Re: Boston-change-ringers Digest, Vol 35, Issue 11

[Greg Russell <gfr10598 yahoo com>]

Hi Pui-Ying,
  I have been doing some maintenance at the Smith tower, so the tower is 
ringable,
but they are still lacking a band.

  I am in touch with one student there who can handle a bell, and has 
interest, but
perhaps inadequate time to provide the impetus to get ringing going.  I 
have offered
to come up a few times a year to get things started.  If there is another 
ringer
there, it might be enough to get things going.  

  Alan Durfee is still in the area, and is the official tower contact, but 
is not
actively ringing.  He sometimes takes a few days to respond.

  What do you ring?  Where did you learn?

Greg Russell
Brewster, NY

> 
> I will be moving to Northampton next month and am trying to locate the
> ringing master for the belfry there. I tried emailing the contact <
> adurfee mhc mtholyoke edu> I found on this website, but haven't heard
> back. Are there any active belfries an hour's drive from Northampton (New
> Hampshire, Connecticut)? Can anyone help?
> 
>    There isn't currently a band at Smith.  Greg Russell (who may have
> replied to you already; he subscribes to this list) was trying to get
> things going again.
>   In terms of other towers nearby (loosely speaking), Kent is 84 miles,
> but some of that is on little roads, so it would take a couple of hours.
> 
>   Melrose School in Brewster, NY, is farther away (117 miles) but would
> be a slightly faster drive.
>    At an in-between distance (104 miles) are the two towers in Boston.
> Fastest trip of your neighboring towers, and even better, there is
> regular bus service (Peter Pan, I think).  Someone else could do the
> driving and you could study methods all the way ;-)
>    There is ringing at both towers (sequentially) on Sundays, practice
> at Old North on Saturdays, Advent on Thursdays, and handbells on Monday
> evenings.  We'd be happy to have you.
> Laura Dickerson