The 8th Annual Wears Valley Convention

(Sat.) Elkmont Chapel, Valley View Baptist Church
(Sun.) Headrick Chapel
Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee
Saturday, September 21, 2024 and Sunday, September 22, 2024

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

Saturday, 21 September at Elkmont Chapel of Valley View Baptist Church

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. In 2017 the date of the singing was changed to the fourth Saturday in September, the day before the Headrick Chapel singing.

Today we had 2 to 4 trebles, 5 altos, 5 leads, and 2 basses. Leads in the pews faced altos, with basses to their left, trebles to their right. Jeremy Shipp and the three Shipp kids sat in the pew behind the leads.

107, Holy Manna - Andrew Whaley
Opening prayer - Robin Goddard
29b, Come, Ye Disconsolate! - Mary Baumeister
112, Humility - Elizabeth Wood
25, Ninety-Third - Paul Clabo
72t, My Mother's Bible - Andrew Whaley
67t, Soda - Grace Shipp
A162, David's Lamentation - Verity Shipp
143, Wondrous Love - James Shipp
A21, Consolation - Elizabeth Shipp
29t, Convoy - Jeremy Shipp
A97b, Athens - David Sarten
A52, Evening Shade - Bob Brylawski
115, Northfield - Leslie Booher
131t, Marston - Janet Whaley
99, Morning Trumpet - Robin Goddard
98, Liberty - Claire Meigs
64t, Zerah - Judy Mincey
30, Sion's Security - Bob Richmond
85, David's Victory ?Wrong title for this page number? - Andrew Whaley
81t, Shirland - Mary Baumeister
68t, Paradise - Elizabeth Wood
125b, New Haven - Paul Clabo
130, Antioch - Grace Shipp
183, Long Ago - Verity Shipp
39t, China - Elizabeth Shipp
80b, Shawmut - ? (a request)
117, Coronation - James Shipp
A22, Detroit - David Sarten
110, North Salem - Bob Brylawski
114t, Zion - Leslie Booher
53b, Dundee - Robin Goddard
A34, New Salem - Jeremy Shipp
144, Rowley - Judy Mincey
109, Bruce's Address - Bob Richmond
Blessing before dinner - Jeremy Shipp

82, Bealoth - Andrew Whaley
A41, Sweet Rivers - Mary Baumeister
A81, Few Happy Matches - Verity Shipp
104t, Mount Vernon - Elizabeth Wood
60, Importunity - Paul Clabo
A72, Messiah - Elizabeth Wood
184, Watchman! Tell Us of the Night - Grace Shipp
74, Never Part Again - James Shipp
A20, Fairfield - Elizabeth Shipp
A62, Florida - Gail Doss
63b, Azmon - David Sarten
168, When Shall We Meet Again? - Bob Brylawski
152, Milford - Leslie Booher
20b, Hebron - Robin Goddard
A96, David's Victory - Jeremy Shipp
180, Whitestown - Claire Meigs
68t, Paradise - Judy Mincey
163, New Topia - Bob Richmond
71, Bequest - Jeremy Shipp
177, Jordan's Shore - Verity Shipp
114b, Richmond - Grace Shipp
121, Seaman - Jeremy Shipp
120t, Christian Soldier
181, Boylston - Grace Shipp
A184d, Welcome - Verity Shipp
108b, Harwell - Elizabeth Wood
134, Indian's Farewell - James Shipp
Closing prayer - David Sarten

Sunday, 22 September at Headrick Chapel

Annual New Harp of Columbia Headrick Chapel Singing, Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. Moderators were David Sarten in the morning, and Andrew Whaley in the afternoon. We had at least 27 singers, with 5 trebles, 7 altos, at least 11 leads, 4 basses. We sang 54 songs.

Headrick Chapel was built in 1902, out of sturdy yellow poplar (tulip poplar) boards. Four congregations shared it, each meeting monthly: Northern and Southern Baptists, Missionary Baptists, and Primitive Baptists. The building has not been a house of worship for more than two decades. The singing in this space probably dates from the 1960s. A sign in front proclaims that Headrick Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The singing was extraordinarily loud. I measured 87 decibels with an iPhone app. (OSHA action level is 85 db.)

107, Holy Manna - David Sarten (morning moderator)
Prayer - Paul Clabo
14, Mear - Roger Bland
68t, Paradise - Elizabeth Wood
206, Western Mount Pleasant - Andrew Whaley
35, Ninety-Fifth - Paul Clabo
99, Morning Trumpet - Sharee Green
15, Prospect - Mary Baumeister
143, Wondrous Love - Heather Woods
18, Windham - Gail Doss
139, Meditation - Chris Wilhelm
24, Salvation - Calum Woods
30, Sion's Security - Bob Richmond
121, Seaman - Judy Mincey
A108, Star in the East
115, Northfield - ?
53b, Dundee - Joseph Bray
74, Never Part Again - Robin Goddard
56b, Warrenton - Anna Hawkins
25, Ninety-Third - Zak Swafford
144, Rowley - Judy Mincey
22t, Missionary Chant - Leslie Booher
A114, Tennessee - Jonathan Wood
195, Easter Anthem - Bob Brylawski
A22, Detroit - David Sarten
23b, Duke Street - Tom Taylor
110, North Salem - Phillip Pardue
A52, Evening Shade - Dan Huger
80b, Shawmut - Christa White
104t, Mount Vernon - Elizabeth Wood
Prayer - David Sarten

11, Old Hundred - Roger Bland
129t, Dublin - ?
60, Importunity - Andrew Whaley (afternoon moderator)
51, Mount Olivet - Paul Clabo
98, Liberty - Sharee Green
132, Lischer - Mary Baumeister
12, Albion - Gail Doss
131b, Broomfield - Joseph Bray
43, Pleasant Hill - Calum Woods
A168, Lena - David Carlton
57, Protection - Dan Huger
154, Yarmouth - Judy Mincey
44, Idumea - Anna Hawkins
64t, Zerah - Robin Goddard
63b, Azmon - Leslie Booher
122, Summer - Bob Brylawski
109, Bruce's Address - Calum Woods
42, Lenox - Phillip Pardue
115, Northfield - Tom Taylor
20b, Hebron - Andrew Whaley
21t, Rockingham - Sharee Green
114t, Zion - Judy Mincey
166, Minstrel - Mary Baumeister
28t, Loving-Kindness - David Carlton
112, Humility - Andrew Whaley
Prayer - Robin Goddard

Minutes: Bob Richmond