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| Where: | Swaffham Prior Village Hall | ||||||
| When: | Saturday 29th October 2005 | ||||||
| Time: | 09.30 - 16.15 | ||||||
| Programme: | Can be found here | ||||||
| Presentations: | Details here | ||||||
| Cost: | £ 6.00 Ely DA members (Including lunch) £ 7.00 for non-members (Including lunch) | ||||||
| Registration: | Please register for the conference. Form available here | ||||||
Last year's Ely DA Training Day (Details) aimed to provide support for local bands, by helping them to teach new recruits. Another essential skill, which is needed in every tower, is conducting. We are not all born conductors, with minds like computers, who can transpose coursing orders in our heads and keep everyone right all the way through a complicated peal of surprise. In fact, very few of us are! Nevertheless, with a few hints and guidelines, most ringers who can ring confidently inside to a touch can help keep people right, and learn how to call a touch. One primary objective of this year's course will be to ensure that there is a conductor in every tower, and if we can start just a few on the road, that will be worthwhile. In addition to those who have never tried conducting, however, there are many 'bob callers' who have never dared call a quarter peal. Apart from anything else, quarters are an excellent training aid, and another objective of the course will be to enable 'basic' conductors to progress to calling quarters. There may also be a call for people to learn more advanced conducting, and the precise syllabus for the day will be decided on the basis of demand. Parallel sessions will be organised as required. Nevertheless, I anticipate that the emphasis will be on basic 6 bell conducting, at a very basic level, and at a level that will enable those with some prior experience to have a go at calling quarter peals. Please indicate your needs when registering. Every tower needs a conductor On that basis, every practising tower in the Association should send someone - either with experience, to share ideas, or to take on the important task of conducting. | |||||||
| Programme | |||||||
| 09:30 | Registration | ||||||
| 10:00 | Introduction & welcome | ||||||
| 10:15 | - | 11:15 | Tips & theory sessions I | ||||
| 11:15 | - | 11:45 | Coffee | ||||
| 11:45 | - | 12:45 | Tips & theory sessions II | ||||
| 12:45 | - | 14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00 | - | 15:00 | Practical sessions | ||||
| 15:00 | - | 15:30 | Tea | ||||
| 15:30 | - | 16:00 | Feedback on learner sessions | ||||
| 16:00 | - | 16:15 | Closing remarks | ||||
Lunch and refreshments during the day will be provided. Please note on the registration form any special dietary needs. | |||||||
Registration There will be a charge of £6.00 (including lunch), payable on the day (£7.00 for non members of the Ely DA, space permitting). | |||||||
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| For further details contact the Education Officer, Richard Pargeter. | |||||||
| Postal Address: | 6, The Brambles, Balsham, Cambridgeshire. CB1 6ED | ||||||
| Telephone: | (0) 1223 - 290533 | ||||||
| Email: | training@pargeters.freeserve.co.uk | ||||||