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For the New Year.

First Grandsire: 4.

First Grandsire Triples: 2, 3.

First conducting Grandsire.

With best wishes to Mary Elizabeth Brennan, and all our hopes for a speedy recovery.

First spliced: 4.

First spliced as conductor.

With best wishes to Scott Brennan, and our admiration of his strength in adversity.

First as conductor.

Birthday compliment to Cathy Russell.

First caters: 4.

Birthday compliment to Howard Elman.

First Grandsire: 3.

In thanksgiving for the life of Mary Kotwick Barr, beloved mother-in-law of the 5.

Rung to celebrate the Ordination to the Sacred Order of Priests, today in this Cathedral, of Robert William Black Jr, Sarah Helene Duggin, Greta Getlein, Emily Guthrie, Shell Teyssier Kimble, Timothy Malone, Elizabeth Putnam O'Callaghan, and Christopher I. Wilkins; and in sympathy for the victims of the Haitian earthquake.

Birthday compliment to Marilyn Timmel, wife of Paul

#3 First Grandsire Doubles

In celebration of the birth of Alexander William Clopper on November 5, 2009.

Grandson of the Treble.

7,6,8 cover

First Quarter - John Torrey, #6

Birthday Compliment to Beverly Faber, #2 and Susan Rice (sister-in-law of the 5)

First quarter inside - #3

400th quarter in a Philadelphia tower - #6

First in method #4

50th birthday compliment to Dennis Rice, brother of the conductor

First quarter inside #5

Dedicated to Dennis Rice, brother of Theresa on his 50th birthday

For the 18th Annual Quarter Peal Weekend in Philadelphia

First Stedman Caters as the conductor.

Birthday compliments to Ann Martin.

For the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Rung for those who have perished or are suffering because of the Haitian earthquake.

In support of the people of Haiti.

100th peal on these bells.

1st Peal on 10: 5,6

1st Yorkshire: 4.

In memory of Judith M. Layzer, an advocate for Medicare rights.

1st in the United States: 1.

Aves celeres vermem ceperunt @ 8:15 a.m.

1st conducting major.

In loving memory of Joan Large, grandmother of the 8, born on this day in 1915.

Rung in celebration of Candlemas.

First in method- 3. First conducting method.

First outside the UK: 4, 5.

Possibly the first on the back six.

To spouses and sweethearts on Valentine's Day; and especially to Mary Elizabeth Brennan, with best wishes for her continued recovery.

Rung for Transfiguration Sunday and St. Valentine's Day.

First uncovered doubles for the band.

500th Quarter Peal #2

first on treble

First quarter, 1 and 6

First quarter in North America, 3

First peal: 1.

First Surprise: 5.

First peal on the back eight.

In celebration of the life of Frederick G Timmel, 1924-2010, father of the 10.

First away from cover: 1.

First as treble.

In memory of all who have perished or are suffering in the aftermath of the Chilean earthquake.

First away from cover: 1.

To welcome Jay and Joan Ludwig on their first visit to a change-ringing tower.

Dedicated to dear departed friend of 6, Colin Mills of Wakefield, England.

Also in memory of all those who have perished or are suffering in the aftermath of the Turkish earthquake.

First on eight: 1

For Mothering Sunday

For Sunday service.

First quarter tenoring.

Rung in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

Birthday compliments to:

Megan Ann Rice (age 18)

Emma Gosden (age 13)

Elisabeth Trumpler

Eileen Latham

Eileen Butler

Marie Knup

In celebration of the Vernal Equinox Weekend

First quarter peal: 6.

In thanksgiving for the life of John Chapman Greely, grandfather of the 5.

First quarter peal: 1.

In memory of Samuel Lam (1960-2000) and Candice Lam (1998-2000), brother and niece to the 1.

1st Maximus: 5, 10, 11

1st Surprise Maximus: 3, 6, 8

First tower-bell peal of Surprise Maximus in the US by an all-resident band.

Birthday compliment to Greg Russell.

For Easter.

Circled the tower: 9

First peal: 5

First as conductor: 7

For Easter Sunday.

For Sunday service.

Rung in memory of Mimi and Frank Geer, aunt and uncle of Helen Haller.

First quarter peal in Rochester, New York USA.

For Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia. First triples inside: 4. First tenoring on 8: 8.

With deepest sympathy for the people of Poland.

First Major: 1

First peal: 5.

First peal away from cover: 4.

In memory of Eileen Chilcott.

Composition:

1st as conductor on tower bells: 6

1st away from cover: 1

To celebrate the life of Elaine M. Barnes, mother of one of the Seattle ringers, and for the birthday of Stuart Irving Peek (father of the donor), commemorated by the inscription on the 6th bell of the tower.

7,6,8 cover

In memory of those who perished in the Polish plane crash

1st on 12: 5;

20 years since 1st quarter peal: 11;

100th quarter peal on the bells;

Birthday compliment to Sue Bassett.

