Handbell Ringing Is Work

This morning, in my car, I came across an old copy of The Stonington Times. In it was an article about carillons in Stonington Borough. As part of the feature, the author noted that one of the local churches no longer had a handbell choir. A preschool teacher at that same church was quoted as saying, in response to that information, “Handbell ringing is fun, but not easy,” as if the difficulty level was somehow responsible for the demise of the bell choir. Then she seemingly contradicted herself saying, “Children like real work,” referring (presumably) to the younger children in her congregation. If children like real work, then why would a handbell choir that required work be eliminated as a church asset? The whole conversation was very oddly transcribed.

Anyway, the point of all this rambling is to say that handbell ringing in hard work. To see just how hard, watch this video of The Raleigh Ringers, “an internationally-acclaimed, advanced community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina.” You've got to see it to believe it.