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For New Year's Day, and for the 150th anniversary of the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln. First quarter peal: 1.

For the opening of the 113th Congress.

First spliced – 6.

In celebration of the life of Jane Hart Holmes Dixon (1937–2012), former Bishop Suffragan and Bishop Pro Tempore of the Diocese of Washington; rung for her memorial service.

Four members of this band (1, 2, 3, 7) rang for her consecration in 1992.

First Grandsire Caters as conductor – 5.

First Plain Bob Caters, 5.

First Grandsire Caters, 4.

First on 12: 1-2

In Memoriam Sarah Carlene Narnst

For Sunday service, with best wishes to Mary Clark for a speedy recovery.

First Stedman Caters – 6. First Stedman as conductor – 7.

In celebration of the life of Aaron Swartz

For the memorial service of Canon Joe Lewis Allbritton (1924-2012), longtime patron of the Cathedral.

1st Spliced #3

Most major methods #7

#6 50th Quarter Peal

#1 First major on tower bells

1st St Martin's Bob Triples, 3, 4, 6, 7

In celebration of Winston Moody's birthday.

In memory of Richard Swayze, a member of the Parish and a benefactor of these bells.

For Sunday Service

For Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday and also to mark the second inauguration of Barack H. Obama as President.

For the Inauguration of Barack H Obama to his second term as President of the United States; rung as the President and inaugural parade passed the tower. Also to mark Martin Luther King Jr Day.

For the Ladies Guild Centenary

Rung for the National Prayer Service in celebration of the fifty-seventh Presidential Inauguration, and to honor Barack H Obama, forty-fourth President of the United States.

In memory of Roger Bailey, using one of his own compositions, and on behalf of the whole Washington Ringing Society.

First Bristol: 2, 3, 4, 6, and as conductor.

Fourth peal of surprise major, but first in any of the so-called 'standard eight': 3.

Best wishes to Agnes Schulte, grandmother of the conductor, on having celebrated her 100th birthday on January 21.

1 -- First Royal

First on ten: 8.

For Sunday service, and in celebration of the lives of Donald Bryce Lindsay, who died January 23, 2013, and of Mildred Dovell.

In memory of friend and colleague, Seymour Laxon, internationally renowned polar researcher who pioneered measuring sea-ice thickness by satellite from space (died New Year's Day, 2013, aged 49).

Rung in solidarity with Episcopalians in South Carolina as they undertake difficult changes. 150th quarter peal, 5.

In thanksgiving for the life of Jim Whiting, father of the 5.

Mira Whiting would like to be associated with this performance.

First surprise as conductor.

For Sunday service, and remembering Cathedral artisan Carl M Tucker (1920–2013).

In memory of Tim Boyd, internationally renowned Arctic oceanographer, killed by a lightning strike in Scotland, 27th January 2013.

First Quarter away from cover: 1

Birthday compliment to the 2.

First outside the UK: 10.

To celebrate the dedication of the new Trinity handbells.

first as conductor: 4

Rung with wedding compliments to Michael Dirksen and Aimee Barth.

First Cambridge Royal – 5, 6.

For Sunday service and in memory of William Pailin Skinner Jr (1929–2013), friend and colleague of 1.

First Surprise Royal: 6; first Cambridge Royal: 4.

Rung in celebration of the life of Bryan Hanson OBE, a keen supporter of ringing in Hartlepool, who died today aged 81. As an engineer on RMS Queen Mary he made numerous voyages from the UK to New York in the 1950s. First quarter outside England: 3, 4.

In gratitude for the life of Roger Bailey

In honor of the Rt. Rev. Charles Von Rosenberg, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina

First QP inside – 2.

For Sunday service, with congratulations to Amanda Blumberg and Samam Kamyans on their wedding yesterday.

Rung with compliments to the chef prior to Jeremy Bates's eagerly anticipated annual dinner for the Trinity ringers.

To celebrate the reunion of Haley Barnett with her passport.

