Concert for Ukraine 1st October 2022

Kinder Concert for Ukraine with Voices in Achord
Saturday 1st October 2022

Kinder Handbell Ringers will be joining Voices in Achord choir in a concert for Ukraine.

The concert will take place at the Ukrainian Club,
185 Buxton Road, Stockport SK2 7AA from 6.30pm.

Also performing will be Mistral, Clarinet choir and guitarist Geoffrey Brunt.

All proceeds from this concert will go to British Ukrainian Aid, Registered Charity 1164472.

NorthWest Autumn Rallies 2022

Autumn Rallies

Two events we will be held in the Autumn -
one North, the other at the South end of the Region. They are as follows:

Saturday, 29th October at Newbiggin Village Hall, near Penrith.
Saturday, 12th November at Disley Methodist Church, about 5 miles from Stockport.

They will follow the pattern of Autumn Rallies in the olden days with team ringing and massed ringing pieces which will be sent out in advance. For more information please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
As always, it's "first come, first served", so don't delay!

The Committee is also planning to hold a full Regional GatheRing next Spring - we are in the process of arranging a date and venue.

Maghull Summer Concert 23rd July 2022

Maghull Summer Concert on Saturday 23rd July 2022

Maghull Parish Handbell ringers are holding a summer concert with Yooks! Ukulele Band.

The concert will take place in Maghull Parish Hall on Saturday 23rd July from7pm.

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee 2022

	Marple Handbell Ringers will be ringing in Marple URC on

	Sunday 5th June 2022 at 2pm.

	Let us know if any other teams in the North West will be joining in the National HRGB event.

Sale GatherRing 2022

In March 2022 a GatheRing was held in person in Sale, Greater Manchester.

For photos see

Gallery - Sale GatheRing 2022

For interesting articles about the GatheRing see

Newsletters

Handbell Ringers in Buxton appeal for new ringers

Handbell ringers appeal for new ringers

Burbage Handbell Ringers, who are linked with Christchurch, Burbage, Buxton are appealing for more ringers. Unfortunately, during Covid lockdowns their numbers have dropped. This means they are unable to continue to play the music they did pre-pandemic. The team’s history goes back more than a century. The tower bell ringers bought a set of handbells to practice with when they couldn’t use the big bells. Now they are mostly used for tune ringing including classic and traditional songs and carols.
In the past they have played at Chatsworth House, Buxton Community School and Burbage Harvest Festival.

New ringers do not need to be able to read music but should be available for practice for two hours each week. Anyone who is interested in joining the team should ring 07967106297

AGM Calling Notice 2022

HRGB Northwest Region AGM 2022 -
Saturday 7th May 2022

The 2022 AGM of the North West Region, will be held on Saturday, 7th May at Halton, near Lancaster.
The Committee has decided to hold a face-to-face AGM this year, but we will not combine it with any ringing activities;
it will be purely a business meeting.
Perhaps next year, we will go back to our pre-Covid practice of combining the AGM with a regional event.

AGM Calling Notice

Handbell Christmas Cards

Handbell Christmas cards

The Ringing World have produced some bell themed
Christmas Cards including a handbell one.

https://www.ringingworld.co.uk/purchase/shop/christmas-cards.html

£5.50 for 10 cards

Virtually Christmas ZOOM Event

Virtually Christmas ZOOM Event Saturday 11^th September 2021

The national HRGB have been bringing ringers together by hosting ZOOM rallies and, it being virtually christmas, it was thought this should be the theme.

Sixty four people joined the Zoom meeting and Northwest teams were well represented, including Maghull, Norbury, Kinder, Northern Bell Orchestra
and Sale.

The three massed ringing pieces of varying difficulty, put us in the mood for the Festive Season and Christmas hats, lights and characters were in evidence

Fantasia on Jingle Bells, the most involved piece, was conducted by Rob Willis with the help of his music software "Sibelius". This could speed up or slow down the musical accompaniment as well as adjust the volume. It couldn't however adjust for geographical separation and it was decided that the delay in some cases was due to the distance between Chester and Surrey! The most northerly attendee was
Ruth Cantlay in Inverness.

The arranger Robin Benton was also in the assembled gathering, watching carefully for our reactions.
Rob Willis awarded plaudits to those seen damping and ringing out long notes as appropriate.

We also looked out for drum roll and tower bell effects in the music.

We had a useful discussion about phrasing in the music and the use of volume in this. After a short break for wine, tea or water we continued on with the ringing or marking time with a spoon.

Kate Sawallisch had chosen a Canadian First Peoples' Carol written in 1926, The Huron Carol, which had an Indian American beat.

It was decided the next such event would be a Webinar in November (to be confirmed) with another ZOOM rally in the New Year 2022.

Thanks go to Laura Buist for taking the bookings and sending out the details to participants.

We finished with "Joy to the World", arranged by A. R. Price, which sent us out in a joyous mood ready for Christmas with our teams.

Click here to see the photos

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