20180224

Monthly Singing of the Lowcountry Sacred Harp

The Wingard Room, Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St, Charleston

Saturday 24 February 2018 from 2 to 4 PM

ATTENDANCE. Stephen (Pres.), Joanne, John, Suzanne (Scribe), Carol, Betty (Savannah), Delynne, Dawn (Savannah), and a friend (Savannah). A visitor, Sylvia, joined us for a couple of songs. Two other couples passed through during the singing.

We opened with number 24 Welcome, as is traditional for us.

Joanne--122 All is Well. By chance, it turned out all well.

John--49 Old Hundredth. A favorite. Keep in mind for the opening round at the All Day Singing.

Betty--59 Holy Manna. Familiar.

Suzanne--81 Beach Spring. An old favorite. Maybe another possibility for the All Day Singing opening?

Carol--155 Northfield.

Delynne--86 Poland

Dawn--282 I'm Going Home. Another favorite.

Stephen--254 Rose of Sharon (as planned). If not the best we have done it, the certainly the most enjoyable

Joanne--395 New Bethel. We were reading this one, but it turned out nicely.

Break--snacks and business

  • Add a second day to the All Day Sing to make it worth out-of-towners' while? Shenandoah? Circular Church? Yeas all around.
  • Is there a sound system available at JWUMC for announcing song numbers? Suzanne to inquire.
  • Pay JWUMC early
  • Delynne's banana nut cookies and chocolate raspberry brownies were angelic.(ssj)

John--Shenandoah 253 My Native Land. John plans to lead this at Hoboken on St Patrick's day, so this was good practice.

Suzanne--312 Restoration. Nice. Maybe another possibility for the All Day Singing opening?

Carol--106 Ecstasy. A little confusion over words vs shapes. Third time's the charm.

Betty--111 Journey Home. Unfamiliar but turned out alright

Delynne--503b Lloyd. Very harmonic.

Dawn--230 Converting Grace. She is singing this in church tomorrow with two friends so this was good practice.

Rob (in absentia)--269 Bear Creek. We sent him a recording. Hope he liked it.

Joanne--45 New Britain, SIX verses. Maybe another possibility for the All Day Singing opening?

John--47b Idumea. Maybe another possibility for the All Day Singing opening?

We closed with a lovely rendition of A Christian Farewell (347) and a word of prayer, as is a tradition for us.

Warm fuzzies were felt all around.

Class was dismissed at about 4:02.