Wednesday started cool and grey but the sun burned off the haar and we had a great day of ringing. There were only five of us but we tried a 240 of Grandsire, and a touch of St Simon's. For the procession after each ceremony we have been ringing an interesting piece of early 17th century single changes, from Duckworth's Tinntinnalogia (1668) p.16. This composition seems to go well with the solemn but celebratory atmosphere as the University officers process along North Street and in through the archway under the tower, led by the mace-bearers carrying the University's 15th-century silver-gilt ceremonial maces.


The tower in the sunshine with the University banner flying and graduates milling beneath


Graduates after the ceremony in the Quad, listening to the ringing/

The weather looks really nice for graduation week!

We will be ringing each day before and after all the ceremonies:

Tue 26th, Wed 27th, Thur 28th, Fri 29th June 2018

9.00am - 9.30am

10.00am - 10.30am

approx. 12.00pm - 12.30pm (we begin when the ceremony finishes)

1.30pm - 2.00pm

approx. 3.30pm - 4.00pm (we begin when the ceremony finishes)

Also on Sunday 1st July we will ring from 10.15 until 11am

If you are in town, listen out for the sound of the bells from St Salvator's chapel on North Street.

If you are a ringer, please do come up and help us out! If the tower is locked (which it often is), you can call the ringing chamber on 01334 46 22 22, extension 14133 or you can call Simon on 07792 336804 to be let in.

Congratulations again to Isabella who rung her first peal on her Graduation day! All that handbell practice during the week paid off!

Scottish Association

St Andrews, Fife

8 Reid Gardens

Friday, 23 June 2017 in 2h33 (12F)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by C Kenneth Lewis

1–2 Isabella Scott

3–4 Peter G Kirton

5–6 Robin R Churchill (C)

7–8 Peter J Williamson

Congratulations to Isabella, graduating from the University of St Andrews today

First peal at first attempt: 1-2

The 100th handbell peal for the Association

http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1177586

We rang a quarter peal today:

St Andrews, Fife
University Chapel of St Salvator
Friday, 23 June 2017
1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor
1 Duncan Malloch
2 Rachel C Williamson
3 Joseph Wilson
4 Simon Chadwick
5 Peter J Williamson
6 Peter Kirton (C)
For all those graduating from the University of St Andrews today, especially Isabella Scott
http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1177510

The quarter peal band

Waiting on the ceremony finishing

Ringers' breakfast at Northpoint café

Chatting outside the tower

Some of our Graduation ringers

Today we rang a selection from call-changes to Cambridge Minor. We also went to Luvian's for ice-cream, and we showed members of the choir around the tower.

#grafuation #bellringing today @univofstandrews pic.twitter.com/CVMjpA8Mlc

— Simon Chadwick (@s_m_chadwick) June 22, 2017

This morning we rang a quarter peal after the graduation ceremony:

21st June 2017
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1. Tim Bailey
2. Isabella Scott
3. Simon Chadwick
4. Philip Baiocchi
5. Peter Kirton (c)
6. Duncan Malloch
For all those graduating from the University of St Andrews today, especially Joseph Wilson.
1st on tower bells: 1

#graduation2017 #bellringing @univofstandrews this afternoon. Congratulations to all who graduate this week. pic.twitter.com/88tnof23qc

— Simon Chadwick (@s_m_chadwick) June 20, 2017

Today we rang for the graduation ceemonies in the University of St Andrews. We rang for half an hour at a time, before and after the chapel service and the two Graduation ceremonies. In between ringing, we went out into town for coffee, and we even managed to feed some ducks. There was also some handbell ringing in slack time up the tower.

More tomorrow starting at 9am!

Handbell practice in the tower

Ringing after the final ceremony

Feeding ducks in St Mary's College garden

Discussing mathematical problems over smoothies

We will be ringing the bells of St Salvator's tower for the Graduation ceremonies at the University of St Andrews, every day from Tuesday 20th to Friday 23rd June, at the following times:

9.00 - 9.30am
10.00-10.30am
approx. 12.00 - 12.30pm
1.30-2.00pm
Approx. 3.30 - 4.00pm

Listen out if you are up on North Street!

Today we rang for the morning chapel service, and then before and after the graduation ceremony. We welcomed some visiting ringers who were in town for graduations.

 Above: the tower, with the University banner flying

Above: Ringers' Breakfast!

 

Above: Some of this morning's ringers, including visitors in town for Graduations.

We rang today on St Andrews Day, for the Graduation ceremonies at the University of St Andrews. We rang at 9am before the chapel service, and then before and after each of the two Graduation ceremonies.

Above: Watching the live stream of the ceremony, as we wait in the tower to ring.


We rang a Quarter Peal after the morning ceremony:

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1. Simon Chadwick

2. Rachel C. Williamson

3. Peter C Jupp

4. D K Malloch

5. Peter Kirton (c)

6. Al J Rossin

First quarter peal: 6. For the graduations at the University of St Andrews on St Andrews Day, and to welcome the new Principal.

Above: The quater peal band.

Above: ringers outside the tower

Above: Ringers inside Janetta's ice-cream parlour

Above: practicing on handbells during a break between ringing

Above: this afternoon's ringers

Above: the academic procession, led by the mace-bearers, enters through the archway under the base of the tower, while we ring for them.

Professor Sally Mapstone will be installed as Principal on Tuesday 29th Nov. We have been invited to ring for a chapel service starting at 9am- so ringing from 8.30am. The installation itself is at 3pm and we have been invited to ring before and after that.

