Change Ringing in the Tower
Teresa Gomez, James Whiting
Thu Jan 8, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 10, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 15, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 17, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 22, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 24, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 29, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 31, 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 fare 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: Teresa Gomez, teremari@mit.edu
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Introduction to Change Ringing on Handbells
Teresa Gomez, James Whiting, Cally Perry, Elaine Hansen
Mon Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 07:30-09:45pm, 3-343, 3-442
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: Cally Perry, bellringers@mit.edu
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