The North American Guild of Change Ringers Events

The North American Guild
of Change Ringers

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2009 Ringing World Diary
* * * Available by special order * * *

If ordered by August 29*:
Standard - $12.00
Standard with pencil in spine - $13.00
Leather - $23.00
.

After August 29*:
Standard - $16.00
Standard with pencil in spine - $17.00
Leather - $27.00
Deduct $3.00 each if you wish surface mail

To obtain a 2009 Ringing World Diary please send a check in $US funds payable to
"NAGCR Book Service." For Canadian funds, please contact the NAGCR Treasurer.

Your name . . .
Your address . . .
Quantity ordered . . .
Special order requests . . .
Amount enclosed . . .

To:

NAGCR Book Service
829 North 25th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130

*Delivery date is unknown (inquire of the Book Service). Sorry, there is no option this year for imprinted initials on the diaries.

Mountain Ringing Weekend - Hendersonville!

The Atlanta and Marietta ringers joined forces with the Hendersonville, NC ringers for a weekend (15-17 August 2008) of ringing and social fun,
including training and quarter peal attempts.

Hendersonville, NC
St. James
Sunday, 17 August 2008
1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1. Sally Cook
2. Joy Franklin
3. Derek Wilsden (c)
4. Kathryn Tucker
5. Bill Buckner
6. Don Johnes

First quarter peal inside: 2

Rung in honor of the 30th anniversary of the installation of the bells.

Kathryn Tucker, Joy Franklin, Derek Wilsden, Don Johnes, Sally Cook and Bill Buckner
celebrate Joy's first quarter peal rung inside. Congratulations, Joy!

Trinity - Wall Street Hosts Gala Ringing Celebration for July 4th!
Photos courtesy Chris Colon.

Jeremy Bates, Tim Barnes, Jeff Sipek, Lynn Kodrich	Greg Russell, Terry Glab, Chef Tony Furnivall, post-ringing at the vicarage.	Trinity friends join the party.
Sous chef the Rev. Canon Anne Mallonee	Dave Westmoreland and "the root"	Whitby, the ringing Airedale
View of the Hudson River from the vicarage	What's in those red cups anyway???	Fireworks . . .
. . . and more fireworks!!!	Post-fireworks handbell ringing	John Danaher and Tim Barnes

Father-and-Son Bell Ringers Make Noise in Netherlands!

Grace Church - Charleston ringers are first Americans to ring the first ring of change ringing bells in The Netherlands.
(See page 10 of the newsletter, page 9 in the pdf file.)

25th Anniversary Celebration of the Rehanging of
the Bells of the Old North Church - Boston

Friday, 29 August - Monday, 1 September 2008

Click the photo for more information:

Featured towers: Church of the Advent, Groton School, Old North Church

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.

Pewaukee Bell Tower dedicated on Nov 11, 2006

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: 7 July 2008