Tracy Chevalier is an author and admirer of ringing, an American expat living in London.Tracy writes historical fiction: we briefly touch on writing and researching Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Last Runaway, and Remarkable Creatures (and glance briefly at The Virgin Blue and The Lady and The Unicorn) before delving into the meat of the episode: her novel A Single Thread. (Find Tracy's books at her site or wherever you get books.)Tracy commends both Akenfield: Portrait o...

Carbaretta Bartland is a ringer and author from, well... I'll let her tell you.Her books, A Short Touch of Bristol and Her First Long Length explore many aspects of ringing--band management, instruction, challenging methods, flowering relationships--and are best enjoyed with a glass of wine. And, perhaps, a fan going.We talk about how Carbaretta started ringing, her writing, and her future plans. Project Pickled Egg comes up; we've previously discussed PPE in episodes 23 and 25 with Simon Lin...

Ben White-Horne is a ringer and programmer from Cambridge (that one, not this one).Notably, Ben is one of the authors of Wheatley, whom you may have seen sitting quietly in the corner of one of your Ringing Room towers. We talk about the construction and operation of Wheatley, about Ben's other ringing software projects, about composition and conducting... the conversation ranges!Thank you, friends.

Joan Hutchinson is a ringer variously of Smith College, Boston, Philadelphia, New Hampshire, Smith College, Minnesota, and Colorado. While Joan has plenty of tower experience, Whitechapel Handbells are her first ringing love.We discuss ringing in hand and in tower, starting and maintaining groups associated with schools and universities, and the movement of sets of handbells around the continent.Joan briefly worked with Bill Theobald, of Whitechapel--previous guests Linda Woodford (episode 01...

Bryn Reinstadler is a ringer and conductor from Boston, co-creator of Ringing Room, and has twice previously appeared on Treble's Going to discuss MIT's Interterm Activity Period course on change ringing (May 2020) and Ringing Room's first birthday (March 2021, with Leland Kuzmer).This time, Bryn's here to discuss her forthcoming book on calling and conducting: Calling it Round. We discuss learning to call and conduct, some of the "softer" skills of bandleading, and what it's been like to ret...

Steve Coleman is a ringer in the Gloucester and Bristol (G&B) Association, author of many articles and books, and impetus behind the G&B Summer and Winter Schools.Steve's books are chock-full of useful advice and helpful hints, and he will be back in a future episode to discuss them. If you haven't yet come across them and want a copy, just head to ringingbooks.co.uk.He's also written dozens of articles for The Ringing World. Two he recommends to your historical interest are "The...

Today's episode is excerpted from a panel discussion at the April 2021 Seven Towers Festival, featuring Porter Brownlee, David Graves, Remica Gray, and Meredith Morris.We discuss the much-debated, now documented (see below), genesis of the festival; the payoffs and pitfalls of running a festival; and why Alan Regin's left out.You should come to the April 2022 Seven Towers Festival--watch The Clapper or the NAG website for upcoming details!Thank you, friends.

Mark Davies is a ringer at Cheltenham Minster, of the Gloucester and Bristol Association. Mark is also a prolific peal composer and constructor of methods. See Rapid Wrap Major, Snow Tiger Maximus, or the "Mythical Beasts" project, for instance.While we discuss ringing for a bit, much of our conversation is about Methodokus: the style of ringing(-inspired) puzzles that Mark invented last year. If you have not seen them in Ringing World, a few can be found in an earlier post at treblesgoi...

This is the second half of an interview Kemp Brinson conducted with Pip Penney; you can find the first half of the interview in episode 28.Kemp and I discuss our shared progress in Ringing Room and how our moms' interests led to our (eventual) ringing. (Happy Mother's Day!)Then Pip and Kemp discuss the origin of ART certification, ways to better encourage younger ringers, and thoughts on the future of ringing.Finally, Pip and I share some more thoughts on young ringers, and we get the full st...

Our guest host is Kemp Brinson. Again! Making room for our guest: Matthew Austin.We discuss the genesis of Treble's Going, and how Laveita Brinson and Debbie Austin got us to this point.We run through some of our favorite episodes of the year and what we loved about them: Michael Tartell on Viruses (ep.21), Fr. Alban Riley on Ringing in Community (ep.15), Marjorie Winter Part I and Part II (eps.18 & 20), Linda Woodford on Bellhanging (ep.14), John Bihn on Conducting His First Quarter Peal...

Kemp Brinson of Winter Haven, Florida, is back!This time he's interviewing Pip Penney of the Llandaff and Monmouth Association, in Wales. Pip, creator of the Association of Ringing Teachers, discusses the genesis of the ART, creating instructional videos, how to get a ringer past a hurdle that seems to have them hung up, and describes a program for developing ropesight.Finally, Pip and I catch up to discuss breaking bad habits, distracting learners, and physical aptitude.Thank you, friends.

Bryn and Leland are back, together! We briefly talk personal lives, but you can hear much more about their romance and engagement in their episode of Fun With Bells, the other, excellent, change-ringing podcast.Mainly we discuss Ringing Room: its birth and growth through its first year, its best use and misconceptions about its use, and how its use will help us even as we get back into our towers.Leland and Bryn describe some new features coming in the spring of 2021, and even field a pitch f...

In this double-length episode we hear about ringing at Kent School spanning seven decades, from the ringers themselves. They are:Alex "Sandy" Taft, Jr., class of 1962;Andy Deganahl, class of 1969;Sidney Kirkpatrick, class of 1974;Ellen Jennings, class of 1991;Adrea Marshall, class of 1993;Alex T. Taft, III, class of 1999;Alice Benjamin, class of 2018;Stella Klingebiel, class of 2019; andMatthew Austin, faculty since 2008.This conversation touches on coming to Kent, learning about ringing whil...

This is the second half of an interview Kemp Brinson conducted with Simon Linford; you can find the first half of the interview in episode 23.In this half Simon and Kemp discuss the "zones" of ringing, barriers to progression, and goals & aspirations in ringing.Next we hear about the genesis and structure of the Birmingham School of Bell Ringing, a program of St. Martin's Guild. Kemp and Simon discuss the challenges of ringing long lengths, and particularly ultra-peals that push the ...

Stuart is a Miami ringer, by way of South Africa, England, and New York.While with the Trinity ringers, Stuart helped develop the Trinity Shield Striking Competition (YT video of 2018 competition, our guest is wearing plaid), North America's only.We discuss the competition, good striking, and how one integrates more striking practice and awareness into practices.Finally, we settle the matter of which North American tower scored the most peals in 2020.Thank you for listening, friends.

Kemp Brinson is a ringer and attorney in Winter Haven, FL; in 2018 he conducted a series of interviews which we are happy to be able to feature on Treble's Going.This is the first half of Kemp's conversation with Simon Linford of Birmingham, UK. Kemp and Simon discuss at length Project Pickled Egg, the project behind the "core 7" surprise major methods.Finally, Simon and I touch base for a quick update on both the publicization and adoption of the core seven and on his position as president o...

Diane Amison-Loring is the editor of The Clapper, the journal of the North American Guild of Change Ringers.Diane was formerly a sister of the Community of the Holy Spirit; we discuss how that community came to hang bells at Melrose School, which brought ringing to Diane's life.We also discuss The Clapper's purpose, its regular features, and articles from 2020's issues that we particularly recommend to your attention: Bryn Reinstadler & Leland Kusmer's "Introducing the Ringing R...

Michael Tartell is a Boston ringer, by way of St. Louis.Michael learned to ring in Chicago, and from there passed through Philadelphia on his way to Boston: an embarrassment of ringing riches!We talk about learning and teaching with simulators, which I believe will be invaluable in 2021 as many towers look to resume in-practice teaching and ringing.Mostly, though, we talk about viruses: what they are, how they invade cells and replicate, their effects on our bodies, and vaccines.Thank you, fr...

This is part two of a two-part interview with Marjorie Winter. Part one was episode 18 of Treble's Going. Marj started ringing as part of the Whitechapel Guild [Washington Post article] at the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC.From there to Smith College for lunchtime quarter peals in hand and trips all around southern New England.Marj describes ringing in and around the US and England, through different stages of life, making friends and memories along the way.Taking traveling with...

Edwin Higginbotham first became aware of change-ringing when watching The Nine Tailors on PBS--this four-part miniseries is available on Amazon!It took decades, though, until Edwin would get his hands on a bell-rope. You can hear that story in episode 12 with Candace Higginbotham.Here, we discuss the three-year project that brought bells to St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Shreveport, Louisiana.Finally, Edwin lets us in on a little secret: he can ring methods on the tower's bells from h...