Dollywood Singing

Robert F. Thomas Chapel
Dollywood, Tennessee
Sunday, October 20, 2019

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

Minutes of the 45th annual singing in the Robert F. Thomas Chapel at Dollywood, October 20th, 2019. The chapel was built there in 1973 by among others our late singer Reford Laymons and his brother Wiley. It was named after Dr. Robert F. Thomas, the indefatigable Sevier County physician who assisted Dolly Parton into the world in 1946.

We counted 30 singers, more than the last couple of years, mostly in the lead section, where we had several actively singing visitors. The chapel was nearly full at the beginning, perhaps 50 people, with somewhat less than the usual rate of attrition as the singing wore on, though at the end, after nearly two hours, we had only six.

107, Holy Manna - David Sarten (convener)
Prayer - Andrew Whaley
51, Mount Olivet - Andrew Whaley
57, Protection - Joe Sarten
183, Long Ago - Paul Clabo
14, Mear - Roger Bland
99, Morning Trumpet - Christy White
42, Lenox - Joe Schrock
117, Coronation - Bob Richmond
35, Ninety-Fifth - Kathleen Mavournin
180, Whitestown - Nancy Olsen
143, Wondrous Love - David Sarten
11, Old Hundred - Bill Gathergood
64b, Fountain - Andrew Whaley
A97b, Athens - David Sarten
67t, Soda - Andrew Whaley
A20, Fairfield - Joe Sarten
A22, Detroit - Roger Bland
115, Northfield - Christy White
56b, Warrenton - Cleo Farr
A72, Messiah - Joe Schrock
30, Sion's Security - Bob Richmond
68t, Paradise - Nancy Olsen
80b, Shawmut - Bill Gathergood
64t, Zerah - Nancy Olsen
130, Antioch - Andrew Whaley
95, Parting Hand - David Sarten

Minutes: Bob Richmond.