20190126
Monthly Singing of the Lowcountry Sacred Harp
The Wingard Room
Circular Congregational Church
150 Meeting St, Charleston
2 to 4 pm on Saturday 26 January 2019
ATTENDANCE: Stephen, John, Tom, Rob, JoAnne, Caroline, Carol, Josie, Sharon, and Mitchell
NOTE: Numbers preceded by S were selected from The Shenandoah Harmony (2012).
All others are from The Sacred Harp (Denson Edition, 1991).
376 Help Me To Sing -- John -- A fermata is sung over the penultimate measure.
S 3b North Carolina -- Tom
503b Lloyd -- Rob
312b Restoration -- Caroline ... a hoot
475 A Thankful Heart -- Carol ... another hoot
S 138 Spring -- Sharon
S 442 East Needham -- Mitchell
S 31 Bruce's Address -- Stephen
S 5 Angel's Hymn -- John
S 162 All is Well -- Tom
36b Ninety-Fifth -- Rob ... 30th all time favorite
86 Poland -- JoAnne :)
178 Africa -- Caroline :)
107 Russia -- Carol :)
327 Invitation -- Josie ... a welcome challenge
Break:
Carol had brought both cold sparkling cider and warm apple cider. Both were soothing to throats and voices and complementary to the cookies and brownies.
S 254 Pennsylvania -- Sharon :)
254 Rose of Sharon -- Mitchell :)
34b St. Thomas -- Stephen
326 Weary Pilgrim -- John
S 201 Diana -- Tom ... As homework, we shall practice it in German for later.
128 Promised Land -- Rob :)
146 Hallelujah -- JoAnne :)
155 Northfield :)
196 Alabama -- Josie :)
Business Meeting:
- A healing prayer was offered for an absent singer.
- The group at the Citadel continues to sing weekly from The Southern Harmony (1847) on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 pm in the Summerall Chapel. The group also plans a two-hour singing on the fifth Sunday of March, the 31st from 2 to 4 pm. The digital version of The Southern Harmony is available at the Library of Congress.
- Savannah's next monthly singing is Saturday 9 February 2019 at the Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church, 10050 Ferguson Avenue from 2 to 4 pm.
- Some of our members will be going to The North Carolina 2019 Sacred Harp Convention on Saturday 2 March at the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. As a bonus, our friends in the "triangle" will be hosting a singing from The Shenandoah Harmony on Sunday 3 March.
- Some of our LCSH singers will be going to the Georgia State Sacred Harp Convention on the "4th Sunday [of March] and Saturday before", i.e. 23 and 24 March.
S 197 Sixty Five South -- Sharon
268 David's Lamentation -- Mitchell
29t Fairfield -- Stephen
62 Parting Hands -- John ... closing
Stephen dismissed the class with a prayer.