1st Grandsire Caters: 4, 5;

Birthday compliment to Ellen Bates.

For Sunday Service. First Surprise - 3; 50th quarter - 3.

To welcome a new great grandson for Don and Elisabeth Trumpler.

First conducting Surprise.

Belated congratulations to Dill and Anita Faulkes on their wedding.

1st quarter-peal as conductor of minor method on handbells - a grand end to a study abroad year!

Rung for National Police Week. First Surprise – 2.

For the Bloom/Bruce wedding. 16th Birthday compliments to Lauren Rice. First Grandsire Triples – 5.

Wedding compliment to Pamela and Timothy Cheesman.

Also to mark the appointment of David Cameron as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1st in method: 2.

Congratulations to David Hitchings on his graduation from the University of Hartford.

Also to celebrate the birth of Frederick James Cheesman Park, first grandchild of the 5 & 6.

In honor of the wedding of Michael Justin Slaby, graduate of St Albans, and Lydia Richards Hill, graduate of the National Cathedral School and member of the Whitechapel Guild.

First in method – 2. First in Stedman Doubles as conductor – 5.

1st Maximus: 1

1st Surprise Maximus: 3

Engagement compliment to Emily Russell and Dale Winter

For the Van Voorhees / Mehta wedding.

First quarter peal: 6.

1st at treble, 1. 1st as cover, 6. 1st in Quebec City, 3.

In memory of Sidney McCaleb, father of the Dean, the Very Rev'd Douglas McCaleb, who died on 20th May.

For the Feast of the Holy Trinity, the visit of the Rt Rev’d Leo Frade, III Bishop of Southeast Florida, and for those confirmed at Trinity this day.

First quarter-peal at first attempt: 5

First quarter-peal away from cover: 1

First Minimus for all.

Believed to be the first quarter-peal in the tower by a predominantly Sunday-service band, plus two visitors—thank you, Roy and Noah. Thank you Marg for ringing with a very painful thumb.

For Memorial Day and to celebrate the births of Maya Marjorie Mrinalini Watson and Clara Naomi Wahl.

First Major: 1

First Surprise: 4

To welcome Félix Michaud, born May 28th 2010, first child of Québec City ringer Véronique Chenel.

First Treble Bob - 1

To close another successful Québec City May Ringing Weekend

First inside - 5

First in method: 2, 4, 5.

First trebling to triples: 1.

First caters: 1.

First Grandsire Caters: 3, 4.

1st away from cover: 1.

For Gigi, in honor of her retirement from 30 years of teaching.

To mark the ordination of Dr Richard Effinger to the Priesthood, and the ordination of Gilbert Purdy and Brother Mark Jones to the Diaconate

For the 30th anniversary of the installation of the bells

#1 First on minor

First Surprise as conductor.

In memory of Beverly Louise Watson, beloved mother of Regina Jacobs and grandmother of Royce Jacobs.

For Father's Day

First in North America for Mary, Stuart and Colin

For Fathers Day.

To thank the band of Southwark Cathedral for ringing a quarter peal last Sunday to welcome the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.

First inside- 5.

Rung for the Summer Solstice and for Phoebe Kaplan Crouch, granddaughter of 1.

Rung for the birth of James Ferrell Kubinski, grandson of 1.

In memory of all those suffering in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.

First Surprise Maximus: 3

First Surprise Maximus inside: 5

First quarter of Bristol Max: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9

1st Surprise: 3.

Birthday compliment to 3.

0th birthday compliment to Genevieve Elizabeth Verrey.

In loving memory of David Crane Denne

First in method 4; First quarter peal 6.

For the 4th of July.

1st Grandsire Caters: 4,7

1st away from cover: 1.

1st inside: 2.

For Independence Day.

First of Surprise: 2.

First Surprise Major as conductor.

In celebration of the life of Shirley Mainiero.

1st spliced: 2,3,4.

In fond memory of Edith Woodgate, who would have encouraged the attempt with her philosophy of "well, you'll never learn younger".

First triples: 1.

First Treble Bob: 1

First Spliced: 3 and as conductor

Birthday compliments to 4

Rung for those who have perished in the Indian trainwreck.

First in St. Simon and St. Martin- 4

Rung for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene.

Dedicated to the memory of Dorothy H Seabrooke

First peal on the bells.

First peal: 10.

First on 12 - 3, 5. First in method - 4, 10. First of Cinques - 6.

Dedicated to the memory of Ken Tipper, father of Maureen Routh, who died on 23rd July.

1st on 12 - 7. 1st Grandsire Cinques - 8.

Wedding compliment to Mike Schulte and Sara Miller Schulte.

To those who suffer from scary diseases, and to the medical insurance to pay for the care.

In memory of the Rev'd Thomas Patrick O'Malley, SJ; friend of Saint Mark's bells

First peal: 5.

First of Maximus: 6, 7.

First on 12 as conductor.

1st Surprise: 2

In honor of the conductor, on his departure for his Belgian adventure, as as a compliment to his parents on their 25th anniversary.

