25th Rotunda Singing

Alabama Department of Archives & History
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
Saturday, February 3, 2024

The 25th session of the Rotunda Singing was held in the foyer of the Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday before the first Sunday in February. Four songbooks were used: The Colored Sacred Harp; The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 2012 Revision; The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition; and The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition. The class was called to order by Stefani Priskos leading 32t, Corinth.
She welcomed the class, and then Danny Creel offered the opening prayer.

Sacred Harp (1991) session.
Leaders:
30b, Prospect - Stefani Priskos
565, The Hill of Zion - Arlon Gardner
542, I'll Seek His Blessings - Ann Riley
85, The Morning Trumpet - David Ivey
430, Arbacoochee - Joey Brackner
228, Marlborough - Beth Branscome
399b, Happy Christian - Jack Nelson
300, Calvary - Ted Price.

Cooper Book session.
Leaders:
573, Trusting Jesus - Karen Clark
380t, Nettie - Mary Amelia Taylor
40, Blow Ye the Trumpet (Lenox) - Michael Rogers
162, Hark! from the Tomb (Plenary) - Isabelle Green
567, Child of Thine - Tim Taylor
355, Hinder Me Not - Danny Creel
559, Will You Meet Me? - Ellen Fournier
522, Shades of Night - John T. Blakeley.

RECESS

More Cooper Book...
Leaders:
82, Bound for Canaan - Mary Amelia Taylor
276, Bridgewater - Katlin Bailey
127, Green Fields - Steve Grauberger
30t, Rochester - Kennon Smith
277, Antioch - Daila Taylor
47b, Idumea - Jonathan Blakeley
358, Murillo's Lesson - Cindy Tanner (by request).

Christian Harmony session.
Leaders:
133, Juniata - Jim Carnes
264, Harwell - Jeff James
172, The Grand Highway - Dylan Feezell
261t, Come Thou Fount - Gavin Blakeley
179, Traveling On - Herbert Buchanan
51, Lonsdale - Cindy Tanner
109, Not Made with Hands - Jack Nelson
171, Sessions - Stefani Priskos
380, Christian Song - Arlon Gardner
186, Lord Remember Me - Danny Creel.

RECESS

The class was called back together by Stefani Priskos leading, from The Colored Sacred Harp, 29, (No song at that page no.).
Leaders:
24, The Signs of the Judgement - Joey Brackner
12, I Am Thinking To-Day - Karen Clark
   “Give Me Just a Little More Time” - Herbert Buchanan
3, Am I a Soldier of the Cross - David Ivey
19, My Mother's Gone - Jim Carnes
95, Shout and Sing - Steve Grauberger.

LUNCH

The afternoon session, from the Sacred Harp (1991), began with Stefani Priskos leading 472, Akin.
Leaders:
421, Sweet Morning - Chris Parris
73b, Arlington - Bradley Smith
56t, Columbiana - Cheyenne Ivey
178, Africa - Haley Rodgers
172, Harmony - Elene Stovall
196, Alabama - Gavin Blakeley
99, Gospel Trumpet - Beth Branscome
475, A Thankful Heart - Tim Taylor
146, Hallelujah - Isabelle Green
107, Russia - Katlin Bailey
137, Liberty - Ted Price

Cooper Book session.
Leaders:
239, David's Lamentation - Michael Rodgers
511t, Brown - Ellen Fournier
96, Mercy Seat - Ann Riley
189, Montgomery - Kennon Smith
376, Help Me to Sing - Daila Taylor
464, Hocutt - Mary Amelia Taylor
514, Wiley - Jeff James
574, Sweet Peace - Karen Clark (in memory of Tommie Spurlock)
377t, Happy Home - Dylan Feezell.

RECESS

Christian Harmony session.
Leaders:
67b, Dundee - Stefani Priskos
432b, Fish Pond - Danny Creel
143, Farther Along - Herbert Buchanan
117, Angel Band - Jack Nelson
216t, O, Save - Arlon Gardner
153, Columbus - Gavin Blakeley
184, Where We'll Never Grow Old - Dylan Feezell
250t, Realms of the Blest - Jeff James
417b, Zanesville - Tim Taylor
470, Duke Street - Beth Branscome
362, Shining Light - Katlin Bailey
336t, Sweet Harmony - Mary Amelia Taylor
322, Among that Band - Cindy Tanner.

Stefani Priskos led 200, Parting Hand, as the closing song.
Tim Taylor dismissed the class with prayer.

Chairperson—Stefani Priskos; Secretary—Cindy Tanner.