PARWICH.ORG notes with amusement – and no small measure of pride – that the Diocesan Office in Derby were well and truly spoofed by last week’s “Ring Tones for Parwich Church” post.
Having contacted the office to seek “fast track approval” for the project, our vicar was surprised to receive a totally genuine reply – complete with an application form for the new system, and a list of meeting dates at which the application could be considered.
“Is the direction in which they want rural churches to go?”, he wondered, as the prospect of “Crazy Frog” calling Parwich parishoners to prayer edged closer to reality.
This morning, a rather embarrassed second e-mail arrived from the same office, admitting their mistake. (“In their defence, they said that they hadn’t thought this kind of system was very typical of Parwich!”)
With the same story having been picked up by the Ashbourne Evening Telegraph, it all goes to show that a little light-hearted blogging can go a long way.
In which case, we appear to have a rather powerful tool at our disposal!
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Perhaps this is not such a mad idea? A business opportunity out there for a computer minded campanologist. Jonathan, how about this as an alternative to world railways?
A new job for Jonathan, our carillion ringer …. ??
Ooh! I want one of those! Memo for next PCC meeting!
Of course, we only have a ‘chime’ rather than a carillon. The nearest proper carillons being at Bournville and Loughborough.
There is a very similar chime being played on the clip below, only theirs has thirteen notes (an octave with the ‘black’ notes), wheras we only have an octave of eight notes (no black notes). Interestingly, the chime on the clip is in Sydney, Australia but was made and installed by the same firm as provided the Parwich bells!
I wonder how carilloneurs practice? Given that any mistakes will be heard for miles around!
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