The 28th Annual Kentucky State Sacred Harp Singing (with Southern Harmony)

Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky
Saturday, May 16, 2009

The 28th annual Kentucky State Sacred Harp Singing was convened at 9:03 a.m. with words of welcome from Keith MacAdam. The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition and The Southern Harmony, 1854 facsimile, 1987 UofK reprint were used through the day. The morning lesson was led by Keith MacAdam calling 155, Northfield.

The following officers were elected or appointed to serve: Chairman—Charles H. Coulston; Secretary—Mary Brinkman.

Leaders:
58, Pisgah - Keith MacAdam
497, Natick - Sharon Hill
45t, New Britain - Ron Pen
292 (SoH), Ripley - Randy Webber
569b, Sacred Throne - Charles Coulston
313b, Cobb - Mary Brinkman
117, Babylon is Fallen - Rob Coulston
133, Hebrew Children - Zach Davis
16 (SoH), Star in the East - Jim Thobaben and Keith MacAdam
128, The Promised Land - Laura Earles
236, Easter Anthem - Shirley Carlberg and Rob Coulston
282, I'm Going Home - Jennifer Lacey and Bernard Bandlein and Keith MacAdam
344, Rainbow - Joy Dunn and Charles Coulston
335, Return Again - Sharon Hill
183, Greenwich - Owen Sammons and Ron Pen.

RECESS

Keith MacAdam called the class back to order leading 479, Chester.
Announcements were made.
Leaders:
269, Bear Creek - Nikos Pappas
524, The Twenty-Third Psalm - Elise Parsons and Charles Coulston
31t, Ninety-Third Psalm - Tylla Ovezova
181, Exit - Kevin Kehrberg
268, David's Lamentation - Sarah Kehrberg
40, Lenox - Karen Arnett
123 (SoH), Disciple - Bob Meek
159, Wondrous Love - Pat Meek
373, Homeward Bound - Bob Sears
256 (SoH), The Lone Pilgrim - Don Waggener
72b, Bellevue - Darrell Swarens.

RECESS

The memorial lesson was conducted by Rob Coulston.

The following songs were led:
47b, Idumea, in memory of Hanokh Sohil (India) and Charles Jacob, who were killed in an accident the day before the Kentucky Singing near Lexington, Kentucky;
146, Hallelujah, in memory of Jim Taylor—North Carolina
448t, Consecration, in memory of Martha Meek—Kentucky, John Etheridge—Florida, Bill Reynolds—Tennessee, and in honor of John Plunkett—Georgia;
49t, Old Hundred, in memory of Alton Parsons, Sr.—Kentucky
278 (SoH), ('t'op or 'b'ottom?), in memory of Joe L. Dunn—Kentucky
95, Vernon, in memory of Fred Hill—Indiana.
The lunch blessing was offered by Jim Thobaben.

LUNCH

The afternoon session was brought to order by Ron Pen.
Leaders:
63, Coronation - Bob Meek
196, Alabama - Keith MacAdam
59, Holy Manna - Tim Morton
455, Soar Away - Ron Pen
223, Portuguese Hymn - Laurel Cornell
312b, Restoration (First) - Zach Davis
358, Murillo's Lesson - Mary Brinkman
277, Antioch - Tony England and Darrell Swarens
34b, St. Thomas - Donna Kwon
49b, Mear - Laura Morton
299, New Jerusalem - Charles Coulston
333, Family Circle - Rob Coulston
242, Ode on Science - Bernard Bandlein
334, Oh Come Away - Shirley Carlberg
388, The Happy Sailor - Sharon Hill
160b, Turn, Sinner, Turn - Keith MacAdam
210, Lena - Owen Sammons
   “” - Nikos Pappas (no song or number given).

RECESS

Ron Pen called the class back to order leading 209, Evening Shade.
Leaders:
   “Watauga” - Randy Webber (original composition)
61, Sweet Rivers - Tylla Ovezova
81t, Beach Spring - Kevin Kehrberg
178, Africa - Sarah Kehrberg
189, Montgomery - Karen Arnett
275t, Loving Kindness - Fran Bradshaw.

The singing was concluded with a prayer offered by Jim Thobaben. Ron Pen led 267, Parting Friends (First), as the closing song.

Chairman—Charles H. Coulston; Secretary—Mary Brinkman.