Change Ringing in the Tower
John Danaher, James Whiting, Oliver Kosut
Thu Jan 6, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 8, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 13, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 15, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 20, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 22, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 27, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 29, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Change ringing is the traditional British style of ringing bells, brought over to the States in colonial times. (Paul Revere was a bellringer.) We follow mathematical patterns instead of sheet music to ring up to 8 large tower bells (weighing up to a ton each!), with each bell controlled by a single rope.
We'll meet in Lobby 7 at 6:30pm Thursdays and 10:30am Saturdays, then head over to Boston to ring (T tokens supplied). Thursdays we ring at the Church of the Advent, near Beacon Hill, and Saturday mornings we're at the Old North Church in the North End. Come see the view out the top of the steeple, listen to us ring, and try it yourself. Previous musical experience is completely unnecessary.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: John Danaher, 32-G875, 718-9814, jsd@mit.edu
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Handbell Ensemble
John Danaher
Tue Jan 18, 25, 07:30-09:30pm, W20-400
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Come practice handbells with us! We're a relatively new handbell group looking for a few more people. We had our first concert last Spring and are planning another one this Spring, with music from Gershwin to Pachelbel to "Early One Morning" to Disney. No experience is necessary (really!), and all levels of experience are welcome.
Contact: John Danaher, 32-G875, 718-9814, jsd@mit.edu
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Introduction to Change Ringing on Handbells
John Danaher, James Whiting, Cally Perry, Elaine Hansen
Mon Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 07-09:30pm, 5-232
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
An introduction to the traditional British way of ringing bells called change ringing. Because of the way the bells are hung in a church tower, we do not ring tunes on the bells. Instead, we ring permutations of the bell orders by following particular mathematical patterns. Come hear about change-ringing, listen to us practice on handbells, and learn how to do it yourself.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: John Danaher, 32-G875, 718-9814, jsd@mit.edu
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