St. James Guild of Change Ringers AGM

Diana Witt, Jan Wilsden, Alice Heilker and Sally Karkula smile for the camera!

On Sunday, March 16th, members of the St. James Guild of Change Ringers met at Mary Platt's home for dinner and the annual Guild meeting. The meeting began at about 6:30 pm, was interrupted by the serving of the feast, then re-commenced after all had eaten their fill. Mary made a wonderful corned beef and cabbage main dish (an early St. Paddy's day offering), which was complemented by delicious side dishes brought by other Guild members.

The following slate of officers were elected for the year 2008-2009:

Ringing Master - Derek Wilsden
Tower Captain - Kathryn Tucker
Secretary - Diana Witt
Treasurer - Chris Brown

Thanks go to Mary Platt for opening up her lovely condo to us, and to all who contributed food, ideas and excellent companionship.

Cumberland Peal at St. James'

Thanks to the help of Roger and Kath Baldwin, four North Georgia members of the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths were able to score a peal of 5 minor methods. We very much appreciate our friends from overseas and look forward to their next visit, whenever it may be!

Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
MARIETTA, GA
St JAMES CHURCH
Monday, March 3, 2008 2h28 (5)
5040 Minor (5m: 1 extent each of
Norwich S, Cambridge S, Kent TB,
St Clements CB; 3 extents Plain B)
1 S Kathleen M Baldwin
2 Catherine P Brown
3 Kathryn E Tucker
4 Lyn Barnett
5 Derek J Wilsden
6 Roger Baldwin (C)
Most Minor methods 2,3,4,5.

More Firsts from Charleston

Congratulations to Derek Wilsden on conducting his first QP of Major during Ring Around Charleston!

Charleston, South Carolina
Cathedral of St Luke and St Paul
Saturday, 23 February 2008
1280 Plain Bob Major
1 Derek Wilsden (C)
2 Kris Fowler
3 Scott Stricker
4 Eric Jacobson
5 Tom Miller
6 Roger Baldwin
7 Bill Buckner
8 David Porter

Details of the 3 QPs conducted by Bill Buckner, Lyn Barnett and Kathryn Tucker:
(Photos to follow, hopefully!)

Charleston, South Carolina
St Michael
Sunday, 24 February 2008
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Nick Winters
2 Scott Stricker
3 Tom Miller
4 Roger Baldwin
5 Bill Buckner (C)
6 Noah Smith

Charleston, South Carolina
Grace Church
Friday, 22 February 2008
1320 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Rosalie Crouch
2 Alan Regin
3 Lyn Barnett (C)
4 Roger Baldwin
5 Bill Buckner
6 Roy Smith
First as conductor, 3; first quarter, 6.

Charleston, South Carolina
Grace Church
Friday, 22 February 2008
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Yvonne Cairns
2 Kathryn Tucker (C)
3 Eileen Joy Butler
4 Bruce Butler
5 Ron Warford
6 Doug McCoy
First as conductor: 2.