The 1st Annual Wears Valley Convention

(Sat.) Elkmont Chapel, Valley View Baptist Church
(Sun.) Headrick Chapel
Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee
Saturday, September 23, 2017 and Sunday, September 24, 2017

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

Saturday, 23 September

Minutes - Elkmont Chapel of Valley View Baptist Church, Wears Valley TN (southeast of Knoxville), Saturday, September 23rd, 2017. Originally erected in what became Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Elkmont Chapel was dismantled, loaded onto a truck, moved to its present site, and re-erected, in 1938.

At Andrew Whaley's suggestion the very old Valley View singing (it began in 1898) has been moved to the Saturday before the Headrick Chapel singing. This was done for the first time this year, forming the two-day First Annual Wears Valley Convention, Old Harp Singers of East Tennessee.

The change was quite successful - we had 30 singers in the morning, 35 in the afternoon (OK, I included Jeremy Shipp's two kids!)

107, Holy Manna - Bruce Wheeler (moderator)
Prayer - Paul Clabo
A97b, Athens - David Sarten
14, Mear - Bill Gathergood
67b, New Year - Jeremy Shipp
52t, Ballerma - Dan Huger
29t, Convoy - Elizabeth Shipp
26, Erin - Claudia Dean
130, Antioch - James Shipp
15, Prospect - Joe Sarten
43, Pleasant Hill - Andrew Whaley
122, Summer - Paul Clabo
27t, They That Conquer - Mary Baumeister
131t, Marston - Janet Whaley
30, Sion's Security - Nancy Olsen
22t, Missionary Chant - Leslie Booher
45, Kedron - Chris Wilhelm
125b, New Haven - Reba Harmon
169, Amsterdam - Bob Richmond
144, Rowley - Judy Mincey
61, Leander - Ann Strange
110, North Salem - Tina Becker
42, Lenox - Joe Schrock
73t, Oh, Sing to Me of Heaven - Jeff Farr
20b, Hebron - Bruce Wheeler
99, Morning Trumpet - Nancy Olsen
14, Mear - Cora Sweatt
24, Salvation - Andrew Whaley
59b, Arlington - Claudia Dean
139, Meditation - Judy Mincey
115, Northfield - Dan Huger
11, Old Hundred - Bill Gathergood
Prayer before dinner on the grounds - David Sarten

35, Ninety-Fifth - Bruce Wheeler
introduction by pastor Preston Joslin
114t, Zion - Joe Schrock
A82, Exultation - Jeff Farr
67t, Soda - Jonathon Smith
47, The Promised Land - Steve Stone
180, Whitestown - Ann Strange
68t, Paradise - Judy Mincey
A52, Evening Shade - Tina Becker
164b, Eusebia - Leslie Booher
13, Reflection - Chris Wilhelm
85, Greenland - Paul Clabo
51, Mount Olivet - Andrew Whaley
105, Erie - Joe Sarten
185, Christian Song - Jeremy Shipp
60, Importunity - James Shipp
143, Wondrous Love - Cora Sweatt
A63, New-Market - Elizabeth Shipp
41b, Nashville - Claudia Dean
101, Winter - Mary Baumeister
80b, Shawmut - Dan Huger
A22, Detroit - David Sarten
69b, Middleton - Bill Gathergood
112, Humility - Andrew Whaley
134, Indian's Farewell - Paul Clabo
124, The Saint's Adieu - Bruce Wheeler
95, Parting Hand - David Sarten
Dismissal - Andrew Whaley

Sunday, 24 September

Minutes, annual New Harp of Columbia Headrick Chapel Singing, Sunday, September 24th, 2017. Moderators were David Sarten in the morning, and Bruce Wheeler in the afternoon. We had 36 singers in the morning and 40 in the afternoon, slightly fewer than last year. For the first time the Headrick Chapel singing was the second day of the two-day First Annual Wears Valley Convention, Old Harp Singers of East Tennessee. I think the singing was the most proficient in the more than 25 years I've been coming to Headrick Chapel.

107, Holy Manna
Prayer - Tom Smith
20b, Hebron - Bruce Wheeler
64t, Zerah - Judy Mincey
30, Sion's Security - Bob Richmond
51, Mount Olivet - Kathleen Mavournin
195, Easter Anthem - Joe Schrock
110, North Salem - Jonathon Smith
74, Never Part Again - Robin Goddard
25, Ninety-Third - Julianne Wiley
158, Montgomery - Tina Becker
106, Overton - Chris Wilhelm
   “Headrick's Chapel” - Leslie Booher, from handout (see note below)
14, Mear - Christy White
180, Whitestown - Nathan Rees
99, Morning Trumpet - Sharee Green
57, Protection - Joe Sarten
A20, Fairfield - Andrew Whaley
A21, Consolation - Mary Baumeister
177, Jordan's Shore - Claudia Dean
A162, David's Lamentation - Jacob _____
199, Rose of Sharon - Dan Huger
82, Bealoth - Paul Clabo
63b, Azmon - David Sarten
47, The Promised Land - Tom Smith
A97b, Athens - Steve Stone
80b, Shawmut - Bill Gathergood
A52, Evening Shade - Chaz Barber
35, Ninety-Fifth - Don Wiley
Blessing before lunch - David Sarten

107, Holy Manna - David Sarten
Prayer - Paul Clabo
99, Morning Trumpet - Joe Schrock
68t, Paradise - Sara Melton
112, Humility - Joe Finucane
23b, Duke Street - Tom Taylor
113t, Sutton - Nathan Rees
109, Bruce's Address - Hal Wilson
68t, Paradise
152, Milford - Dan Huger
42, Lenox - Andrew Whaley
83, Kingwood - Joe Sarten
21t, Rockingham - Sharee Green
121, Seaman - Mary Baumeister
48, Christian Contemplation - Claudia Dean
143, Wondrous Love - Jacob _____
124, The Saint's Adieu - Julianne Wiley
80b, Shawmut - Robin Goddard
99, Morning Trumpet - Christy White
98, Liberty - Dan Huger
159b, Ocean - Jonathon Smith
114t, Zion - Leslie Booher
39b, St. Martin's - Kathleen Mavournin
117, Coronation - Bob Richmond
145, Oliphant - Judy Mincey
28t, Loving-Kindness - Joe Schrock
24, Salvation - Hal Wilson
44, Idumea
13, Reflection - Andrew Whaley
A22, Detroit - David Sarten
60, Importunity - Tom Taylor
144, Rowley - Steve Stone
154, Yarmouth - Don Wiley
59t, Marlow - Joe Finucane
181, Boylston - Bruce Wheeler
95, Parting Hand - Joe Sarten
11, Old Hundred - Bill Gathergood
Dismissal - Paul Clabo

Note below: Caleb Dillehay sang with us in 2009, and sent us his composition "Headrick's Chapel" which we sang in 2010 - he couldn't make it that year. Leslie Booher led it this year. I find that Caleb's on Facebook.

Minutes by Bob Richmond.

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