Thanks Austin!

I just wanted to unpack the Beverley note - we use "Cambridge above" as a shorthand, but for Beverley it means at least these three things:

Lead end order is the same as Cambridge, so 2 becomes 6 becomes 3 etc.

All the place bells start (and end) like the same Cambridge place bells, so you have until you hunt down past the treble to keep ringing Cambridge. That's at least 4 blows that are identical to Cambridge before ringing a different blue line.

3rds place bell is the same! Yay!

These are not all true for York, which is also Cambridge above but has a different half-lead place. Hopefully that helps.

I'd love to try Eurydice and Double Beryl, I'll try to take a look at all 4 methods before Wednesday.

Danielle

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:36 PM Austin Paul <austinjpaul@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for an excellent practice last Wednesday- so much of what we
rang sounded really good, and everything else had remarkable improvement
throughout the evening. It was such a warm fuzzy feeling to see and hear
that progress.

Other things of note in no particular order:

1. Method(s) of the Month(s)
- Major - I would like us to stick with Cornwall for a few more weeks
to make sure it's solid.
- Minor- I would like to propose 2 new methods:
- Beverley S Minor - for those that know Cambridge. It's Cambridge
above the treble, so should have many familiar bits.
- York S Minor - for those that know London. It's also Cambridge
above the treble, and London below. Looking at the blue line
is useful,
ofcourse, but paying attention to where you cross the treble in the 3
methods might also help.
2. Friday Handling Sessions
- We have been teaching handling on Friday evenings at Advent on
muffled bells. We have one very enthusiastic learner right now (Katherine
from virtual IAP), and 5 teachers. I know others are interested
in learning
to teach, but our ratio is a little ridiculous right now, so if there's
anyone you know who might want to learn how to ring, let me know
3. Method naming opportunities: if you're interested in a quarter peal
of either of the below, let me know which ones.
- Eurydice Triples
<https://complib.org/method/43038?accessKey=761f73b222ba2f455e4f13bbf936be7112c271fc>
- A few weeks ago after ringing Orpheus Doubles
<https://complib.org/method/27879>, (Stedman frontwork in whole
pulls, with extra dodging at the back) we discovered the Erin equivalent
(Eurydice) is as-of-yet unnamed on Triples. I think this would be a fun
project, and John S has already found some compositions.
- Double Beryl
<https://complib.org/method/43097?accessKey=c47a7c5b00b5ed662be769b08e276f1201d5194b>
- This Saturday, after reviewing the peal board of the first
quarter of the
MIT guild, we realized that one of the methods on it is unnamed! It would
be fun to ring it and name it after Beryl Nelson, who conducted that
quarter and made the needlepoint board. Since it's a double
method, Double
Beryl seems like a logical name, though others are possible (feel free to
suggest alternatives). This method will also be much trickier to
ring than
it looks on paper- we don't ring much plain major, and there are very few
familiar signposts.
4. Guild meeting
- It's time again. John and I will schedule a date for a combined
meeting upcoming- stay tuned for details.

I'm sure there was something else I was supposed to send out too... will
follow up if it occurs to me.

See some of you Wednesday!
Best,
Austin
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