East Midlands Shape Note Convention

Kegworth Village Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Saturday, April 26, 2025 and Sunday, April 27, 2025

Saturday 26th April

All songs were from The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 2012 Revision, and The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition, as indicated.

The class was called to order by Hannah Land leading 30t (CB), Rochester.
Margaret Gillanders gave the opening prayer.
Leaders:
51 (CB), My Home (Lisbon) - Ian West
504t (CB), Peterborough - Joe Vickers
84 (SH), Amsterdam - Rosaling Oldham
55 (CB), Shall We Know Each Other There? - Chris Noren
29t (SH), Fairfield - Jo-anne Carlyle
163 (CB), (No song at that page no.) - Mick Verrier
31t (CB), Ninety-Third Psalm - Joy Spreadborough
162 (SH), Plenary - Derek Buckland
200 (SH), Edom - Emily Verrier
380t (CB), Nettie - Josh Lant
380b (CB), Humble Pleadings - Claire Welford
181 (SH), Exit - Richard Mayers
503 (SH), Lloyd - Werner Ullah
452 (SH), Martin - Inga Buckland
38t (SH), Winter - David Moore
105 (SH), Jewett - Leilai Immel-Parkinson.

RECESS

The class was called to order by Vicki Elliot leading 131b (SH), Invocation (First).

Leaders:
127 (SH), Green Fields - Emily Verrier
137 (CB), Liberty - Hannah Land
178 (SH), Africa - Joan Nagy
299 (SH), New Jerusalem - Inga Buckland
314 (CB), Amherst - Joe Vickers
270 (SH), Confidence - Claire Welford
66 (SH), Jordan (First) - Rosalind Oldham
81b (SH), Cookham - Matthew Parkinson
119 (SH), Heaven's My Home - Josh Lant
122 (CB), All Is Well - Joy Spreadborough
350 (CB), The Red Sea Anthem - Richard Mayers
575 (CB), Davis (Lonsdale) - Ian West
179 (SH), The Christian Warfare - Leilai Immel-Parkinson
106 (CB), Ecstacy - Mick Verrier
486 (CB), No Night on That Golden Shore - Chris Noren
422 (CB), (No song at that page no.) - Jo-anne Carlyle
113 (SH), The Prodigal Son - Emily Verrier
236 (SH), Easter Anthem - David Moore
217 (SH), Ballstown - Vicki Elliott
70t (SH), Gainsville - Derek Buckland
457 (SH), Wayfaring Stranger - Werner Ullah
347 (SH), Christian's Farewell - Joan Nagy.

Rosalind Oldham gave the blessing before the noon meal.

Lunch

The class was called to order by Josh Lant leading 96 (CB), Mercy Seat.

Leaders:
263 (SH), Doddridge - Chris Noren (in honour of Richard Mayers' birthday)
486 (SH), Beneficence - Claire Welford
559 (CB), Will You Meet Me? - Ian West
184b (CB), Tribulation - Phil Tyler
189 (SH), Montgomery - Emily Verrier
377 (SH), Eternal Praise - Vicki Elliott
133 (CB), John 4:14 - Hannah Land
315 (CB), Worlds Above - Matthew Parkinson
98 (CB), Glory Shone Around - Joe Vickers
113 (SH), The Prodigal Son - John Baldini and Emily Verrier (Treasurer's lesson)
505 (SH), Where Ceaseless Ages Roll - Inga Buckland
268 (SH), David's Lamentation - Mick Verrier
410t (SH), The Dying Californian - Werner Ullah
68b (SH), Ortonville - Joy Spreadborough
198 (SH), Green Street - David Moore (in memory of Ruth Steggles)
504 (SH), Wood Street - Joan Nagy
54t (CB), Palmetto - Leilai Immel-Parkinson
344 (SH), Rainbow - Jo-anne Carlyle.

Recess

The class was called to order by Chris Noren leading 463 (CB), Angel Band (Land of Beulah).

