[RWCentenary] Wandle Ringers

[RW Centenary News]

The Wandle Ringers are honoured and delighted to have been asked to 
give a concert in St Margaret's, Westminster, at 6.15pm on Saturday, 
26th March 2011 as part of the celebrations for the Centenary of The 
Ringing World.

The team is celebrating its 25th birthday this year, as it was formed 
by Sandra Winter in 1986 as an evening class group. They began as the 
'South Norwood Belles' using a small twelve bell set of American 
(Malmark) handbells, which Sandra gradually augmented as finances 
allowed and the number of ringers increased. In 1988 a change of 
venue and the introduction of gentlemen necessitated a change of 
name, chosen because the River Wandle flows through the area covering 
South London and Surrey from which many of the members come.

In 2000 a five octave, 61 bell set of English bells, mainly 
Whitechapel, was purchased from George Francis, and in 2004 a new 
five octave set was commissioned from Whitechapel. The new 
instruments now comprise the 'concert' set, with the Francis bells 
used as duplicates. The group, now made up of twenty ringers, also 
plays five octaves of Malmark handchimes.

The team has performed at many venues in the South East including the 
Waldorf Hotel and the Fairfield Halls. They are members of the 
Handbell Ringers of Great Britain, and have represented the South 
East Region in the National Rally Concert on two occasions. In 2007 
they were honoured to be asked by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to 
perform for the European Bell Founders at Founders Hall in London. 
The team's ringing in support of charitable causes raises over a 
thousand pounds every year.

The Wandle Ringers' repertoire encompasses a wide variety of styles, 
including arrangements of classical and popular music and original 
handbell compositions.

Sandra Winter

Wandle Director, Sandra Winter, graduated from Trinity College of 
Music in London and taught music for many years. She has been 
involved in handbell ringing for over thirty years, and is now the 
National Secretary of the Handbell Ringers of Great Britain. She 
plays both as a team member and as a soloist and gives concerts, 
demonstrations and workshops. She is a published composer and 
arranger of handbell music, and conducts both in this country and at 
International Handbell Symposia.
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