Handbell Christmas Cards
Handbell Christmas cards
The Ringing World have produced some bell themed
Christmas Cards including a handbell one.
https://www.ringingworld.co.uk/purchase/shop/christmas-cards.html
£5.50 for 10 cards
Virtually Christmas ZOOM Event
Virtually Christmas ZOOM Event Saturday 11th September 2021
The national HRGB have been bringing ringers together by hosting ZOOM rallies and, it being virtually christmas, it was thought this should be the theme.
and Sale.
Ruth Cantlay in Inverness.
Rob Willis awarded plaudits to those seen damping and ringing out long notes as appropriate.
Virtually Christmas
National HRGB ZOOM Event
Saturday 11th September 2021 2pm to 4pm
Virtually Christmas
Virtually Christmas in September – Saturday 11th September 2021 2-4pm
2021 has the potential to be a busy Christmas for teams as group gatherings return. We want to help kick start your personal ringing and team rehearsals with some joyous virtual ringing of Christmas music.
Lead by Kate Sawallisch and Robert Willis, this 2 hour virtual session will work through a couple of Christmas pieces that can then be used by you and, potentially, your teams this festive season. Music will be provided to attendees ahead of the session.
While having bells is an advantage, any item can be used to get those ringing muscles working. We have had spoons, vegetables and even Welsh Dragons in previous sessions! The music is accessible to most skill levels (and we cannot hear any wrong notes anyway!)
Resuming practices
Resuming practices 2021
After 15 months off it was good to be resuming practices again.
Our only possible appearance this year will be at a
Christmas concert so we eased ourselves back in with some "simple"
Swing music to see what we could remember.
We are not sure how long these accessories will be part of our uniform.
NW Region July ZOOM Event
NW Region ZOOM Event Saturday 17th July 2021
Beth McCord kindly offered to host an on-line event to gradually get us used to the idea of handbell ringing again.
The modest numbers meant we could all fit on one ZOOM screen and it was lovely to see some familiar faces, albeit with different lockdown hairstyles in some cases.
Having taken advice from Tim Willets and Aidan Fozard,
who have been ringing on-line all through the Covid pandemic, Beth was able to share the music with us to help keep us together - in theory.
To provide some variety we also had a PowerPoint presentation on “How to tell where the tune is”.
This introduced us to some of the techniques composers and arrangers use to indicate the tune which obviously needs to be rung out clearly with more emphasis.
A quiz devised by Sheila supplied light relief with rounds on the HRGB, Logos and TV knowledge.
There was chance for an informal chat in “Break-out Rooms”. During the discussion, the brilliant idea of commissioning some cake forks with a handbell top decoration was mooted. This would enable sticky cakes to be served at rallies without risking contaminating the bells or music. A marvellous idea!
We are looking forward to local mini rallies in the Autumn.
Thanks to the committee for organising this pioneering event and to the participants for embracing technology!
NW Region On-line Event
Regional Ringing Event
A free online session on Saturday 17th July 2021
2pm-3.30 pm
for HRGB members
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You are invited to join us for a NW Online Ring on Zoom on Saturday 17th July at 2pm. We will aim to finish at 3:30pm and certainly no later than 4pm. We have all really missed our rallies and events over the past 18 months so we would like to offer you the opportunity to join in with an online event where we will look at some music together in a workshop style. We will then lead you through some massed ringing and have a quiz. There will also be some social time for those who would like the chance to have a chat in 'breakout rooms'. You may be in a position to join us with bells, or even be able to participate as a small group (adhering to government guidance of course!). However, if you do not have access to actual bells please do not let this put you off, we would still love to see you! If you wish to register then please click on the link below!
It's free, and easy to register: just go to the main HRGB website, log in as an HRGB member, go to HRGB Events, |
Simply sign up at the link below - it's free, and once you've registered you'll be sent details for taking part from the comfort of your own home.
- If ringers are sharing a single device (PC/Tablet/Phone) to access the session, you just need one registration
AGM 2022
AGM 2022 -
Saturday 7th May 2022
The 2022 AGM of the North West Region, will be held on Saturday, 7th May at Halton, near Lancaster.
The Committee has decided to hold a face-to-face AGM this year, but we will not combine it with any ringing activities;
it will be purely a business meeting.
Perhaps next year, we will go back to our pre-Covid practice of combining the AGM with a regional event.
Ringing On-line Workshop
Ringing, Virtually - taking your Handbell, Handchime or Belleplate group rehearsals online
A free online session on Saturday 13 February 2021 2pm-3pm (with optional opportunity for Question & Answer session 3pm-3.30pm) for HRGB members who are looking to explore ways to take handbell, handchime or belleplate rehearsals online
Note that this is a repeat of the session held in November (which had over 70 people take part from all around the country), to ensure those who didn't get the chance to take part now have another opportunity to do so.
- No Handbells, Handchimes nor Belleplates will be needed to take part! We'll show ways to rehearse virtually at a distance.
- See why participants said "air-ringing was so much fun!" at the first entirely virtual handbell event held in the UK, when the Scottish Regional Association had their Autumn Ring virtual event in October.
- Hear about experiences of Dunblane Cathedral's multiple groups which have been working entirely online since the Covid-19 took hold in the country.
- And hear how the East Anglian Regional Team, have adapted to move rehearsals online, both with and without bells.
- See how to make the most of online platforms with shared presenter screen view for ringers staying together and tracking the beat on the music score.
- Understand teaching and learning options not generally possible in the rehearsal room.
- And we'll be looking under the hood of choices of no-cost or low-cost digital platforms - both in set-up and in using.
Malcolm Wilson, Aidan Fozard, Tim Willetts and Laura Buist look forward to welcoming you to this virtual event which is exclusively for HRGB members (free of charge) and aimed at anyone looking to put these ideas into practice in a group. There's limited spaces available so be sure to sign up quickly.
Simply sign up at the link below - it's free, and once you've registered you'll be sent details for taking part from the comfort of your own home.
- If ringers are sharing a single device (PC/Tablet/Phone) to access the session, you just need one registration
Derek Jackson
Derek Jackson MBE
HRGB members will be saddened to hear of the sudden passing on Sunday 20th December 2020 of Derek Jackson, MBE. Derek directed Blacon High School Handbell Ringers then Bishop's Bells of Chester - performing widely as well as on television on a number of occasions including with Björk on the Jonathan Ross Show. He was a long-time member of the HRGB North West Region committee, including as chairman, and organised many HRGB events. Derek's family have created an on-line book of remembrance for anyone who wishes to leave a message https://www.theonlinebookcompany.com/.../Content/Filler