Twenty-sixth wedding anniversary compliments to Beth Sinclair and Mark Morgan.

First Cambridge Major as conductor – 5.

The first known peal on the bells with an enrolled Groton School student on an inside bell. (6)

First in method: 5, 6.

Tailors in Memory of Brother Emil Denworth FMS

Rung to commemorate the 60th anniversary of David Hawkins 1st quarter peal

For Sunday service.

First Cinques 5, 7, 8

First Cinques as conductor

For Mothering Sunday

First Stedman Cinques: 6

First Surprise Maximus inside: 6

For Sunday service, and for St. Patrick's Day.

First Royal inside: 5

Rung for Pope Francis on the day of his Inauguration

First in method: 2, 4, 6.

Rung in memory of Harry Carter

In celebration of the life of S. Harrison Carter, Jr.

November 21, 1956- March 9, 2013

First QP - 6

In memory of Lina Martin Lowry

May 31, 1935 to March 25, 2013

For Easter.

16th Birthday Compliments to Emma Gosden

For Easter

In celebration of Easter Sunday and to commemorate the life of S. Harrison Carter, Jr. (1956-2013) former Ringing Master of Old North Church.

In loving memory of Chester J. Jump Jr., 1918-2012, grandfather of the 2 and 3.

First quarter peal, 6

Rung half-muffled in memory of Harrold McDermott.

Dedicated to the memory of Myrtle B Pickering, born this day in 1919, and for whom the treble is named.

In Thanksgiving for the life of Forrest Andrews. Listened to and enjoyed by his daughters Agatha, Julia and Carolyn. Also, grandchildren Magda and Levi and son-in-law Franklin.

In Celebration for the Wedding of James Thomas Langfitt and Veronica Nur Valdes on Friday, 11 January 2013.

First Spliced: 4

For Sunday service.

In memory of Jay W Lotspeich, longtime benefactor of the Cathedral and Bell Tower.

First Surprise Major- 4

First Rutland- 3, 5

In support of the people of Boston (Massachusetts) and West (Texas).

First London Minor – 4, 5.

For the 230th anniversary of the announcement of peace with Great Britain following the War of American Independence (April 19, 1783), and the 30th anniversary of the dedication of these bells (April 19, 1983).

Also for DC Emancipation Day (April 16).

First Stedman as conductor – 5.

1st QP - 2

Dedicated to Joyce Hynd, grandmother of 2

For the people of Boston

Rung half muffled in honour of the victims of the last week.

For the wedding of Gretchen Berlin and Brandon Parry.

In loving memory and gratitude for Ron Warford, who taught here in Charleston. We will miss you and will ring "like a fairy's blouse" for you.

For Sunday service, on Mother's Day.

First of Royal - Treble.

For Mother's Day

First quarter on first attempt - Tenor. To celebrate the birth of Juliette Anne Cheesman, first daugter for Tim and Pam, sister for Jackson, and first grand-daughter for Nick and Madeleine Cheesman. Rung on the middle six.

For National Police Week.

For the Feast of Pentecost. First QP in America: 2.

First QP as Conductor

For Memorial Day

For Trinity Sunday

First away from treble and cover: 2

For Sunday service, and in honor of the life of John "Jack" Keating (June 5, 1940–February 15, 2013), father of Kristen Keating, friend of the 8.

For Memorial Day.

First on eight – 1. First Grandsire – 4.

Dedicated to the memory of Kenneth "Bun" Hayes, uncle of Martha, who passed on yesterday.

First Major on an inside pair: 3-4.

Jointly conducted by the entire band

For the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

First of Somerville: 36x56.14x12x36.12x14.36-12 b (TDMM #1988)

Rung by six current and former residents of Somerville, Massachusetts.

In memory of Sean Collier, also of Somerville.

First Surprise as Conductor - 5.

