117th Old Folks Day Singing at Morning Star

Morning Star United Methodist Church
Dutch Cove Road, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina
Sunday, September 9, 2007

All selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 1994 reprint), except as noted
(one from The Christian Harmony ('Alabama book', Deason-Parris revision, 2002 printing)).
Singers usually led two songs at a time.

June Smathers Jolley opened the singing with prayer.
88, Pisgah - June Jolley
248b, Union
129t, Coronation - Scott Swanton
78b, New Britain
67b, Dundee - Jane Spencer
89b, Northfield
360, The Saints Bound for Heaven - Laura Boosinger
157, Hallelujah
245t, Bozrah - Mary Baumeister
381D, Holy Manna
198, Creation - Larry Beveridge
111t, Minister's Farewell
51, Lonsdale - Diane Eskenasy
140, Edom
339, Samanthra - Mike Nichols
87 (AL), The Promised Land
128t, Ninety-Fifth - Chris Wilhelm
214, Hosanna
81t, Maitland - Don Wiley
250, Realms of the Blest
120t, The Lonesome Dove - Dan Huger
95b, Canaan's Land
117, Angel Band - Anna Swanton
96, Dungeness - Stephen Houseworth
254b, Sicily
254t, Bartimeus - Sarah Jane Thomas
215t, In That Morning
103b, Fish Pond - Gary Poe
61t, North Carolina

Unfortunately, a member of the class was suddenly taken ill, and the EMTs were called; thankfully, the afflicted person did in due course recover, but the singing had an irregular ending.

We had about forty singers, and about twenty-five listeners. The weather was bright, but not too terribly hot, given the desperate drought this summer.

Minutes: Dan Huger