The Clapper ~ 2020-present

Vol. 47 No. 1, January, 2020
- Officers' Reports
 - Peal and Quarter Peal Reports
 - Area Reports
 - Why You Should Visit Honolulu in October
 - Spring Dinner Registration Form - Philadelphia
 - Towers' Festival - Little Rock
 - Tower Bash - Chicago
 

Vol. 47 No. 2, April, 2020
- Roger Savory Obituary
 - Introducing the Ringing Room
 - Philadelphia Quarter Peal Weekend
 - Why should i get an ART Teaching Accrediation?
 - Lost Rings of North America - Frederickton, NB
 - Officers' Reports
 - Peal and Quarter Peal Reports
 - Area Reports
 

Vol. 47 No. 3, July, 2020
- 2020 AGM
 - Lost Rings Around North America
 - Return to Ringing
 - Susan Fera Assman - Obituary
 - Officers' Reports
 - Area Reports
 - Exec Committee Proposal
 

Vol. 47 No. 4, October, 2020
- 2020 AGM minutes
 - AGM report - virtual meeting
 - Central Council AGM Report
 - Roll of Honor
 - Jeff Smith Memorial Young Ringer Award
 - Officers' Interims and other reports
 - The Bells That Never Were
 - Area Reports
 - Peals and Quarter Peals
 - Ringing Cartoons
 

Vol. 48 No. 1, January, 2021
- Nominations solicited for Jeff Smith Memorial Young Ringer Award
 - Online Resources on Ringing, by Quilla Roth
 - Butlers' Virtual Tour Reunion, by Nancy Pichiotino
 - Obituaries: Sister Elise, Sidney Woodcock, Edna Farthing
 - Photos from Days Gone By
 - Officers' Reports
 - Area Reports
 - Peals and Quarter Peals
 - Ringing Cartoons
 

Vol. 48 No. 2, April, 2021
- Obituaries of Linda Woodford, Roland Perschon, Ken Ballou, Geoff Bagley, William Wakeland, Sue Thompson, and Alan Ellis
 - My Road to 100 Peals, by John W. King
 - Celebrating 30 years of change ringing at St. Andrews Cathedral in Honolulu, by Sasha Bley-Vroman
 - Ascension Church's (Rochester) Ringing Room Tapestry, by Helen Haller
 - Ringing Podcasts, by Matthew Austin
 - Report of the 2021 Seven Towers Festival (Online), by Allen Nunley
 - Area Reports
 - Peal and Quarter Peal Records
 - The return of the Tale Ends column
 

Vol. 48 No. 3, July, 2021
- Alan Ellis, Obituary
 - Sally Cook, obituary
 - New Website for NAGCR
 - 2021 Hybrid AGM Announcement
 - 40th +1 Anniversary of St Martin's bells
 - Celebrating Two Retirements
 - Bells and the 4th of July
 - Officers' Reports
 - Peals and Quarters
 - Area Reports
 

Vol. 48 No. 4, October, 2021
- Report and Minutes of the 2021 NAGCR AGM
 - Report from the 2021 Central Council AGM
 - Obituaries: Constance (Connie) Black Engle, David Henry, John Wilson Price, Tom Graf
 - Officer Reports
 - Area Reports
 - Proposal to Award Honorary Life Membership to Diane Amison-Loring
 - Proposed By-Law Amendments concerning timing of ballots
 

Vol. 49 No. 1, January, 2022
- In Memory of Bruce Butler (Brian Zook)
 - Three-Person Tower Tour (Bill Cummings)
 - Steeple Keeper's Diary (Katarina Whimsey! and Josh Burson)
 - Save the date: 2022 AGM Oct. 8, 2022
 - The Awkward Path to Publicity in the Chicago Tribune (Tom Farthing)
 - Need Some Money for your Bell Project? (Allen Nunley)
 - Officer Reports
 - Peal Reports
 - Area Reports
 

Vol. 49 No. 2, Spring, 2022
- Bruce Butler Obituary, by B. Zook, A. Leeves, C. Wichowski, H. Haller, G. Myles, and J. Burson
 - Rex Quondam Rexque Futurus, In Praise of Bruce Butler, by Elizabeth Wein
 - Bruce Butler: A Remembrance, by Eileen Butler
 - Bruce Butler, Tour Leader Extraordinaire, by Helen D. Haller
 - Bruce Butler Memorial Weekend, by Josh Burson
 - George Walton Williams Obituary
 - Gordon Stuart Peek Obituary
 - Fred E. Dukes International Bell Fund Favors Christ Church (Raleigh) Project, by Ed Futcher
 - Ringing Education in North America -- Looking Forward
 - Area Reports
 - Officer Reports
 - Performances
 - Tale Ends
 

