Etowah Fall Singing, 108th Year

Etowah Lions Club
Etowah, Henderson County, North Carolina
Saturday, September 5, 2015

All selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 1994 reprint).

Diane Eskenasy welcomed the singers and opened the singing with
381D, Holy Manna
Leslie Booher offered the opening prayer.
80t, Caddo - Mary Baumeister
26b, Ninety-Third - Larry Beveridge
225b, Martin - Zack Allen
129t, Coronation - Don Wiley, for Scott Swanton who had said Coronation was the first song he ever led at Etowah Singing
381A, Not Made with Hands - Carl Blozan
248b, Union - Chris Berg
207t, Windham - Andrew Windham
120t, The Lonesome Dove - Dan Huger
289b, Happy Land - Leslie Booher
77b, Cambridge - Julianne Wiley
35b, Boylston - Maggie Lauterer
47t, Shirland - Chris Wilhelm
51, Lonsdale - Diane Eskenasy

Break

Some small bits of business were brought up for thought. The cost of singing space is getting very high. Don Wiley suggested we think about singing once a year instead of twice, if the rent is going to be a continung problem.
Since we have not used the New Harp of Columbia in the last few years, we decided to drop it from the list of books for this singing.
Zack Allen brought several paper bound advance copies of the Walker Book reprint for us to look at. He expects to have books available in early November.

273, Invitation - Eli Snyder
215t, In That Morning - Joe Holbert
141, Detroit - Ashley Bowen
328b, Pass Me Not - Joanna Isenhour
172b, Lotha - Mary Baumeister
55b, Idumea - Larry Beveridge
157, Hallelujah - Zack Allen
39b, Kelso - Don Wiley
135, Raymond - Carl Blozan (shapes, words, numbers)
58b, Primrose - Chris Berg

Lunch
Grace offered by Maggie Lauterer.

89b, Northfield - Diane Eskenasy
344, Morality - Will Peebles
339, Samanthra - Dan Huger
59t, Mear - Andrew Windham
255t, Watchman - Leslie Booher
36b, Albion - Linda Krieger
140, Edom - Julianne Wiley
369, Easter Anthem - Maggie Lauterer (no shapes)
133, Juniata - Chris Wilhelm
103b, Fish Pond - Diane Eskenasy
93, Something New - Eli Snyder

Business Meeting.
The officers for 2016 Spring: Diane Eskenasy - president; Tim Aldrich - treasurer; Chris Wilhelm - hospitality; Mary Baumeister - secretary.
We have funds to reserve the Lions Club building for next spring's Saturday before the first Sunday of May, which will be April 30th.

Break

322b, Boerne - Ashley Bowen
165b, Rockbridge - Mary Baumeister
287, Indian Convert - Larry Beveridge
117, Angel Band - Zack Allen
64t, The Penitent's Prayer - Don Wiley
359, Wondrous Love - Andrew Windham
145t, Milledgeville - Chris Berg
88, Pisgah - Will Peebles
185b, Corinth - Dan Huger
77t, Rockingham (First) - Leslie Booher
293, Lenox - Linda Krieger
159t, The Saint's Delight - Julianne Wiley
116t, The Finest Flower - Maggie Lauterer

Announcements

We sang 200b, Parting Hand, as the closing song.
Leslie Booher gave the closing prayer.

Minutes: Mary Baumeister

The Etowah Lions Club Building is a nice singing space. It would be nice to sing here again in the spring.
We had several visitors from the Etowah Historical group.
There were about 25 singers before lunch.