The 5th Annual Swannanoa Gathering Shape Note Singing

Morris' Outdoor Pavilion, Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Saturday, July 23, 2011

This singing used The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition; The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition; and The Southern Harmony, 1854 facsimile, 1987 UofK reprint.

Jane Spencer welcomed the singers gathered in the Morris Pavilion at Warren Wilson College and opened with 16 (CH10), The Finest Flower.
Ron Pen led in prayer. Jane gave a brief introduction to 7-shape singing.

Leaders (from The Christian Harmony (2010)): 117, Angel Band - Ron Pen
281b, Palmetto - Chris Wilhelm
498, Hendon - Robert Varkony
188, He Loves Me - Leslie Booher
282, Friendship - Frank DeBolt
235, Faithful Soldier - Dorothy Lane
307, True Happiness - Michael Walker
300, Desire - John Plunkett
291, Warrenton - Claudia Dean
468b, Laurell - Robert Kelley
293, Lenox - Kevin Kehrberg
448t, Suffield - Mary Baumeister
299, Green Meadows - Lynda Hambourger.

RECESS

Leaders (from The Sacred Harp (1991)): 59, Holy Manna - Ron Pen
72b, Bellevue - Sara Lynch-Thomason
472, Akin - Sarah Kehrberg
168, Cowper - Tim Hambourger
39t, Detroit - Mimi Wright
268, David's Lamentation - David Bowen
49b, Mear - Virginia Douglas
480, Redemption - Jane Spencer
455, Soar Away - Ron Pen
544, Praise Him - Chris Wilhelm
448t, Consecration - Leslie Booher
569b, Sacred Throne - Frank DeBolt
159, Wondrous Love - Dorothy Lane
318, Present Joys - Michael Walker
86, Poland - John Plunkett
462, Faith and Hope - Claudia Dean.

LUNCH

Jane Spencer brought the group back leading 81t, Beach Spring.
Leaders: 189, Montgomery - Robert Kelley
56b, Villulia - Kevin Kehrberg
191, Virginia - Mary Baumeister
112, The Last Words of Copernicus - Lynda Hambourger
146, Hallelujah - Ron Pen
186, Sherburne - Sara Lynch-Thomason
178, Africa - Sarah Kehrberg
339, When I Am Gone - Tim Hambourger
203, Florida - David Bowen
340, Odem (Second) - Madeline Wadley
128, The Promised Land - Julie Chiles
108b, The Traveler - Milton Crotts.

RECESS

Leaders (from The Southern Harmony (1854)): 90, Garden Hymn - Ron Pen
87, The Mouldering Vine - Jane Spencer
63, Land of Pleasure - Chris Wilhelm
93, Heavenly Armour - Kevin Kehrberg
74, The Christian's Hope - Michael Walker
48t, Windham - Frank DeBolt
194, In That Morning - Dorothy Lane
56, Redeeming Grace - John Plunkett
259, Sweet Affliction - Claudia Dean
30, Separation - Robert Kelley
43, The Turtle Dove - Mary Baumeister
88, Exultation - Lynda Hambourger
77, Lenox - Sara Lynch-Thomason
195, The Morning Trumpet - Sarah Kehrberg
16, Star in the East - Tim Hambourger
262, Plenary - Milton Crotts.

Current officers were reelected in a brief business meeting.

Ron Pen, Jane Spencer and Chris Wilhelm led 113 (SoH), Parting Hand.
Ron Pen closed the singing with prayer.