Graduations at the University of St Andrews will be on 30th Nov and 1st Dec. Chapel service on both days at 9.30am with ringing beforehand, then ringing before and after a 10.30am ceremony on both days and before and after a 2pm ceremony on 30th Nov.

Each session will be about 30 minutes, at the following times:

Tue 29 
8:30 AM
2:30 PM
16:00 approx  (after the Installation finishes)

Wed 30
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:45 approx  (after the Graduation ceremony finishes)
1:30 PM
3.15pm approx  (after the Graduation ceremony finishes)

Thu 1
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11.45 approx  (after the Graduation ceremony finishes)

Visiting ringers are welcome to come and join us! And if you are in town for Graduations, listen out for the bells. We're ringing them for you!

Today was the final day of graduation ringing. We rang five sessions including a quarter peal after the morning ceremony:

24th June 2016

1260 Doubles (Plain Bob & Grandsire)

1. Rachel C. Williamson

2. Philip Baiocchi

3. Helen Smith

4. Simon Chadwick

5. Peter Williamson (C)

6. Duncan Malloch

Rung for "Strike against Blood Cancer" 

and for the Graduations today at the University of St Andrews
http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1014493

Above: the quarter peal band

Above: St. Salvator's Tower

Today was bright and sunny; former Principal Louise Richardson was in town to get her honorary D.Litt, and our ringing was mostly lovely all day. We rang a quarter peal after the morning ceremony:

Thursday 23rd June, 2016

1260 Grandsire Doubles 

1. Duncan Malloch

2. Philip Baiocchi

3. Helen Smith

4. Simon Chadwick

5. Peter Kirton (c)

6. Michael Durbar

For those graduating from the University of St Andrews this week

1st Grandsire inside: 2         1st in Scotland: 3
http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1014390

Above: today's ringers in the tower

 Above: As compensation for yesterday's excesses, lunch today was delicious salads in the sunshine, in St. Salvator's Quad.

Above: St. Salvator's tower from the Quad

We start tomorrow at 9am for the final day of ringing.

 University stewards getting ready early in the morning

 The tower, from North Street

Ringing is mentally and physically taxing, and ringers have to ensure they get enough nutrition in between ringing times.

Our attentive audience of new graduates.

Today we rang five half-hour sessions for the graduation ceremonies at the University of St Andrews. The weather kept threatening rain but in the end it was dry and mild, if a bit breezy.

Above: The procession after Graduation, from the Younger Hall along North Street to St Salvator's quad. we don't usually see this as we are all up in the tower ringing at this point. 

Above: Leading the procession, the bedels carrying the University's three 15th century silver-gilt maces

Above: Some of  today's ringers

Above: St Salvator's tower, with the University banner flying from the flag pole

We start again tomorrow at 9am.

We will be ringing next week (Tuesday 21st through to Friday 24th June) for the University of St Andrews graduation ceremonies.

Ringing will start at 9:00am every day, with further ringing at the following times:

10:00am-10:30am   
12noon-12:30pm approx (after the first ceremony finishes)
1:30pm-2:00pm   
3:30pm-4:00 approx (after the second ceremony finishes)

Listen out for the bells of St Salvator's tower if you are in town for Graduations. And if you are a visiting ringer, please do come up and help!

Today we rang for seven sessions, before and after each graduation ceremony as well as before the morning's chapel service.

We rang a quarter peal - the first quarter peal for one of our ringers, an undergraduate at the University. We rang some call-change extents, and some touches of plain bob, Grandsire & other methods.

St Andrews, Fife

(University) Chapel of St Salvator

Monday, 30 November 2015 (7–3–20 in A)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Isabella Scott

2 Peter Kirton (C)

3 Sue Brightman

4 Duncan Malloch

5 Laurence PJ Bourton

6 Simon M Chadwick

First quarter: 1

For the St Andrews day Graduations at the University of St Andrews

http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=982510

 

Above: some of today's ringers

 

Above: arriving for the first ringing at 8am, with the remains of yesterday's snow on the grass.

 

Above: The tower from College Lane, in the afternoon sunshine.

Above: on the way back to the tower to ring after the final degree ceremony.

Today we rang five half-hour sessions, starting at 9am before chapel service, and then half an hour before and after each of the two ceremonies.

There were a good number of ringers present including three Edinburgh ringers who came up for the day to help out, and a visitor from Yorkshire who helped for one session, and also the parent of one of tomorrow's graduands who came up for a ring.

We rang a variety of things from rounds and call-changes with one of our most recent recruits, a student who will be graduating tomorrow, through Grandsire doubles, Bob minor, Cambridge and Norwich.

Thanks to all who came up the tower and helped! The weather was lovely and all the new graduates looked very smart and seemed to be enjoying themselves!

We start again tomorrow at 9am.

We will be ringing the bells in St Salvators tower every day during Graduation at the University of St Andrews.

If you are in town for Graduation ceremonies, listen out for the bells!

If you are ringer and are in town, come and help out!

Ringing is every day from Tuesday 23rd to Friday 26th June, at the following times:

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
   
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
   
approx 12.00 noon – 12.30pm (starting at the end of the first ceremony)
   
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
   
approx 3:30 pm – 4:00pm (starting at the end of the second ceremony)

Today, we rang for graduation in the University of St Andrews.

We turned up at 8am to start ringing, in the pre-dawn twilight:

...and we rang for half an hour before and after the chapel service and the three ceremonies in the Younger Hall, a total of seven half-hour sessions.

In between ringing sessions there was time to practice on the handbells:

Not everyone was able to stay for the whole day until we finished at 5.30pm, so apologies to those who rang but are not in our group photo: