20190529

Weekly Citadel Shape Note Singing

Summerall Chapel, The Citadel

Charleston, South Carolina

1800 - 1900 Wednesday 29 May 2019

All selections below are from The Southern Harmony, ed. 1847.

17b Consolation -- Mitchell -- verses 1 & 2

61 The Marshall Trumpet -- Sharon -- verses 1 & 2

2 Invitation -- Michael W. -- verses 1 & 2

289 The Narrow Way -- Tom

4b Hanover -- Stephen -- Note: Sing "Come with your guilt and fear oppressed" twice. The slur is "make". The last four notes are "this last resolve."

145 Rhode Island -- Liz -- with repeat

269 The Indian's Petition -- Mitchell

254 Something New -- Sharon -- verses 1 & 2

146 Royal Proclamation -- Michael -- verses 1 & 2

147 Pastoral Elegy -- Tom -- verses 1 & 2.

27b Ninety Fifth -- Stephen -- with repeat

92t Fiducia -- Liz

276b China -- Mitchell -- verses 1 & 2

153 The Blue Bird, or The Mocking Bird -- Sharon -- Wow

276 Dunlap Creek -- Michael -- verses 1, 2, & 3

289b Stonington -- Tom --verses 1 & 2

279t Rochester -- Stephen -- verses 1 & 2

123 Friendship -- Liz -- Nice :)

109 Welsh -- Mitchell -- Basses struggled with middle

78 The Babe of Bethlehem -- Michael -- verses 1 & 2

302 Long Sought Home -- Mitchell -- verses 1 & 7

We shall not meet to sing for the next two weeks, 5 and 12 June,

but we shall return on 19 June.