It's a busy summer for the Church of the Transfiguration ringers, and we continue to learn!
Two
weeks ago we were privileged to have Ed Futcher, Geoff Davies and
Elaine Hansen here from Boston, along with Quilla Roth from Washington,
DC. They kindly instructed us for three full days and we made great
strides toward mastering Plain Bob Triples, in preparation for a quarter
peal on Sunday, August 5th, which was the celebration of the Feast of
the Transfiguration (the Church's namesake). Five expert ringers joined
us (Ed Futcher, Chris Haller, John Danaher, Alan Winter and Eric
Trumpler), and with 5 of our ringers, we accomplished the quarter peal
of Plain Bob Triples with 3 cover bells, so that we could ring on our
full round of ten bells.
Also, last week, we enjoyed hosting Alan and
Marjorie Winters for two sessions of ringing practice. They were in the
area for the wedding celebration of Emily Russell and Dale Winters in
Groton, so they were kind enough to "swing by" the Cape during their
travels, and were a great help to us at our rehearsals. A couple of us
Orleans ringers had a wonderful time celebrating with Emily and Dale on
Saturday -- Congratulations to them, from all of us at the tower of the
Church of the Transfiguration!
Four of our ringers will attend the AGM workshop at
Smith College next month, and we look forward to all we will learn, and
seeing our friends again.
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