
  • Book Service Offerings
  • QP Reports
  • Member Contact Information
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Vol. 22 No. 3, Summer, 1995

  • New Bells Dedicated on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Report from the Central Council Meeting
  • "Life Before NAG"
  • Area Reports
  • A Tribute to the Ellis Family
  • NCS Ringers Tour British Isles
  • Birthday Barbeque Bash Report
  • Three Towers Festival Report
  • Conducting Grandsire Doubles
  • Area Reports
  • Member Contact Information
  • Striking Competition Announcement
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 22 No. 4, Autumn, 1995

  • 1995 AGM in Boston: Demiquinquecentennial of the Old North Bells, but We Spend More Time at Advent
  • Letters
  • Membership Information
  • Minutes of the 24th AGM
  • Officers' Reports
  • Tower Integrity at Hingham
  • QP Weekend Announcement
  • North American Ringers Sighted in UK!
  • Quebec: Remembrance of Things Past
  • Life Before NAG -- Part II
  • Area Reports
  • Book Service Offerings
  • Member Contact Information
  • Peals & QPs
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Vol. 23 No. 1, Winter, 1996

  • Where Are Our Ringers to Come From?
  • Officer Columns
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Thanks to Will Harwin and Jill Kirby
  • Go in Peace! -- a Poem by Chet Ham
  • Washington's Dave Brown Dies
  • Life Before NAG; Part 3
  • Eighth Annual Three Towers announcement
  • Area Reports
  • VErnal Equinox Forms
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
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Vol. 23 No. 2, Spring 1996

  • First Tower Bells Rung in Georgia -- Bell Dedication in Marietta
  • Officer Columns
  • Summary Minutes of the NAGCR Executive Committee Meeting
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Program for 60th Anniversary of the Dedication, Christ Church Bells, Victoria
  • An Unexpected Visitor
  • Life BEfore NAG; Hingham Chapter
  • Traveling Nuptials
  • Report of Vernal Equinox Ringing
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
  • Pewaukee Progress Report
  • Stedman Made Easy: A Review of "The Printer's Devil" by Chico Kid
  • Centennial Celebrations
  • Membership Update Information
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Vol. 23 No. 3, Summer, 1996

  • Three Towers Festival inTexarkana
  • Officer Columns
  • Update on Plans for 25th Anniversary of NAGCR Founding
  • Summary Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Quarter Peal Weekend Report
  • Calling Plain Bob "By the Clock"
  • Charleston Young Ringers Guild
  • Announcement of Ring of Twelve to be Installed in Toronto
  • Don Taylor Meets John Taylor: Bells for Dallas
  • Area Reports
  • Life Before NAG: Calgary Chapter
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Membership Information Update
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
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Vol. 23 No. 4, Autumn 1996

  • Report of Miami AGM
  • Officers' Columns
  • Report of AGM Ringing Course
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Minutes of the AGM
  • Summary Minutes of the NAGCR Executive Committee Meeting
  • Officers Interim Reports
  • Veronese System of Bell Ringing
  • Celebration of the Bells, Victoria BC
  • Nominations
  • Ringing in the North
  • Tower Grabbing -- A Poem by Chet Ham
  • Area Reports
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Membership Information Updates
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
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Vol. 24 No. 1, Winter 1997

  • Bells with Wine in California
  • Officers' Columns
  • From the Overseas Liaison
  • Toronto Twelve Update
  • Looking Back
  • Name Change for The Clapper
  • Ringing on Bodies
  • Area Reports
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
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Vol. 24 No. 2, Spring, 1997

  • Toronto Cathedral Bells Are Installed and Ringing
  • Officers' Columns
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Old York Twelve Chronology
  • Summary Minutes of the NAGCR Executive Committee Minutes
  • Philly Quarter Peal Weekend '97
  • Ode or Lament to Quarter Peal Weekend -- A poem by Sue Clopper
  • Spring Again! Vernal Equinox Dinner in Philadelphia
  • Looking Back
  • Teaching Change Ringing to the Masses (a reprint)
  • Area Reports
  • Review of "There Was Life Before NAG"
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Peals & Quarters
  • Member Information Updates
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Vol. 24 No. 3, Summer, 1997

  • Dedication of North America's First Twelve
  • Officers' Columns
  • Central Council Report
  • Victoria Day Weekend Report
  • Seeds Sprouting Quebec!
  • Seventh Annual Philadelphia Bells Birthday Barbeque Bash
  • Ninth Annual Three Towers Festival (and Ringing Course)
  • Announcement of Ringing Weekend in Charleston
  • Review of New Teaching Aids from the Central Council
  • Bells and Ringing in Boston at the Turn of the Century in Boston
  • Review of "The Bellcaster's Apprentice"
  • Striking Competition Announcement
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarters
  • Membership Information Update
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Vol. 24 No. 4, Autumn, 1997