Vol. 49 No. 3, Summer, 2022
- A New Method of Bell Ringing: Using Mathematica to Discover Wolf Wrap - Stan Wagon
 - AGM Ringing Course Announcement
 - Bringing a Little Aloha to Hereford - Patrick Nguyen & Richard Harris
 - Ringing Education in North America - Survey Status Update
 - The Journey of the Bells - Background on a possible new tower in Wisconsin - Canon Joseph A. Kucharski
 - A Grand Day Out - Smith Area Meeting, May 28 - Katrina Whimsy!
 - Indianapolis Ringfest 2022: A Photo Essay - Bill Cummings
 - Time for a Change - Calling up or down - John Mabe
 - Officer Reports
 - Peal Reports
 - Area Reports
 

Vol. 49 No. 4, Autumn, 2022
- 50th Anniversary Congratulations from Central Council - Simon Linford
 - Minutes of 51st Annual General Meeting, Raleigh, NC
 - Letters from founding members on occaision of the 50th anniversary of the Guild
 - List of founding members
 - 50th Anniversary AGM Report - Raleigh Ringers
 - Officer reports
 - Brief Summary of Ringing Education in North America Survey
 - Report of Central Council Represenatives of CCCBR Annual General Meeting, 2022 - Eileen Butler, Beverly Faber, Chris Haller
 - Rambling Ringers Tour reports - Michael Tartell, Sue O'Neill
 - Ringing for the Queen, Washington Old Post Office Tower, Spring, 1991 - John W. King
 - Belfrey Upkeep - a new online resource by the CCCBR - Allen Nunley
 - Ringing for Two Monarchs - Alan H. Batten
 - Tom Farthing (and friends) Visit Quebec: A Photo Essay - Donna McEwen, photos by D. McEwen, D. Mendel, and L. Ward
 - Peals and Other Performances
 - Area Reports
 

Vol. 50 No. 1, Winter, 2023
- Nominations open for Jeff Smith Memorial Young Ringer Awrd
 - Update on Ringing Education in North America - REDD Team
 - Update on the Trumplers - Mark Trumpler
 - Westminster Abbey Ringing Weekend Announcement - Brother Joshua Rosario
 - Area Reports and Officer Updates
 

Vol. 50 No. 2, Spring, 2023
- NAGCR Support in Recruitment - Yolande Hasselo
 - Bruce Butler Memorial Ringing Weekend Report - Miriam Dixon & Laveita Brinson
 - Kalamazoo Ringing Weekend Report - In memory of Linda Woodford - Kit Almy
 - Our Foreign Correspondents - Jay Laedlein
 - Announcement: Westminster Abbey Ringing Weekend
 - Bells, Ringing, Cemeteries: Ringing-Inspired Haiku in Québec - Donna McEwen
 - Peal, Officer, & Area Reports
 

Vol. 50 No. 3, Summer, 2023
- Dorothy Meacham obituary - Rosalie Crouch
 - Madeline Reeder obituary - Stuart Piper
 - Taming the Jumping Rope - Yolande Hasselo
 - Martial Arts and Bell Ringing: Cross Training - Nenad (Ned) Rava
 - No Need to Bolt the Door - Charles Rumford
 - The First All-North-American Peal of 41 Spliced Surprise Minor - Leland Reimer
 - Handbell Ringing in Orleans: Zero to 1260 in Two Hours - Ed Futcher
 - A Little Bit on Learning to Ring - Maisy Hoffman
 - The Seven Towers Festival: Tuneful Tutelage At Trinity - Sandy Miller Hays
 - The 11th Annual Illinois Tower Bell Bash:A Newbie’s Perspective - Haley Barnett
 - Quebec Ringing Weekend (May 26—29) - Josh Burson & John Bihn
 - Handbells in Anchorage (a.k.a. far, far Northwest Houston) - Lynsey Slavonic
 