Rung to celebrate the birth on May 19, 2013 of Austin Lowell Smith, first grandchild for Pauline and Charles Smith

Rung to celebrate Uncle Callum's increasing ringing skills

Rung for the birth of Maxwell Scott Holland, May 21, 2013, grandson of the treble.

Rung as a farewell to Rebecca Melen who is leaving Toronto soon.

1: 1st Peal.

5: 1st Peal outside USA.

8: 1st Peal outside UK, also first as conductor since 1968.

*In thanksgiving for the ordination on June 8 to the Sacred Order of Deacons of the Reverend Paul Adler.

*In thanksgiving on the 20th anniversary of the ordination to the Priesthood of the Reverend Marie Swayze

*To celebrate the 137th anniversary of the installation of the bells at St Mark's and the 14th anniversary of their restoration and re-hanging of the bells.

*To celebrate the 33rd birthday of St Martin's bells.

For the wedding of Fenella Morriss and Kevin Cunningham; with congratulations also to Douglas McCoy and Robert Jones, likewise married today.

1st as Conductor

For Father's Day

In memory of Arthur E Crumlish Snr

In celebration of the marriage of Douglas McCoy and Robert Jones at St. Alban's Parish in Washington, DC, on Saturday, June 15th, 2013.

rung for the Presbyteral Ordination of the Rev. Charles J Merrill; the Rev. Paschal Mary Yohe of the Nativity, MFVA; and the Rev. John Paul Mary Zeller of Divine Mercy, MFVA.

For Sunday service.

For Virgil

A Get-Well card for Jeff White

First quarter in Canada for Rachel Billinge and Andy Carr

Rung at noon to celebrate the Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8.

In honor of the American Bell Association, on the occasion of its 68th annual general meeting, held this year in Atlanta, Georgia

To celebrate the Fourth of July. First Grandsire Triples: 5.

For Independence Day, and to welcome Greyson Sanders Myers, born July 2, 2013.

For 4th July

To welcome the Revd Alice Ford as Senior Pastor of Calvary UMC.

First quarter peal – 8.

In celebration of the life of Margaret Summey Beaman 1921- 2013

For Sunday service.

First quarter peal - 6.

The band would like to associate Wood Struthers with tenoring.

For Harriet Williams' excellent recovery from knee surgery and in celebration of Bastille Day.

In loving memory of Dick Waterman (1943-2013).

Tower Vice-Captain at Holy Rosary Cathedral

In memory of the life of Everette Lee Porter.

January 1, 1928 - July 5, 2013

In memory of CJ's father, whose birthday would be today.

Wedding Anniversary compliments to John and Tina Hitchings

Compliments to Mary Catherine Windels on the 10th Anniversary of her joining the Windels family

God Bless the Prince of Cambridge born on July 22, 2013.

God Bless the Prince of Cambridge born on July 22, 2013.

In loving memory of Gaetana Barone, who passed away on May 7, 2013, aged 90. Mother of Francesca Barone, ringer at Holy Rosary Cathedral.

First inside: 2.

First of Surprise: 2;

To celebrate the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge.

To celebrate the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge.

And to welcome back Ann and Eddie Martin!

For Sunday service.

#6 First Quarter Peal

In Thanksgiving for the life of Alice Herring, ringer from Honolulu, Hawaii

Best wishes for a speedy recovery for William Matthew.

First quarter of Major with an all-local band in Charleston.

Fist in method- 2.

To celebrate the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge.

First quarter in Canada for 1,3,5,7,& 8.

First in method, 2.

Rung as a compliment to Yvonne Cairns.

First quarter peal- 6.

Rung to celebrate the wedding of Rebecca Marie Tekula and Keywan Christian Rasekhschaffe this day at Trinity.

First on tower bells: 3.

Rung to celebrate the Ruby wedding anniversary of David and Gabrielle Eve, residents of Cleobury Mortimer, but regular visitors to St. James, Toronto. With the band's grateful thanks for a lovely celebratory English Tea enjoyed on the patio on Saturday.

