Re: 80th birthday surprise zoom for Geoff today at 12:30

[Cally Perry <cally perry gmail com>]

Hello, all,
Please use and share  this updated Zoom link:

Topic: claire davies bmc org's Personal Meeting Room

Join Zoom Meeting
https://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/4776916829
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On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 6:05 AM Cally Perry <cally mail com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
>   Claire is having a *surprise* ringers' zoom for Geoff's 80th birthday
> and asked Ed et al. to pass the word.  It's at 12:30 EST.  Sorry to
> everybody getting a duplicate; it took me a while to realize that sending
> it to the list wouldn’t spoil the surprise.
>
> Best,
> Cally
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Claire Elizabeth Davies <clairedavies526 gmail com>
> Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 12:45 PM
> Subject: Facebook event link (with Zoom link) to wish Geoffrey a happy 
> 80th
> To: Ed Futcher <edfutcher gmail com>, Richard Dirksen <
> rdirksen roadrunner com>, <chas webb talktalk net>, <chrissherr icloud 
> com>,
> Joan Hutchinson <hutchinson macalester edu>
> Cc: ELIZABETH DAVIES <elizabethdavies2 comcast net>
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> This is Claire, daughter of Geoffrey Davies. As you may or may not know,
> my dad turns 80 tomorrow, Sunday February 6. I created a Facebook event 
> for
> a quick Zoom meeting tomorrow, *Sunday February 6 at 12:30pm EST (so
> 5:30pm for UK) *for any ringers who want to wish my dad a happy birthday.
>
> Feel free to forward this to any ringers who you think might be 
> interested:
> https://fb.me/e/1q97RhL8V
>
> Here is the direct link to the Zoom:
> https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2315776015?pwd=cDM5TWkvM21BbzhPOUFIbjY0ZzYrQT09
>
> We are taking him out for a family dinner tonight and we plan to have a
> Zoom earlier tomorrow with family from the UK - so this "ringers only" 
> Zoom
> will be a surprise!
>
> Thank you,
> Claire
> *________________________*
> Claire Davies, *LCSW*
> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/321clairedavies/>
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:26 AM PHIL GAY <phil gay btinternet com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you both for your help.
>>
>>
>> I think Feb 6th is close enough to Jan 13th to have footnotes for that
>> peal and quarter
>>
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Cally Perry" <cally perry gmail com>
>> To: "PHIL GAY" <phil gay btinternet com>
>> Cc: "Don Morrison" <dfm ringing org>
>> Sent: Friday, 17 Dec, 21 At 15:59
>> Subject: Re: Help!
>>
>> He will be thrilled! His efforts to get ringing restarted in Boston in
>> the seventies included fundraising as well teaching many people to ring
>> from scratch. I doubt we would be ringing at all without him.
>>
>> I heard back from Claire; His birthday is 6 February.
>>
>> Good luck with your endeavors!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Cally
>> +1 508-369-4171
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 3:30 AM PHIL GAY <phil gay btinternet com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello both,
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks for swift replies.
>>>
>>>
>>> Geoff wrote to me a couple of months ago, and his letter heading
>>> included claire's email address, which I guessed was his daughter but
>>> wasn't sure. A slightly worrying letter, not obvious what state he was 
>>> in.
>>>
>>>
>>> In January 1962 he called a peal at Keele which was Michael Wilshaw's
>>> first peal, the second peal for me and Ray Ballard, and the fourth for
>>> David Danby, all of whom are still ringing . The other member of the 
>>> band
>>> was Charles Webb, also still ringing but mostly on handbells. We are 
>>> hoping
>>> to ring a peal and quarter, with appropriate contemporaries to help, to
>>> mark the anniversary. Geoff did a great deal in the early sixties to 
>>> help
>>> other youngsters get their peal ringing going.
>>>
>>>
>>> best wishes,
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Don Morrison" <dfm ringing org>
>>> To: "Cally Perry" <cally mail com>
>>> Cc: "PHIL GAY" <phil gay btinternet com>
>>> Sent: Friday, 17 Dec, 21 At 06:38
>>> Subject: Re: Help!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:31 AM Cally Perry <cally perry gmail com>
>>> wrote:
>>> I'll ask Claire, his daughter.
>>>
>>> So much for "sometimes flaky" — thanks for the near instantaneous
>>> reply, and the help!
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Don Morrison <dfm ringing org>
>>> “Too many colleges are beginning to look like country clubs that
>>> happen to teach stuff, not educational institutions that happen to
>>> have a gym.” – Bret Stephens, the /New York Times/, 18 June 2019
>>>
>>>
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