5024 8-Spliced Surprise Major

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5024 8-Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Graham A C John
23456 M B V W F I H Methods
42356 – RSCNP.
(35642) – – – RN.Y.B.
25463 2 2 RLP.LC.BYSLP.B.
(4237568) – – – P.BN.RLS.
24365 – – 3 BL.R.L.RYR.NPCYR.
62345 – PNCP.R
52643 – – NS.RL.PYS
52436 – – CN.BRL.
35264 2 2 2 PCS.LPYNC.BYSL.B.SPS.YSPNR.
62453 – – BRLC.Y.B
(25634) – CN.
46532 – – BPN.BP.
(63542) 2 CL.B.
54632 3 – – NSLC.B.CRL.N.YSN.
43526 – 3 BPYRN.SC.B.CNSPNCS.
32654 – 2 3 L.Y.B.L.PLR.B.
(53624) – YR.
34256 – 2 – – YRSC.BL.SR.YRYN.CSC.
23456 3 – PSPY.B.LNSPY.CNY.
Contains 640 Bristol, Lincolnshire (N), Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative; 608 Cambridge, London, Yorkshire; 156 com; atw.
106 crus (14f,92b), 22 5678s (3f,19b), 18 6578s (1f,17b), 104 4-bell runs (48f,56b), 256 5678 combinations (109f,147b), 7 8765s (6f,1b), Queens, Tittums, Reverse Waterfall, Backrounds.
Blue Line
Properties
Structure
  • Backstroke start
  • Mid lead start
  • Mid lead finish
  • Variable hunt
  • Variable cover
Methods
  • Spliced
  • ATW
  • Mixed stage
  • Change every lead
  • Every lead different
  • Jump method
Calls
  • Standard calls
  • Twin bob
  • Jump calls
  • No calls
  • Tenors together
  • Strictly tenors together
  • Multipart calling
Changes
  • Adjacent changes
  • Identity changes
  • Jump changes
  • Tenors reversed
  • Palindromic
  • Exact multipart
Truth
  • True
  • Round block
  • Single extent block
  • Multi-extent block
  • Repetition between calls
  • Internal rounds
Number of parts
1
Number of methods
8
Changes of method
156
Stage
Major
True rows
5024
False rows
0
Complete extents
0
Partial extents
1
Applicable leadhead codes
Date composed
2 Jun 1988
Default calls
Near
Types of call
1
   14 LE Bob (–)
59
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 1 Feb 1992 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St George in the East, Stepney, Middlesex, conducted by Derek E Sibson  
Sat 28 Feb 1998 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Southwell Diocesan Guild at St Michael and All Angels, Pinhoe, Devon, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Sat 20 Nov 1999 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at SS Peter and Paul, Warsop, Nottinghamshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Sat 31 Mar 2001 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major at St Peter, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, conducted by Richard A Pearce  
Tue 2 Jul 2002 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Kent County Association at St Michael and All Angels, Maidstone, Kent, conducted by John B Keeler  
Sat 18 Jan 2003 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Luke, Hickling, Nottinghamshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Thu 12 Feb 2004 Peal on handbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at 52 Burrows Road, Kensal Green, Middlesex, conducted by Richard A Pearce  
Sat 20 Nov 2004 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Giles, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Wed 8 Feb 2006 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at St Bartholomew, Sproxton, Leicestershire, conducted by Derek E Sibson  
Sat 14 Oct 2006 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Shropshire Association at St Luke, Hodnet, Shropshire, conducted by Robert W Lee  
Thu 28 Feb 2013 Peal on handbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at 18 Sandhills Way, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Graham A C John  
Sat 1 Nov 2014 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Bristol Society at St John, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, conducted by Joseph St J Beaumont  
Mon 9 Nov 2015 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods) by the Kent County Association at St Barnabas, Ranmore, Surrey, conducted by Philip Rogers  
Wed 11 Nov 2015 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8methods) by the Amersham Guild at St Giles, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, conducted by Philip Rogers  
Sat 4 Mar 2017 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at St Peter, Old Woking, Surrey, conducted by Richard A Pearce  
Sat 6 Jan 2018 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Mary, Rushden, Northamptonshire, conducted by Richard I Allton  
Mon 1 Oct 2018 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at St Helen, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, conducted by John R Fisher  
Sat 9 Mar 2019 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at St Mary the Virgin, Coleorton, Leicestershire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Sat 16 Mar 2019 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild at St Mary, Greasley, Nottinghamshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Fri 6 Mar 2020 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Sussex County Association at St Nicholas, Arundel, West Sussex, conducted by Jeremy D Alford  
Sat 30 Jul 2022 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at All Saints, Breadsall, Derbyshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Thu 6 Oct 2022 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at St Mary, Plumtree, Nottinghamshire, conducted by John R Fisher  
Fri 24 Feb 2023 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Trent Valley Association at St Michael and All Angels, Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire, conducted by Daniel J Page  
Thu 30 Mar 2023 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Trent Valley Association at St Mary, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Wed 29 Nov 2023 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at St Peter, Belper, Derbyshire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Sat 12 Apr 2025 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Peter and St Paul, Hathern, Leicestershire, conducted by R Philip Graves  
Thu 21 Aug 2025 Peal on towerbells 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at St Peter, Belper, Derbyshire, conducted by R Philip Graves