The 134th Big Singing (Southern Harmony)

Old Marshall County Courthouse
Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky
Sunday, May 28, 2017

The morning session of the 134th annual Big Singing (using The Southern Harmony, 1854 facsimile, 1987 UofK reprint, compiled by William Walker), was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Gene Gilliland leading 103, Holy Manna.
51, The Promised Land.
Leaders:
39t, Bozrah - Don Waggener
296, Newburgh
50, Captain Kidd - Raphael Finkel
77, Lenox
8t, New Britain - Kerry Lovett
123, Disciple
16, Star in the East - Marcy Thobaben and James Thobaben
38, Resignation - Tom Waggener
166, Sweet Rivers
213, David's Lamentation - Randy Webber
115, Morning Star
17b, Consolation - Tim Reynolds
33, Confidence
92b, Prospect - Vickie See and Billy See
3t, Primrose
83, Thorny Desert - Ray Rechenberg
46, Evening Shade
322, Samanthra - Ron Pen
133, Indian Convert
27b, Ninety-Fifth - Ralph Paris
276b, China.

LUNCH

The afternoon session was called to order at 1:15 p.m. by Gene Gilliland leading 103, Holy Manna.
Leaders:
19t, Hicks' Farewell - David Killingsworth
302, Long Sought Home
256, The Lone Pilgrim - David Carlton
276t, Dunlap's Creek
308, The Young Convert - Erin Fulton
134, Imandra
11, Jerusalem - James Thobaben and Ron Pen
296, Newburgh - Mark Cain
299, Coronation - Matt Meacham
312t, Condescension
80, Pisgah - Don Waggener
265, French Broad
89b, Happy Land - Amanda Groves
159b, New Haven - Raphael Finkel
332, Greenland - Kerry Lovett and Lesa Lovett
144, O Come, Come Away
116, Alabama - Tom Waggener
189, Easter Anthem
133, Indian Convert - Randy Webber
13t, Dublin
178, Schenectady - Tim Reynolds
19b, Canon - Ron Pen
46, Evening Shade
277, Willoughby - Ralph Paris
1, Liverpool
39t, Bozrah - Matt Meacham
94t, Warrenton - Gene Gilliland
194, In That Morning - Gene Gilliland and Randy Webber
107, Hallelujah - Gene Gilliland and Randy Webber and Ron Pen.

Gene Gilliland led 334, The Christian's Farewell, as the closing song.
Ralph Paris offered the closing prayer.

Chairman—Gene Gilliland; Vice Chairman—William Paris; Secretaries—Vickie See and Tim Reynolds.

Officers of the SPSHS this year:
Gene Gilliland, president
Gary E. Clark, vice-president
Lesa Lovett, secretary/treasurer
Don Waggener, director-at-large
Directors: Kerry Lovett, William Ralph Paris, Nancy Paris, Jo Cox.