Saturday 22nd March

We were all very pleased to welcome handbell teams from the North West, North East, South West, East Midlands and West Midlands regions of HRGB to our rally in Alton Village Hall. With participants ranging in age from 11 to 85, this rally was a wonderful celebration of music and friendship.

Tea and biscuits were served to all the ringers before the start of the Rally.

The first massed ringing piece we played was conducted by Kate from the North West Region, it was called “Spring”, very appropriate for the time of year. The second mass ringing piece was the “Trumpet Hornpipe” which was conducted by Rowena from the West Midlands. We all enjoyed the malleted rhythms. The other massed ringing pieces were ‘Waltzing Matilda’ conducted by Helen from the NE Region and ‘Golden Slumbers’ conducted by Wendy.

The massed ringing was interspersed with solo pieces played...