9th Madison County (Grapevine) Singing

Center Community Center
Petersburg Community, Madison County, North Carolina
Saturday, March 5, 2016

All selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 2015 Folk Heritage reprint).
Leaders typically led two songs at a time.

Don Wiley welcomed the singers and opened the singing with
59t, Mear.
Maggie Lauterer offered the opening prayer.

129t, Coronation - Don Wiley, IMO his mother, Irene, who died February 12
128t, Ninety-Fifth - Zack Allen
67b, Dundee
67t, Peterboro - Chris Wilhelm
58b, Primrose
140, Edom - Jeff Farr
141, Detroit
139b, Suffield - Dan Huger
137, Antioch
132, Damascus - Julianne Wiley
133, Juniata
130b, Passing Away - Mary Baumeister
66t, Balerma
35b, Boylston - Diane Eskenasy, IMO Betty Swanton who died this week
51, Lonsdale

Break

128b, Hester - Leslie Booher
129b, Christmas
208b, French Broad - Laura Boosinger
217, Jerusalem
86, Ortonville - Maggie Lauterer
204t, Prayer Meeting, IHO and IMO Quay Smathers
208t, Kedron - Chris Berg
218t, Cookham
255t, Watchman - Martha Hubert
117, Angel Band
67b, Dundee, verse 2 sung as our grace.

Lunch

289b, Happy Land - Don Wiley
214, Hosanna
136, Sherburne - Zack Allen
116t, The Finest Flower - Chris Wilhelm, IHO all the singings nowadays
191b, Oh! Turn, Sinner - Jeff Farr
185b, Corinth - Dan Huger
165b, Rockbridge - Julianne Wiley
110b, Turner - Mary Baumeister, IMO Sharon Kellam
89b, Northfield - Diane Eskenasy, also IMO Sharon
77t, Rockingham (First) - Leslie Booher
369, Easter Anthem - Maggie Lauterer (words only)
248b, Union - Chris Berg
226t, Rock of Ages - Martha Hubert
281b, Palmetto - Don Wiley

Break

215t, In That Morning - Don Wiley, surely for Scott Swanton!
339, Samanthra - Zack Allen
88, Pisgah - Chris Wilhelm
360, The Saints Bound for Heaven - Jeff Farr
245t, Bozrah - Julianne Wiley
361, Solemn Thought - Mary Baumeister
103b, Fish Pond - Diane Eskenasy
115b, It Is I - Leslie Booher
333b, Night is Coming - Maggie Lauterer, IMO her dad, his favorite song
299, Green Meadows - Chris Berg
55b, Idumea - Martha Hubert

Announcements

Don Wiley led 111b, Judkins, as our parting song.
Jeff Farr gave the closing prayer.

Minutes: Mary Baumeister