Peal Compositions Committee 2004 Annual Report
The committee currently holds no face to face meetings, but is in regular electronic contact via email.
The electronic collection has grown to over 3,500 peal compositions, and appears to be frequently consulted by a wide variety of users. It can be visited through the committee's web page at
http://www.cccbr.org.uk/compositions/collections
or directly by pointing a browser at
http://www.ringing.org/peals
The committee also continues work on several new print collections. The new Grandsire collection, covering all stages from doubles to sixteen, has been completed and handed off to the Publications Committee.
Progress has been slower than expected on both the replacement ten and twelve bell collection, to be published in two volumes, and the replacement Stedman Caters and Cinques collection. The former is in what we hope is the final proof reading stage. The latter remains at the stage of selecting compositions for a first draft from the voluminous material collected.
Work has also started on a new collection of compositions aimed at handbell ringers. Composers with material to contribute are encouraged to contact Roger Bailey <>.
Throughout most of 2003 we remained disappointed at the infrequency with which we were able to produce pages of compositions for publication in The Ringing World. However, we believe we are now past these difficulties, including changes to who on the committee works on this and the software used. Monthly publication of pages of compositions have now resumed. We have also supplied several months' worth of pages ahead of time to The Ringing World, and plan to remain several months ahead in the future. We believe this will smooth over any unforeseen difficulties in future, and ensure regular publication. We remain grateful to the staff of The Ringing World for their constant help and support in this effort.
Richard Allton
Roger Bailey
Stuart Hutchieson
Ian McCulloch
Julian Morgan
Don Morrison (Chairman)
Stephen Pettman
Philip Saddleton
