About OGR

At the 2020 Annual General Meeting Virtual Conference, several people expressed the desire to have more frequent guild-wide gatherings as a way to visit with old friends, meet new friends, ring together and advance ringing activity. So, due to the advent of virtual ringing, a committee of three ringers across the United States created, branded, and developed an event series called the Online GatheRing (pun intended). This one-day event, that reoccurs every few months, connects ringers continent-wide, across many towers and towns.

The Online GatheRing, or OGR for short, has opportunities for introductory, intermediate and advanced ringing sessions (from Plain Hunt, to Stedman, to Spliced Methods) as well as space to chat and hang with fellow ringers (and non-ringers). At the same time, we schedule workshops, presentations, games. 

We hope this event series will at least partially compensate the various restrictions of physical ringing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and bring our guild together during difficult times. 

Check out the NAGCR's YouTube Channel for live presentations at previous OGRs as well as the 2020 virtual Annual General Meeting.

Past Online GatheRings

December 12, 2020, Saturday ― our First OGR!

Activities included:

The Letter Game by Joseph T. Gurkan

January 16, 2021, Saturday ― in place of Philadelphia's Annual Quarter Peal Weekend

Activities included:

Word Game, hosted by The Butlers

March 20, 2021, Saturday ― in place of the March Dinner in Philadelphia

The joyful ringing and conviviality at this OGR was dedicated to Linda Woodford, a long-time North American ringer, who passed away on February 16, 2021 and whose 76th birthday would have been on that day.

Activities included:

Methodoku by Mark Davies

YOU Can Call Touches of Plain Bob Doubles! by Don Morrison

Intro to Method Diagrams and Ringing Terms and Notation by Quilla Roth

May 22, 2021, Saturday ― in place of the Illinois Online Bell Bash and the Quebec Ringing Weekend

Activities included:

Ringing Learning Tools by Alison Stevens

Back to In-Person Ringing!? by NAGCR President, Bruce Butler

July 24, 2021, Saturday ― representing the Seattle annual events in June and August for the anniversary of their bells and the bell donor's birthday, respectively

Only utilized Zoom in an attempt to bring everyone together and ease of technology through the use of Breakout Rooms feature.