Headrick Chapel Singing

Headrick Chapel
Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee
Sunday, September 22, 2013

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

Minutes, annual New Harp of Columbia Headrick Chapel Singing, Sunday, September 22nd, 2013. Moderator was David Sarten. We had 42 singers at 10 AM, also 42 after dinner on the grounds. The audience (non-singers) was somewhat sparse, overall about 15 people. We sang 65 songs, with an unusual number of duplications.

107, Holy Manna - David Sarten
opening prayer: David Sarten
127, The Rock - Claudia Dean
13, Reflection - Joe Sarten
14, Mear - Cora Sweatt
115, Northfield - Christy White
99, Morning Trumpet - Sharee Green
56t, Heavenly Armour - Nathan Rees
89, Morality - Paul Clabo
62b, Ono - Mary Baumeister
25, Ninety-Third - Eddie Mash
63b, Azmon - David Sarten
47, The Promised Land - Tom Smith
80b, Shawmut - Bill Gathergood
42, Lenox - Kathleen Mavournin
30, Sion's Security - Bob Richmond
170, Spring - Jeff Farr
128b, Ortonville - Ann Strange
68t, Paradise - Tina Becker
108t, Waynesville - Chris Wilhelm
114t, Zion - Leslie Booher
74, Never Part Again - Robin Goddard
40, Aurora - Claudia Dean
110, North Salem - Nathan Rees
15, Prospect - Joe Sarten
35, Ninety-Fifth - Cora Sweatt
53b, Dundee - Christy White
56b, Warrenton - Sharee Green
51, Mount Olivet - Andrew Whaley
75t, Anticipation - Paul Clabo
75b, Lorinda - Mary Baumeister

Prayer before dinner on the grounds - Paul Clabo

107, Holy Manna - David Sarten
Prayer - Tom Smith
12, Albion - William Simerly
178b, Invitation - Eddie Mash
A97b, Athens - David Sarten
117, Coronation - Bill Gathergood
39b, St. Martin's - Kathleen Mavournin
109, Bruce's Address - Bob Richmond
170, Spring - Jeff Farr
219, Farewell Anthem - Ann Strange
A52, Evening Shade - Tina Becker
87b, A Home in Heaven - Chris Wilhelm
39t, China - Leslie Booher
144, Rowley - Robin Goddard
99, Morning Trumpet - Nancy Olsen
44, Idumea - Hal Wilson
A53, Redeeming Love - Claudia Dean
180, Whitestown - Joe Sarten
16, Greenfields - Cora Sweatt
159b, Ocean - Andrew Whaley
11, Old Hundred - William Simerly
47, The Promised Land - Tom Smith
63t, Naomi - Mary Baumeister
80b, Shawmut - Bill Gathergood
A162, David's Lamentation - Tina Becker
A22, Detroit - David Sarten
98, Liberty - Jeff Farr
158, Montgomery - Nathan Rees
67t, Soda - Chris Wilhelm
61, Leander - Nancy Olsen
A21, Consolation - Leslie Booher
20b, Hebron - Robin Goddard
35, Ninety-Fifth - Christy White
64b, Fountain - Nathan Rees
95, Parting Hand - David Sarten

closing prayer - David Sarten

We sang the extremely challenging 219, Farewell Anthem, for the first time at Headrick Chapel as far as anyone remembers, with Ann Strange as overall leader, and Jeff Farr, Eddie Mash, Tina Becker, and Nathan Rees each leading one of the four parts.

Jeff Farr bought a very rare book, the 1866 reprinting of the 1848 original Harp of Columbia, from a dealer at ABEBooks. M.L. Swan has a note on the back of the book, noting that he has resumed its publication after the war. By then he had moved to Alabama, where he would die a few years later. The damaged printing plates (such as 68 Paradise and and 122 "Ummer") used to print later printings were still undamaged at the time these pages were printed.

Minutes by Bob Richmond.