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.