Episode 007: Tom Farthing on the Jeff Smith Young Ringer’s Award

• Tom Farthing is the North American Guild’s Public Relations Officer. 
• Tom learned to ring at Kalamazoo College, under the tutelage of Jeff Smith, before the tower bells were installed. (Kalamazoo’s handbell band is also discussed in episode 005.)
• Tom also rang briefly in Hendersonville, and now in Chicago. We discuss a peal of Cambridge Surprise Major full of firsts, and how he became the erstwhile North American rep for Abel!
• Primarily, though, we discuss the inauguration of North American Guild’s Jeff Smith Young Ringer’s Award, its 2019 awardees, and how to nominate. (GDoc link)

Thank you, friends.

Bells: Kent School ca. 2003, unknown band.