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Musicircus

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We had such a good day on Saturday and the weather was kind for the Musicircus. 

What an experience!  Cathedral Green and the Marketplace were packed and everywhere you looked there was a musical event – from accordion players, to choirs, right through to ukulele, brass and bagpipe bands. Drummers, cheerleaders, and not to forget the bell ringers!

We had the pleasure of entering the Cathedral belfry to watch the bell ringers at the start of the event and while we knew the bells were heavy, it was still surprising to see the ringer of the heaviest bell lifted from his feet  during the ringing.  Amazing to watch and scary to think that the original plan was for us novices to ring them!

When we put up the mobile belfry, most of the morning was helping to guide young and old, experienced and non-experienced ringers have a go, and these extremely light mobile bells were even more difficult to ring than those in our local church.

It was a real pleasure to be a part of this fantastic event and we are really hopeful it becomes an annual celebration for Wells and the Cathedral School

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Musicircus

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Here at The White House we are looking forward to participating in the Wells Cathedral School Musicircus which will take place on Saturday 18th June.

Over 400 musicians will participate in the event which will be opened by Michael Eavis at 11am.

Focused on and around the Cathedral Green, the event will include bell ringing, mass choirs, brass on the rooftops and piano serenades under the arches.

And at 12:30 the event will close with a mass rendition of the Beatles classic “All you need is love”

Watch out for us on the cathedral green – we will be bell ringing and have also been invited into the Cathedral bell tower for the very first time to see the Cathedral bells in action.  Although we are not expert enough to try the Cathedral bells (as you can imagine they are extremely heavy) it is our ambition to progress to these if the event is repeated next year.

Promotion……….

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Here at The White House we were pleased to hear that we have been promoted!  No longer will we have to arrive at Pilon Church to practice bell ringing half an hour ahead of the professionals – we are going to join them in the rounds!

Can’t tell you how delighted I am that these lovely poeple think I’m making progress.

And on a similar note, we’ve all penciled in Saturday 18 June 11-13.00 for ringing at The Wwlls Cathedral School Musicircus on Cathedral Green. Although we originally anticipated we would ring the Cathedral Bells at the event, it looks as though we will probably have a mobile set of bells installed on the Green for this as the Cathedral bells themselves are extremely heavy and probably still way beyond us .

So – if you’re around the Green on the day, please say hello

A Very Merry Christmas from The White House Bed and Breakfast

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We are just about to sign off until after the Christmas and New Year break and would like to wish all of our friends and the wonderful guests who have stayed with us since our opening in May a very merry Christmas.  The tree is up, the Christmas parties have started, the children are excited, but the nicest thing so far has been our very first visit to a bell ringing tower in Croscombe Church.

Towards the end of November we started, as a family, to attend bell ringing classes, a new after school activity at Wells Cathedral School.  The hobby already has us hooked, although it is much more difficult than you can imagine.  We aren’t yet good enough to be let loose on the bells alone, but yesterday we were invited to watch actual bell ringing in practice at a local Church.  The experience of climbing the very steep and narrow medieval staircase and hearing the bells from inside the tower was exhilarating.  The bells are extremely heavy and everyone worked so hard, so, when you hear those wonderful sounds over Christmas, spare a thought, and maybe a mince pie and something warming, for those wonderful bell ringers!

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