From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...
+++ON HOLD++++ Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d'en Bas School of Bell Ringers, performs playing all four bronze bells at the ...
Bells will be ringing — red kettle bells that is. The familiar dinging and exchange of cheer is a sign that the holidays are ...
A spent a couple of hours last Saturday ringing a bell next to a Salvation Army kettle. It’s a good way for me to get back to the real meaning of Christmas, and offers a sort of nostalgic touch to the ...
Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong! Clang-clong!
Josep-Maria Grosset, a student of the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers, performs playing two bronze bells at the church bell tower of the 12th-century Sant Romà church, at the tiny village of ...