ART - Fun With Bells

What, if anything, is worth keeping from the COVID lockdown period? Well definitely the Wensleydale Clusters online ringing course! Host Cathy Booth hears from ART award winners David Scrutton and Jonathan Couchman, who tell the story behind their successful recruitment scheme, now in its third year. … …From Virtual to Tower: Wensleydale Ringers’ Ringing Room Success

Learning to ring

ART’s new Advanced Call Change Scheme

Emily Roderick9 June 20229 June 2022

Hot on the heels of the launch of the new Learning the Ropes Advanced Call Change Scheme, show host Cathy Booth chats with four call change aficionados.

Clare, Dee, John and Ian are all delighted to see the new scheme in place and look forward to the huge benefits it will bring. With the focus on good listening and bell control, the scheme aims to recognise the skills of call change ringers across the country and result in accurate, musical and stylish ringing. … …ART’s new Advanced Call Change Scheme

Learning to ring

ART helps novice ringers to create new band

The Fun with Bells podcast10 March 20228 March 2022

An interview with Tim Sunter In this inspiring show, podcast host Cathy Booth meets Tim … …ART helps novice ringers to create new band

Learning to ring

ART’s 10th birthday: celebrate with ART’s Founder and Chair

The Fun with Bells podcast4 March 20227 March 2022

An interview with Pip Penney and Lesley Belcher In this special Anniversary episode, podcast host … …ART’s 10th birthday: celebrate with ART’s Founder and Chair

Interview

Ringing Remembers project co-ordinator : Vicki Chapman

The Fun with Bells podcast9 May 201923 January 2022

Hear about the organisation of the Ringing Remembers campaign and other work by Vicki Chapman … …Ringing Remembers project co-ordinator : Vicki Chapman

Interview

Tower grabbing : Graham Nabb

The Fun with Bells podcast25 April 201923 January 2022

Graham Nabb explains tower grabbing and about the satisfaction in teaching new ringers. … …Tower grabbing : Graham Nabb

Local

Towers, tours and tall tales : Bruce Butler

The Fun with Bells podcast4 April 20194 February 2022

Cathy interviews Bruce Butler from the USA who gives top tips on arranging a successful ringing tour, ringing in some strange places and provides an overview of the towers of North America. … …Towers, tours and tall tales : Bruce Butler

Local

Ringing in NZ, Oz and more… : David Smith

The Fun with Bells podcast14 March 201923 January 2022

Hear about the differences between ringing in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, details of the inner workings of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, becoming an ART tutor and amusing and dramatic anecdotes in this interview with David Smith … …Ringing in NZ, Oz and more… : David Smith

Learning to ring

‘Learning the Ropes’: Nic Boyd

The Fun with Bells podcast28 February 201923 January 2022

Nic Boyd talks to Cathy Booth about the five stages of Learning the Ropes, a scheme developed by the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) to learn how to ring tower bells. … …‘Learning the Ropes’: Nic Boyd