+++ON HOLD++++ Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d'en Bas School of Bell Ringers, performs playing all four bronze bells at the ...

It's difficult enough for a director to keep musicians in line when they're all playing at the same time. But when members ...

From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...

Norm Chagnon Jr. holds the Salvation Army kettle for a contributor outside Sam's Club in Concord on Tuesday morning, December 16, 2025. Chagnon has been a bell ringer for the past six years and ...

Phyllis Townsend remembers the early days of the Salvation Army Red Kettle holiday bell ringers – and even being on the receiving end in times of need while growing up during the Great Depression. As ...

Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong! Clang-clong!

JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong!

JOANETES, Spain (AP) — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong ...