New Musical Group Rings in the New School Year
Ellen Cormier
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: News
A change-ringing band can fall apart in as little as two years. Winter suggested recruiting four people from each first-year class to maintain a society of at least 12 people. "As soon as you let these bells stand idle, that will be the end of it," he said.
On Saturday, Sept. 13, change-ringers from the New York and Boston areas gathered in the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts for an open ringing session in celebration of the reformation of the Smith band. For many members of the Smith society, it was the first time they had seen live change-ringing.
"I find the whole idea fascinating," said Henle. "Bell ringing is a way of studying mathematics…it's a way of doing math with people."
"I'm starting to see the math in it," Russell said, "Math certainly isn't necessary in change ringing, certainly not for the first section of it. The patterns get progressively more complicated, so you can ring the simpler patterns…without bothering with mathematics at all."
On Saturday, Sept. 13, change-ringers from the New York and Boston areas gathered in the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts for an open ringing session in celebration of the reformation of the Smith band. For many members of the Smith society, it was the first time they had seen live change-ringing.
"I find the whole idea fascinating," said Henle. "Bell ringing is a way of studying mathematics…it's a way of doing math with people."
"I'm starting to see the math in it," Russell said, "Math certainly isn't necessary in change ringing, certainly not for the first section of it. The patterns get progressively more complicated, so you can ring the simpler patterns…without bothering with mathematics at all."
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Joan P. Hutchinson
posted 9/19/08 @ 8:38 PM EST
I'm so pleased to read about this start up of ringing again at Smith. They are a lovely light peal of Whitechapel bells, installed in 1968 and rung regularly until about the mid 1980s. (Continued…)
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posted 2/12/09 @ 7:09 AM EST
Batchelor and Winter credit first-year student Kirby Russell with a portion of the group's success. It is evident.
Katrina Arkwright
posted 2/25/09 @ 1:54 AM EST
Good scene, interesting post, thanks.
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"It takes two to three weeks just to learn the absolute basics," completely agree!
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