The 7th Annual session of Camp DoReMi was held at Wild Acres Retreat in Little Switzerland, NC from August 8th through August 11th. Books used during the singing school were The Christian Harmony 2010 Edition, New Harp of Columbia, The Lloyd's Hymn Book and The Georgian Harmony.
Instructors were Bill Hogan (Wetumpka, AL), Billy Hollingsworth (Ila, GA), Robert Kelley (Greenwood, SC), Eddie Mash (Knoxville, TN), Shannon Primm (Athens, GA), John Plunkett (Tucker, GA), Nathan Rees (Knoxville, TN), Jonathon Smith (Champaign, IL), Jane Spencer (Chimney Rock, NC), and Michael Walker (London, UK).
Thursday, August 8th
After registration and dinner, Eddie Mash led an Introduction to Shape Note Singing for Beginners using the Aikin shapes. The Thursday night singing was held from The Christian Harmony and the New Harp of Columbia.
Thursday night singing
The Christian Harmony
Chair - Jonathan Smith 70t. Opening prayer was offered by Eddie Mash.
Leaders were Jeff Farr 191; Nancy Hogan 268; Eddie Mash 258; Jane
Spencer 61t; John Plunkett 67b; Nathan Rees 232; Leslie Booher 138;
Erin Johnson-Hill 7b; Dorothy Lane 171b; Bill Hogan 149; Billy
Hollingsworth 490; Anna Stoerch 228; Mary Ellen Schrock 180; John
Hollingsworth 214; Michael Walker 307; Mike Richards 72t; Michael
Spencer 493b; Jonathan Wood 60; Mary Baumeister and Mitch Barros 546b;
Thom Fahrbach 65.
RECESS
New Harp of Columbia
Jeff Farr 83; Judy Mincey 68t; Shannon Primm and Jane Spencer 129t;
Robert Stoddard 124; Elizabeth Stoddard 36b; Robert Kelley 113t; Robin
Goddard 74; Jonathan Smith 32; Eddie Mash 162t; Jane Spencer 181; John
Plunkett 27b; Nathan Rees 72t; Leslie Booher 39t; Michael Walker 67t;
Jonathan Wood 26; Mary Baumeister and Kitty Reusch 147b; Jonathan
Smith 11t; Closing Prayer Eddie Mash.
Officers: Jonathan Smith - Chair; Jane Spencer - Arranging; Nancy
Hogan - Secretary.
Friday, August 9th
The day began with a singing from The Lloyd's Hymn Book facilitated by Bill Hogan. Selections used during the session were 206; 2; 4; 6; 151, 152, 209 and 208.
Other classes offered during the day were Rudiments I (Eddie Mash), Rudiments II (Nathan Rees), Beating Time (Jane Spencer), Organizing a Singing (Shannon Primm), Challenging Songs of The Christian Harmony (Robert Kelley), The Musical Stylings of O.A. Parris (Billy Hollingsworth), Keying Songs (John Plunkett), Leading a Song (Eddie Mash), The Musical Stylings of William Hauser (John Plunkett), How to Grow a Local Singing (Michael Walker) and Exploring the New Harp of Columbia (Jonathon Smith).
Friday night singing
The evening singing started with the New Harp of Columbia followed by
The Christian Harmony. Officers were appointed for the evening.
New Harp of Columbia
Chair - Anna Stoerch 12. Opening prayer was given by John Kilgo.
Leaders were Chris Wilhelm 39b; Mary Ellen Schrock with Robin Goddard
74; Mike Richards 133b; Nathan Rees and David Wilson 35; Kathleen
Mavournin 117; Robin Goddard 115; Jonathan Smith 111A; Bob Richmond
30; Elizabeth Stoddard 114b; Jeff Farr 168A; Judy Mincey 144; Michael
Walker 15; Jonathan and Emily Wood 129t; Mary Baumeister 52t; Thom
Fahrbach 184bA; Cora Sweatt 99; John Plunkett 21A; Robert Stoddard
122; Bill Hogan 180; Leslie Booher 104t; Eddie Mash 74A.