For a smashing second year at Clemson for Noah

The band wishes to associate Lynn Kodrich with this quarter, which was rung in memory of Honolulu ringer Alice Allgood Herring. Aloha.

For the wedding of Jennifer Marie Plastino and Matthew Scott Eidschun.

Rung in honor of the birth of Charlotte Isabelle Brown, born August 8, 2013, granddaughter of 7.

For Sunday service, as the Cathedral marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the address by Rev. Martin Luther King, given at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., and popularly known as the "I Have a Dream" speech. May we all help make that dream a reality. 1947 was the year that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.

For the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington.

Rung at 3:00 p.m. to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

"And I say to you today my friends, let freedom ring. From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring.... From every mountainside, let freedom ring."

1 - First quarter-peal away from cover

5 - 75th quarter-peal

For Labor Day.

First QP of Cassiobury – 2, 3, 6, 7, 8.

For Sunday service.

3 - 1st Caters

8 - 1st Cinques

5 - 1st Plain Bob Cinques

Congratulations to The Portland Thorns, on winning the National Women's Soccer League

Rung half-muffled in remembrance of those who died on September 11, 2001

With best wishes to the treble as she heads off to university.

First quarter peal – 1.

For the visit to the tower by the board of the American Ditchley Foundation to mark the 30th anniversary of the dedication of these bells.

50th QP as conductor.

#2 First on an inside bell

Rung by AGM course students and tutors

#6 First Yorkshire

Celebrating the consecration on September 19, 1863 of St James, the church's sesquicentennial;

the 35th anniversary of the installation of the tower bells;

and the completion of the 41st Annual General Meeting of the North American Guild of Change Ringers.

90th birthday compliment to Maude V Perry

Rung half-muffled in memory of Revd. John Frederick Patton, former Rector of St Mark's Cathedral, on the day of his funeral here.

First quarter peal: 6, 7 (covers)

For the celebration and blessing of the marriage of Talhia T Tuck and Brenton E Diller, and in memory of William Thebaud Tuck Sr.

To celebrate the birth of Charlie Henry David Martin, grand-nephew to the 5-6 and 7-8.

First in hand: 1-2.

Rung for Sunday service; to mark the 50th anniversary of the first meeting of the Cathedral Ringing Society; and as a birthday compliment to Rick (his 70th) and Libby Dirksen.

In loving memory of Edyth Bassett, grandmother of the 2.

First of Stedman: 5.

For Sunday service. Compliments to Mike Lyons and Hannah Culbertson, married yesterday.

For the Anniversary of the Installation of the bells

Remembering Brian Cumberworth, aged 85, Rainham, Kent, brother of Eve Munns and Rita S. Bach, aged 81, of Kelowna, B.C., mother of Doug Bach, ringer.

First Q in Canada - 5.

For Sunday service, and in thanksgiving for the life of Carolyn Gunn Strickler, 1988–2013.

Rung with best wishes to Natasha Hope-Simpson, niece of 1-2

For Veterans Day.

First Cambridge Royal – 8. First Royal as conductor.

Rung half muffled for Remembrance Day, and for the people of the Phillipines.

60th Quarter in this tower - 4 and 8

First in Canada - 5

In honor of Katherine Quincy Mabe and Andrew Philip Temple, married 26 October 2013. Rung on the simulator.

To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the passing of Fabian Stedman and in gratitude for his unique, unsurpassed, and enduring contributions to our beloved world of change ringing. The other adult members of our band present, Christopher Colon, Elaine Gosden, and Peter Trotman, each rang inside to a plain course or an extent of Stedman today, and we wish to associate them with this tribute.

To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the passing of Fabian Stedman and with gratitude for his unique, unsurpassed, and enduring contributions to our beloved world of change ringing. The other adult members of our band present, Christopher Colon, Elaine Gosden, and Peter Trotman, each rang inside to an extent or a plain course of Stedman today, and we wish to associate them with this tribute.

This quarter was rung for the centennial of Christ Church Calgary.