Vol 50 No. 4, Autumn, 2023
- Minutes of 2023 Annual General Meeting
 - Returning to Toronto: The Annual General Meeting, 2023 - Josh Burson
 - Central Council of Church Bell Ringers - Annual General Meeting 2023 - Beverly Faber
 - Dedication of New Bells for Chicago's Mitchell Tower - Helen Haller
 - The Other Westminster Abbey (Canada): An Extraordinary Love Story (reprinted from The Ringing World) - Yolande Hasselo
 - NAGCR Support in Recruitment & Retention - Yolande Hasselo
 - Sixty Years Ago (in Washington) - Rick Dirksen
 - Kent Area Meeting: A Photo Collage
 - Ringing Learner's Report - Hannah Desrosiers
 - Veterans Day: Anniversary of NAGCR Record Long Length of Erin Caters - John W. King
 - David Smith Visits North America - Josh Burson
 - Obituary: Robert Francis McDonald, 1943-2023 - Sue Clopper
 

Vol. 51 No. 1, Winter, 2024
- Tackling the “Wicked Problem” of Recruitment & Retention - Yolande Hassel
 - Déjà vu - New Castle - Eileen Butler
 - Creating Double Beryl - Josh Burson
 - Thoughts from a Change Ringer When Asked: Interview of Carl Classen - Peggy Raish
 - Seven Towers Festival 2024 Registration Form
 - From “A Gal in Kalamazoo” - Yolande Hasselo
 

Vol. 51 No. 2, Spring, 2024
- Bells & Beacons to Mark D-Day - Donna McEwen, Yolande Hasselo, Tina Stoecklin
 - Recruitment & Retention: Proactive Publicity - Tom Farthing
 - On Teaching: Slow or Delay? - David Smith
 - The Second Annual Bruce Butler Memorial Ringing Weekend - Eileen Butler
 - First Peal of Chandler’s 23 Rung by a North American Band - Kira Chase
 - Interest and Stability Key to First Peal - Micah Walter
 - Houston January Bell Bash /Allen Nunley’s 50th Anniversary of Ringing - Allen Nunley
 - Invitation to 2024 AGM - Sewanee
 - Update on Milwuakee - Seth Raymond
 - Obituaries: Peter Trotman (by Beverly Faber), George Van Kirk Waldron (by Allen Nunley)
 

Vol. 51 No. 3, Summer, 2024
- Report from your Recruitment & Retention Support Team (2023-24) - Yolande Hasselo
 - The Seven Towers Festival, Texarkana, April 18-21, 2024 - Alan Regin
 - Quebec May Ringing Weekend, 2024 - Yolande Hasselo
 - Fifty Years of Quebec Weekends - Helen Haller
 - Intertwined Ringing Journeys: Micah Walter and Hannah Desrosiers
 - Obituaries: Alan Hetherington Durfee, Judith Hunt, Hardy Cole, Theresa Glab, Alan Donald Trumpler - by Leland Reimer, Madeleine Cheesman, Rosemary Cole, Brian Zook, Eric Trumpler
 

Vol. 51 No. 4, Autumn, 2024
- 2024 NAGCR AGM Report - John Solomon
 - 2024 NAGCR AGM Minutes
 - 2024 Ringing World AGM Report - Christian Haller
 - 2025 ART Awards nomination announcement - Haley Barnett
 - 2024 Central Council AGM Report - Christian Haller
 - Mission (British Columbia) Weekend Report - Yolande Hasselo
 - Taylor's Bell Maintenance Tour - Tom Farthing
 - Barnes Tower Tower 2024 - A Countryside Candy Store - Yolande Hasselo
 - Trinity Shield Competition Returns to New York - Kira Chase
 - Obituaries: Alan Henry Batten (by Faith Magwood), Phil Rogerson (by Helen Haller)
 

Vol. 52 No. 1, Winter 2025
- Becoming a Bellringer: By Chance During a Walk - André Pelletier (Québec)
 - Save the Date:  Seven Towers Course and Festival, May 1-4, 2025
 - Pictures from around the NAGCR
 

Vol. 52 No. 2, Spring 2025
- Groton Ringing Tour
 - Raleigh Open House
 - Birmingham to Barcelona, a Ringer’s Journey
 - Bruce Butler Memorial Ringing Weekend
 - Stedman Workshop Weekend in Philadelphia
 - Seattle January 2025 Ringing Weekend
 - Clamorous Quality, Courage and Cheer in Calgary
 

Vol. 52 No. 3, Summer 2025
- Proposed Change to Dues Structure
 - Online GatheRings - A History
 - Bells Ringing Joyfully in Mission
 - Seven Towers Festival in Houston
 - Pittsburgh Tower Centenary Ringing Weekend
 - A Novice Bellringer's Joy
 - Philadelphia Bell Handling Workshop
 - Quebec Ringing Weekend