RECESS
The Christian Harmony
Chris Wilhelm 281b; Robert Kelley 496t; Shannon Primm 172; Jane
Spencer 133; Erin Johnson-Hill 109; Heather Ikeler 424; Dot Lane 327;
Brad Knoke 81t; Billy Hollingsworth 369; Sister Susan Dickey 323; Mike
Spencer 163b; Nancy Hogan 189; Sudie King 204t; Emily and Jonathan
Wood 210t; John Hollingsworth 342t; Mary Ellen Schrock 184; Bill Hogan
50; Leslie Booher 436b; Jonathan Wood 548. Announcements were made.
Anna Stoerch led 53b and the closing prayer was offered by John Kilgo.
Officers: Anna Stoerch - Chair; Mike Richards and Jane Spencer -
Arranging; Mary Ellen Schrock - Secretary.
Saturday, August 10th
The day began with singing from The Lloyd's Hymn Book facilitated by Bill Hogan. Some of the selections offered during this session were 333; 38; 236; 121; and 199.
Classes offered during the day were Rudiments I (Jane Spencer), Rudiments II (Jonathon Smith), History Lesson (John Plunkett), Keying Songs (Bill Hogan), Challenging Song of New Harp (Robert Kelley), Leading Songs (Nathan Rees), Shape Note Line Dance (Bill Hogan). Other class offerings for the day included How to Recognize a Christian Harmony Song (Robert Kelley), Primitive Baptist Worship Music (Michael Walker) and Organizing a Singing (Shannon Primm).
Saturday night singing
The Saturday night singing began with The Christian Harmony and
concluded with New Harp of Columbia.
The Christian Harmony
Chair, JoAnn Love opened the evening by leading 70t. Prayer was
offered by Eddie Mash.
Leaders - Nathan Rees 54; Linda Krieger and
Elizabeth Stoddard 88; Mike Richards 64; Cora Sweatt 89; David Wilson
142; Heather Ikeler 299; Judy Mincey 51; Sister Susan Dickey 338t;
Terry Ryan 21; Elizabeth Stoddard 246; Nancy Hogan 111b; Robert
Stoddard 208b; Erin Johnson-Hill 433; Michael Spencer 401b; Bill Hogan
197; Michael Walker 275; Anna Stoerch 255; Thom Fahrbach 332; Billy
Hollingsworth 455b; Chris Wilhelm for Tim Aldrich and Diane Eskenasy 333.
RECESS
Singing continued from The Christian Harmony with Nathan Rees leading
93. Leaders were John Hollingsworth 82; Brad Knoke 353; Anya Skibbie
78b; John Plunkett 534; Robert Kelley 533.
New Harp of Columbia
Eddie Mash leading 186 followed by Bob
Richmond 109; David Wilson 35; Terry Ryan 18; Kitty Reusch 31; Robin
Goddard 114t; Shannon Primm 134; Announcements were made. Closing song
was 95, which was led by the officers. John Hollingsworth closed the
singing with prayer.
Officers: JoAnn Love - Chair; Shannon Primm and Nathan Rees,
Arranging; Linda Krieger, Secretary.
Following the singing everyone enjoyed homemade ice-cream a sing-a-long of old hymns, blue-grass, Irish ballads and other favorites. Instrumentalists for the evening were Bill Hogan, Dorothy Lane and Laurie Fisher.
Sunday, August 11th
The closing day of camp began with a singing from The Lloyd's Hymn Book. Some of the selections used during the session were 329; 328; 288; 305; 161; 177; 382; 384; 275; 138; 209 and 208.
Following breakfast, as a closing to camp, John Plunkett led a singing from The Georgian Harmony.
Camp DoReMi officers: Chair - Jane Spencer; Vice Chair - Eddie Mash; Singing Coordinator - Shannon Primm; Secretary - Nancy Hogan.