  • Notes from Northampton: Report of the 1997 AGM
  • Officers' Columns
  • NAGCR AGM: One Person's Perspective
  • Report of Smith College AGM Ringing Course
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Minutes of the AGM
  • Summary of the Executive Committee Meeting
  • Interim Reports of Officers
  • Nomination for HLM
  • Candidates for Office
  • Remembrance of Sally Coad
  • Peals and Quarters
  • Seventh Annual Butler Tour Report
  • NCS Whitechapel Guild Trip to Devon and Cornwall
  • Reprint of Atkins article on Conducting Major
  • Area Reports
  • Membership Information Updates
  • Book Service Offerings
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Vol. 25 No. 1, Winter 1998

  • DC Band Wins NAG Striking Competition
  • Officers' Columns
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Victoria AGM Report
  • The British Columbia Association of Change Ringers
  • Charleston's First Ringing Weekend
  • St. Andrew's Honolulu Tower Outing
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarter Peals
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
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Vol. 25 No. 2, Spring 1998 (Labeled Vol. 25 No. 1)

  • Officers' Columns
  • Report from Overseas Liason
  • Remembering John G. "Jack" Fanfani
  • The Bells of Trivitte Memorial Church: A Lost Ring Found
  • St. Mark's Church Votes to Restore Bells
  • Laetare, Jerusalem
  • Spring Dinner in Philadelphia Report
  • A Vancouver Peal of Plain Bob Triples
  • Observations of a First-Timer at a Quarter Peal Weekend
  • Marietta Surprise Major Weekend
  • Three Towers Festival Report
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
  • Summary of the Executive Committee Meeting
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Clapper Submission Guidelines
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Vol. 25 No. 3, Summer, 1998

  • 500 Quarters at the Advent
  • Officers' Columns
  • Quebec Weekend 1998
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Derek Wilsden Honored
  • Philadelphia Bells Come of Age
  • Three Towers Festival
  • "The Tower Handbook" -- A Book Review
  • Our Men in Ireland
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarter Peals
  • Membership Information Updates
  • Guild Book Service Offerings
  • Clapper Submission Guidelines
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Vol. 25 No. 4, Fall, 1998

  • Officers' Columns
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Exhilaration in Victoria: 1998 AGM
  • Shamrocks and Haggis: 1998 Butlers' WISE Tour
  • Recruitment: How Is It Going?
  • Change Ringing in America Circa 1946
  • Interim Officers' Reports
  • Minutes of the AGM
  • Summary of the Executive Committee Meeting
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarters
  • Membership Information Updates
  • Clapper Submission Guidelines
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Vol. 26 No. 1, Winter, 1999

  • Officers' Columns
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Dangerous BC Bells
  • Plain Bob's Almanac: Ringing Jargon
  • 20 Tons of Bell Metal and Not an Ounce of Change
  • Of Mushroom Clouds, Quasimodo and the Efforts of Mere Mortals
  • A Neophyte Rings at York Minster
  • 1999 AGM plans
  • A Charleston Peal
  • 1998 Striking Competition: Stella Maris
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarter Peals
  • Even Registration Forms
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Vol. 26 No. 2, Spring, 1999

  • "A Ringer Departs" -- Remembering Wendell Blake
  • Letters
  • Summary of Executive Committee Meeting
  • The Three Towers Festival Report
  • Philadelphia Spring Ringing: QP Weekend Report
  • Celebrating the Vernal Equinox
  • Plans for the AGM in Charleston
  • "How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  • Scenes from Marietta Surprise Weekend
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Announcement of Striking Competition
  • Submission Guidelines
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Vol. 26 No. 3, Summer, 1999

  • Officers' Columns
  • Membership Information Updates
  • Plain Bob's Almanac: Repairing Bob Doubles
  • Venimus Tinnimus Vincimus, or The Marietta Surprise Workshop
  • St. Mark's Bells: The Grit, the Grime, and the Glory
  • Birthday Bash Weekend
  • All Local Band First Peal (Marietta)
  • Central Council Report
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarter Peals
  • Clapper Submission Guidelines
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Vol. 26 No. 4, Fall, 1999

  • Officers' Columns
  • Striking Competition in Hendersonville
  • When Sound Meets Symbol: A Day of Change Ringing and Mathematics at Kalamazoo
  • The Bruce and Eileen Butler 9th Annual Tour -- The Shires
  • St. Mark's Rededication Weekend
  • Area Reports
  • Peals and Quarter Peals
  • Clapper Submission Guidelines