The 3rd Annual Swannanoa Gathering Shape Note Singing

Morris' Outdoor Pavilion, Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Saturday, July 25, 2009

This singing used The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 1994 reprint); The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition; and The Southern Harmony, 1854 facsimile, 1987 UofK reprint.
In the last session, singers often led two songs at a time.

Jane Spencer announced the first session would be from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1994 reprint), and led
58b, Primrose
Opening prayer, Shannon Primm
381D, Holy Manna - Ron Pen
198, Creation - Chris Wilhelm
215t, In That Morning - Dorothy Lane
69t, Nazareth - Robert Kelley
253, Heavenly Rest - Shannon Primm
88, Pisgah - Claudia Dean
136, Sherburne - Tina Becker
217, Jerusalem - Don Wiley
36b, Albion - Julianne Wiley
71t, Edwards - Mary Baumeister
59t, Mear - Virginia Douglas
322t, Little Worth - Michael Spencer
55b, Idumea - Ann Strange
248b, Union - Dan Huger

Break

Second morning session sung from The Sacred Harp (1991).
33b, Abbeville - Jane Spencer
146, Hallelujah - Ron Pen
316, New Hope - Chris Wilhelm
113, The Prodigal Son - Michael Spencer
402, Protection (Second) - Robert Kelley
129, Heavenly Armor - Shannon Primm, for John Plunkett
209, Evening Shade - Tina Becker
499, At Rest - Mary Baumeister
38b, Windham - Julianne Wiley
39t, Detroit - Mimi Wright
312b, Restoration (First) - Claudia Dean
35, Saints Bound for Heaven - Don Wiley
501, O'Leary - Dan Huger
84, Amsterdam - Virginia Douglas
373, Homeward Bound - Dorothy Lane and Barbara Denson
455, Soar Away - Ron Pen, by request.
Blessing

Dinner

Ron Pen, on behalf of the Swannanoa Gathering, expressed appreciation to all the locals who helped with the singing, and to Warren Wilson College.
First afternoon session also sung from The Sacred Harp (1991).
45t, New Britain - Ron Pen
176b, Blooming Youth - Jane Spencer and Rayna Gellert
351, Pittsford - Chris Wilhelm
278t, Love Shall Never Die - Michael Spencer
353, McGraw - Robert Kelley
350, Nativity - Shannon Primm
268, David's Lamentation - Tina Becker
106, Ecstasy - Mary Baumeister
42, Clamanda - Claudia Dean
569b, Sacred Throne - Don Wiley
269, Bear Creek - Dan Huger
40, Lenox - Virginia Douglas
347, Christian's Farewell - Susan Stone
200, Edom - Diane Eskenasy

Break

Second afternoon session sung from The Southern Harmony (1854).
62, Louisiana - Jane Spencer
318, Jordan's Shore
159b, New Haven - Ron Pen
165t, Ionia - Chris Wilhelm
330b, Amherst
38, Resignation - Dorothy Lane and Grace Ellis
41, The Spiritual Sailor - Michael Spencer
102, Delight
73, Legacy - Robert Kelley
141, Hail, Columbia
72t, Georgia - Shannon Primm
106b, Pacolet
71, Green Fields - Tina Becker
332, Greenland
76, New Orleans - Mary Baumeister
109, Welch
143, Salutation - Don Wiley
198, Never Part Again
32, The Midnight Cry - Claudia Dean
28, Tennessee
92t, Fiducia - Dan Huger
89t, Dove of Peace

Announcements

267 (SH), Parting Friends (First) - Jane Spencer and Ron Pen and Chris Wilhelm, as the closing lesson.
Closing prayer, Michael Spencer.

Minutes by Chris Wilhelm; arranging by Dorothy Lane; Jane Spencer chair, and Ron Pen vice-chair.

The weather was sunny and warm. There were some thirty singers.