The 2nd Annual Singing at the Old Fields

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee
Saturday, November 1, 2008

Selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 1994 reprint).
Singers often led two songs at a time.

Jennifer Bauer, Park Manager, welcomed the class and related some of the history of the Old Fields / Sycamore Shoals.

Don Wiley opened the singing with
381D, Holy Manna
Opening prayer
240, Morning Light - Don Wiley
78b, New Britain - Jeff Farr
289b, Happy Land
359, Wondrous Love - Alexander Garden
215t, In That Morning
29b, Hants - Chris Wilhelm
70b, Brown
291b, Warrenton - Dan Huger
341, The Lone Pilgrim
33t, St. Thomas - Mary Baumeister
81t, Maitland
63b, Azmon - Tina Becker
89b, Northfield
245t, Bozrah - Randy Webber
217, Jerusalem
293, Lenox - Leslie Booher and Julianne Wiley
117, Angel Band
171t, Sessions - Don Wiley
170t, Refuge
269t, Restoration - Jeff Farr
148, Leander

Blessing - Chad Bogart

Dinner

345b, The Shepherd's Star - Alexander Garden
59t, Mear
103b, Fish Pond - Gary Poe
255t, Watchman
102b, Fleeting Days - Chris Wilhelm
99, Pleasant Hill
64t, The Penitent's Prayer - Dan Huger
207t, Windham
58b, Primrose - Mary Baumeister
130b, Passing Away
136, Sherburne - Tina Becker
367, David's Lamentation
346, Star in the East - Randy Webber
170b, Bohemia
159t, The Saint's Delight - Julianne Wiley and Leslie Booher
360, The Saints Bound for Heaven
381A, Not Made with Hands - Don Wiley
248b, Union
214, Hosanna - Jeff Farr
361, Solemn Thought - Alexander Garden
338b, Davis
58t, Liverpool - Chris Wilhelm
208b, French Broad, v 1 and 3
208b, French Broad - Dan Huger, v 2
158, The Land of Rest
76b, Night
200b, Parting Hand - Don Wiley

Closing prayer - Dan Huger

42 were present in the morning session with listeners coming in and out throughout the day. Thanks to 'Friends of Sycamore Shoals' and Sherri Hyder for the hospitality contributions. It was a fine singing with an especially memorable meal on a picture perfect late autumn day.

Minutes recorded by Cheryl Summers.