20181027

Monthly Singing of the Lowcountry Scared Harp

The Wingard Room

Circular Congregational Church

150 Meeting St, Charleston

2 to 4 pm on Saturday 27 October 2018

ATTENDANCE: Stephen (Key Person), Rob (Acting Secretary), Carol, Renee, Tom, Mitchell, Kathy, M.Anne, and welcoming Shayna

NOTE: Numbers preceded by S were selected from The Shenandoah Harmony (2012). All others from The Sacred Harp (Denson Edition, 1991).

Class was called to order at 2:05 by Stephen leading 24t (Welcome, Welcome)

Mitchell 85 (The Morning Trumpet)

Tom 436 (Morning Sun) “Your sparkling eyes and blooming cheeks must wither like the blasted rose.”

Renee 49b (Mear)

Rob 29b (Tribulation) “Death ‘tis a melancholy day”

Carol 155 (Northfield)

M. Anne 105 (Jewett) "Amazing Grace"

Kathy 163b (China) “Why should we tremble to convey their bodies to the tomb?”

Stephen 119 (Heaven’s My Home)

Mitchell 319 (Religion is a Fortune) For Madeline who recently passed away at her age of 100 years

Tom S161 (Harvest Hymn) “The reapers with all their sharp sickles appear.”

Renee S418t (Rochester)

Rob 332 (Sons of Sorrow) “Learn with me your certain doom.”

Carol 333 (Family Circle)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The weekly Citadel Sing meets every Wednesday evening in the Summerall Chapel at The Citadel. Singing on 31 October will be on the portico of the Chapel. Costumes are encouraged. Progress has been made reprinting William Walker’s Southern Harmony.

The final Colour of Music concert will be tonight at Burke High School. The public is invited.

Richmond all-day singing Saturday November 10.

Regular Savannah Sing also on November 10.

BUSINESS MEETING

We discussed the venue for our next all-day singing in May. Possibilities are a return to John Wesley UMC, a return to Gage Hall, or at First (Scots) Presbyterian.

Our next monthly singing is November 17 – your obedient servant, RTD, volunteered for snacks. Tom has volunteered for December.

RECESS

Two types of hummus and Halloween-themed cupcakes were courtesy of Key Person Stephen.

Class was called back to order by Kathy, leading 547 (Granville) “How frail our lives, how short the date!”

M. Anne S332 (Bonnie Doon) “Deep horrors in my vitals froze”

Shayna S254 (Pennsylvania)

Stephen 457 (Wayfaring Stranger)

Mitchell S373 (Weeping Mary)

Tom S44 (The Burial) “We buried him alone in the middle of the night” First prize for scariness!

Renee S192 (Bunker Hill) "We are expos'd all day to die"

Rob 404 (Youth Will Soon Be Gone) “The coffin, earth and winding sheet will soon your active limbs enclose.”

Carol 108b (The Traveler) “Death and fear sets thy path no refuge near.”

M.Anne 507 (Sermon on The Mount)

Stephen dismissed the class at 4:00 with prayer.