The 91st Big Singing (Southern Harmony)

Old Marshall County Courthouse
Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky
Sunday, May 26, 1974

From the program

This was the first Big Singing after the Society for Preservation of Southern Harmony Singing (SPSHS) was incorporated on August 15, 1973.

Morning session, 10:30am

Call to order by R.L. Nichols
103, Holy Manna - Frank Nichols
Invocation by Dr. Glenn C. Wilcox
8t, New Britain - R. L. Nichols
General Selections, various leaders

Afternoon session, 1:15pm

Recognition of out-of-state and other guests
103, Holy Manna - R. L. Nichols
Welcome address by Rep. Richard Lewis
278b, Zion
189, Easter Anthem - T. H. Nichols
71, Green Fields
252, Wondrous Love - Dr. Glenn C. Wilcox
38, Resignation
166, Sweet Rivers - Kent Nichols
275, Rock of Ages
10b, Ortonville - William Ralph Paris
8t, New Britain
305, When I am Gone - Dr. Harvey Elder
123, Disciple
144, O Come, Come Away - Frank Nichols
332, Greenland
296, Newburgh - Tom Waggener
83, Thorny Desert
89b, Happy Land - Kerry Lovett
159t, Happy Land ?Wrong title for this page number?
165t, Ionia - Del Nichols
277, Willoughby
111, Missionary Hymn - Marvin Stegman
302, Long Sought Home
64, Olney - Don Waggener
18, Complainer
327, Our Journey Home - Dr. Glenn C. Wilcox
11, Jerusalem
Selections or requests by various leaders
334, The Christian's Farewell - R. L. Nichols
Benediction

“Through the good and the bad of its 91 years, Benton's Big Singing has become a treasured part of the lives of its participating families: the Nichols, Lemons, Lovetts, Sledds, Fields, Hills, and others.”

SPSHS officers this year:
John W. Nichols, president
Raymond L. Nichols, vice president
Estella Smith, secretary-treasurer
Margaret Heath, Nina Joyce, Woodrow Holland, Dr. Glenn Wilcox, directors