{"id":3555,"date":"2015-07-10T00:44:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T00:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T16:11:36","slug":"52nd-annual-cable-car-bell-ringing-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/52nd-annual-cable-car-bell-ringing-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"52nd annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier today was Muni&#8217;s annual(-ish) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfmta.com\/calendar\/52nd-cable-car-bell-ringing-contest\">Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest.<\/a> What is a Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, you ask? It&#8217;s a two-part contest where &#8220;amateurs&#8221; (non-Muni employees) compete, and a second part where cable car operators compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules for each part are very different. The amateur competition allows music, dancers, and apparently bribing the crowd with free Giants merchandise. This part takes place on a standalone bell outside the cable car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cable car operator competition takes place inside a cable car that was somehow transported to Union Square. This is the main part of the event, and only bell ringing is allowed. I&#8217;ve posted videos of the top two bell ringing champions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming in at second place, here&#8217;s previous champion Trini Whittaker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trini Whittaker - Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R27bomcFRcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s first place winner Byron Cobb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Byron Cobb - Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7wqnnTC4NI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, here&#8217;s a few photos from the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/18939275814\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3806\/18939275814_f403532f4e_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest 2015\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/19561833865\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/313\/19561833865_c5733a8202_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest 2015\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/18940911073\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/410\/18940911073_4742647378_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest 2015\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/19373867728\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3798\/19373867728_1babc32821_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest 2015\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today was Muni&#8217;s annual(-ish) Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest. 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