And in honor of Christine Dennis, friend of 6.

50th quarter for the 5.

First as conductor.

For Martha Savitzky in her fight against cancer.

First Stedman: 1.

Birthday compliment to the 6 and to J Chapman Knott.

In honor of 5's election to the SRCY.

To celebrate the birth of William Frederick Chamberlain, nephew of the tenor.

For the wedding of Emily Falk and Mark Libby.

25th Quarter Peal: 1

First Stedman: 1.

Welcome back to ringing, Mary Bragdon.

Most methods: 2.

Best wishes to Emily Heilker as she starts her PhD program.

For Labor Day & with birthday compliments to the 3 and Paul Standen.

First Stedman: 5

Circled Tower: 1 (now 1 of 3 to circle both DC area towers)

Rung half-muffled in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11th 2001.

First quarter peal: 6

In memory of those who lost their lives on September 11th 2001.

First Stedman, 1; 25th Quarter Peal, 3.

Dedicated in memory of those who lost their lives on 11 September 2001 and in thanksgiving for those who were saved.

First in method: 5, 7.

In remembrance of September 11, 2001.

First Bristol S Maximus: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and by an all-resident North American band.

First in hand: 7-8

Best wishes to Susan Fautsch and her family

To welcome Jim & Val Clatworthy on their return visit to Vancouver

Rung as a birthday compliment to Paula Fleming.

First quarter inside & first minor: 3.

To honor the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run.

Hard times come again no more.

First quarter away from cover 1.

In memory of John Pierre Fievet, Sr, friend of 6.

Rung in celebration of the marriage of Beth Echols and Scott Stricker.

In celebration of the life of Santina Leszko, mother of 3-4.

Au revoir to Dianne and Greg Cermak.

Rung in memory of Angela, sister of Elisabeth Trumpler and Elna Ziegelbein, mother of Jim Ziegelbein.

In Memoriam Lawrence Richard Parsons, Jr.

In honor and memory of the life of Doris M Sandham, friend of the 5.

For the wedding of Garren Campbell Bird and Benjamin Frazer Martin at St. John's, Lafayette Square on October 23, 2010.

First quarter of Surprise Major 1-2.

With 7, 6, 8 cover.

First inside: 2.

First as conductor.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Briggs Nesbit.

First quarter as conductor.

With many thanks to all the teachers of this tower.

First peal at this location.

Celebrating the christening of Esme Jean Bailey.

Also birthday compliments to the 2 and 3 - both 21 again this week!

Get-well wishes to Susan Barnes.

In congratulation to James Whiting on completion of his PhD.

1st inside: 2

First in method – 3 & 4.

In memoriam John R Phillips, member of the St Michael, Southampton band, who passed away November 8, 2010.

In commemoration of Veteran's Day

Rung to welcome Jesse Liam Whiting, born Wednesday, November 10, 2010, to Mira and James Whiting, ringers at this tower.

First in method: 4.

To honor veterans.

For Christ the King Sunday.

First on 12 as conductor.

First peal on the bells.

First peal: 6

First doubles: 3 & 4

First peal for the NAGCR: 3

10th peal: 4

Rung on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the original bells of St. James.

For Thanksgiving.

First minor – 2; first minor as conductor – 5.

First of surprise: 3.

To boost the economy on Black Friday.

50th quarter peal on the bells: 5.

To celebrate the birth of Jesse Liam Whiting.

In memory of Rose Marie Humes Brownlee, the mother of 2, marking her 98th birthday yesterday Nov. 28

First Stedman Cinques: 4

First Bristol Max: 6;

50th quarter peal on the bells in 2010

First on handbells: 7-8

rung in Dorian mode (middle six).

In anticipation of The Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Congratulations to David and Kristin Murphy on their recent marriage, with the St. James band's best wishes for a long and happy life together. First quarter peal for David Murphy.

1st Stedman Triples as conductor.

In belated congratulations to Moses Buyondo on becoming an American citizen.

Birthday compliment to Warwick H Davies, son of the treble.

For Sunday service.

First Rutland – 4, 5.

To celebrate the 81st birthday today of Jeff White

To celebrate the conductor's 80th birthday (Dec 9)

First on 12 as conductor

Birthday compliments to Nicole Morris and Martha Savitzky; and to the strength and perseverance of Martha, whose cancer is now in remission.

In affectionate memory of Kenneth Quimby, May 26, 1930 - December 13, 2010

To welcome Jesse Liam Whiting, born November 10, 2010.

For Christmas Eve. First St. Simons Triples: entire band.

For Christmas.

For Sunday service.

In Celebration of the life and service of Georgia State Trooper First Class Chadwick LeCroy

A Welcome to Madeleine Laurel Bailey Savory, born to Jonathan and Gabrielle earlier this day in Morristown, NJ. A fifth grandchild for Roger.

For New Year's Eve.

Rung half-muffled for New Year's Eve.