Caney Creek Old Harp Singing

Beech Grove Primitive Baptist Church
Caney Creek Road, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee

Sunday, June 25, 2017

All selections from New Harp of Columbia, Restored Edition, 2001.

The very old Caney Creek annual singing at the Beech Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Sevier County TN, with dinner on the grounds. Fourteen singers. The unusual arrangement of the singing square is the customary one for this singing: Altos in the (liturgical) East, facing basses in the West. Leads in the South, facing trebles in the North.

107, Holy Manna - Sharee Green (moderator)
Prayer by Pastor Elder Shirley Henry (see note)
48, Christian Contemplation - Joe Sarten
122, Summer - Paul Clabo
81b, Golden Hill - Andrew Whaley
109, Bruce's Address - Bob Richmond
14, Mear - Robin Goddard
18, Windham - Joe Schrock
35, Ninety-Fifth - Bruce Wheeler
30, Sion's Security - Bob Richmond
42, Lenox - Kathleen Mavournin
A97b, Athens - David Sarten
99, Morning Trumpet - Sharee Green
56b, Warrenton
98, Liberty - Joe Sarten
13, Reflection - Paul Clabo
24, Salvation - Andrew Whaley
74, Never Part Again - Robin Goddard
114t, Zion - Joe Schrock
20b, Hebron - Bruce Wheeler
117, Coronation - Bob Richmond
51, Mount Olivet - Kathleen Mavournin
143, Wondrous Love - David Sarten
144, Rowley - Kathleen Mavournin
68b, Albany - Joe Schrock
84, The Midnight Cry - Paul Clabo
53b, Dundee - Robin Goddard
180, Whitestown - Sharee Green
110, North Salem - Andrew Whaley
11, Old Hundred - Sharee Green

Note: Pastor Elder Shirley Henry. He has been a member of the Beech Grove Primitive Baptist Church of Christ (Blue Ridge Primitive Baptist Association) since 1949, and its pastor since the 1970s.

Minutes: Bob Richmond.