Where are you based?
Cambridge
When and where did you learn to ring handbells?
My first experience of handbells was not ringing methods but ringing the handbell part to Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde in a concert, when I was at school. I don't remember actively learning to ring methods on...
Julia was in action last weekend as one of the judges at the National Twelve-Bell Striking Contest final.
Where are you based?
Currently, Penrith in Cumbria
When and where did you learn to ring handbells?
My mother Gail Cater, taught me the basic PB6 positions on Hereford/Central Council courses when...
Jeff is famous for taking tower-bell ringing to France, but here we learn about his handbell ringing.
Where are you based?
Vernet-les-Bains, in the Eastern Pyrenees, France.
When and where did you learn to ring handbells?
I rang three peals of Plain Bob as a student in Durham in 1973...
Last Monday I opened the handbell bag and moths flew out. Honestly, I am not joking! We have a bit of a moth problem at Albany Quadrant, with a few holes in the carpet, but now they have invaded the handbell bag too. I will redouble my efforts to eradicate...
Bryn and Leland Reimer developed Ringing Room, which kept us all going through the pandemic. Also Bryn is the author of Calling it Round, a tutorial on conducting.
Where are you based?
Northampton, MA, USA
When and where did you learn to ring handbells?
Leland: 2012 in San...
This peal, currently near the top on BellBoard, has the footnote that Emma Southerington has achieved the milestone of three thousands: 1000 tower bell peals, 1000 handbell peals, and 1000 peals as conductor. The peal was her 1000th tower bell peal, and she conducted it but was already well over...