Dee learnt to ring as a teenager in North Herts. In the 80s her parents retired to Cornwall and on her visits to them, she had the privilege of ringing Call Changes with the local ringers and going on tour with the Cornish Choughs.
For many years Dee has lived in Burwell, Cambs where she is the Tower Captain. After the ringing lockdown restrictions were lifted, she volunteered her tower to pilot the ART Advanced Call Change
Scheme. This proved to be a highly successful decision. Following the course not only helped her ringers to regain their bell-handling skills but gave them the confidence to call and ring a variety of
Call Changes. Her aspiration for the band members is to perfect cartwheel leading and to call the Sixty on Thirds.
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