Dear Ringers,
It was lovely to see many of you at our Sanderstead Rally and AGM at
the end of February – and we certainly made a joyous sound, once we
had got used to ringing together again (and watching the conductors!)/
And just last weekend, a number of South East members journeyed to
Sheffield for the National Rally, hosted by the NE Region. We had
waited a long time for this, as it was originally due to take place in
2020, but it was really good to be able to spend time with fellow
ringers and there was plenty of ringing and catching up!
If you have been unsure about joining regional events, I hope the
article about the Sanderstead event will give you some reassurance.
There are spaces in some of the upcoming events – in particular the
Celebration Rally at Headcorn in May and the Guildford Festival
Service in June – please do contact Sue (for Headcorn) or Sandra (for
Guildford) if you would like to join us.
One of the pieces we will be ringing in Headcorn is an arrangement of
Crimond/Now is the Hour which we rang in the massed ringing at the
Sheffield National Rally in celebration of the life Don Bedford who
died earlier this year. Those of you who regularly attended the East
Kent Rally, will have met Don who always travelled to support his
brother Philip in his organising of this event and so it seems only
fitting that we should both remember him and celebrate his life on
this occasion. All Don and Philip’s music is now available from HRGB
Sales via the online shop.
Another of the massed ringing pieces at many of our events over the
next few months will be ‘Celebration 70!’, written by Sandra especially
for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations (if your team
correspondent hasn’t received a copy of, please do let me know –
there have been a few gremlins in the distribution system!). Make
sure you read of the information page in this newsletter for details of
the HRGB and SE region competitions – and don’t forget to let HRGB
know if you are taking part in an event on or near the celebration
weekend itself. In addition to entering them into the competition,
please send any photos or videos to me, so I can put them on our
Facebook page, as well as to Valerie for the newsletter.
Coming in the next newsletter will be an article about the South East
Region Bell Orchestra and also an update on paying for events by
BACS which we are trialling for the Guildford Festival Service. Let’s
see if all your photos and articles can make it a bumper ‘Back to
Ringing’ edition!
Happy Ringing!
Yours, Helen HELENLSECKER@GMAIL.COM