Leaders:
273 (CB), Marthasville - Vicki Elliott
348t (SH), Ainslie - Derek Buckland
324 (SH), North Port - Richard Mayers
56b (SH), Villulia - Joan Nagy
56t (SH), Columbiana - Leilai Immel-Parkinson
411 (CB), The Finest Flower - Phil Tyler
288 (SH), White - Emily Verrier
287 (SH), Cambridge - Matthew Parkinson
308 (SH), Parting Friends (Second) - Inga Buckland
501 (SH), O'Leary - Werner Ullah
38t (CB), Sessions - Charlotte Lynch and Joe Vickers
587 (CB), Nearer, My God, To Thee (Bethany) - Claire Welford
132 (CB), Evening Shade - Mick Verrier
481 (SH), Novakoski - Joy Spreadborough
478 (CB), March On - David Moore
228 (SH), Marlborough - Hannah Land (International lesson with the Atlanta All-Day Singing, where David Brodeur led the same song at the same time)
493 (SH), Amanda Ray - Joe Vickers
86 (SH), Poland - Jo-anne Carlyle
500 (CB), Sweet By and By - Ian West
444t (CB), The Gospel Pool - Josh Land.
After brief announcements Hannah Land and Chris Noren closed the singing leading 527 (CB), Heavenly Grace, and Joe Vickers dismissed the class with the closing prayer.

Sunday 27th April - Christian Harmony Singing

All songs were from The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition.

The class was called to order by Hannah Land leading 72t, Jordan.
Joe Vickers gave the opening prayer.
Leaders:
44t, Morning Sun - Joe Vickers
225b, Martin - Jo-anne Carlyle
507b, Sicily - Joy Spreadborough
546b, Oak Grove - Werner Ullah
51, Lonsdale - Inga Buckland
46b, Waiting Church - Claire Welford
49, Forever with the Lord - Chris Noren
143, Farther Along - Derek Buckland
455b, Rockbridge - Phil Tyler
307, True Happiness - Tom Sprackland
163b, Burroughs - Oisin Kisdon-Ireland
16, The Finest Flower - Jo-anne Carlyle
55b, Idumea - Werner Ullah
194, O Happy Day - Joy Spreadborough
195, Garden - Claire Welford.

Recess

The class was called to order by Joe Vickers leading 336t, Sweet Harmony.
Leaders:
261t, Come Thou Fount - Jess Nock
261b, Alone - Inga Buckland
133, Juniata - Hannah Land
355, Homeward Bound - Phil Tyler
205, The Watchman's Call - Tom Sprackland
142, The Solid Rock - Chris Noren
1, Weary Rest - Oisin Kisdon-Ireland
184, Where We'll Never Grow Old - Derek Buckland
167t, Detroit - Claire Welford
343, Tell the Story - Joy Spreadborough
473, Bartholday - Inga Buckland.

Hannah Land gave the combined sick and housebound and memorial lessons, beginning with the following sick and housebound: Patricia Landes, Brian Bryony Bartholemew, Cath Tyler, Adam Barnes, Chris Stadward, Cäcilia Mann, B (wishes to be anonymous), Liz Knowles, Rosie Meredith, Lynn Allen, Mary Beer.

The following deceased were also remembered: Susie McIntosh, Uschi Nolte, Henry Guthery, Chloe Webb, Steve Biggs, Jean Rogan, Dave Crowther, Reed Schilbach, Jabbara Edwards, Corrone and Ruth Anne Bryant, Bernard Collard, Simon White, Rob Mahoney, Josh Byers, Zareer Masani, Pete Polish, Dinos Nearchou, Peter Child, Constance Dennis, Dingo Dinkleman, Olive Gibson, Neil Thompson.

Hannah Land led 111b, Judkins, and closed the lessons with a prayer.

Leaders:
400t, Christian Love - Joe Vickers
281, (No song at that page no.) - Oisin Kisdon-Ireland
521, Darwell - Phil Tyler
417b, Zanesville - Werner Ullah.

Joy Spreadborough offered the noon blessing.

Lunch

The class was called to order by Joe Vickers leading 61t, North Carolina.
Leaders:
492b, Supplication - Tom Sprackland
432b, Fish Pond - Jo-anne Carlyle
168b, Sunrise - Chris Noren
117, Angel Band - Derek Buckland
54, My Trust - Hannah Land
64, Youthful Blessings - Phil Tyler
431, Dungeness - Inga Buckland
485, Quito - Claire Welford
245, Bozrah - Oisin Kisdon-Ireland
58b, Primrose - Werner Ullah
137, Antioch - Joy Spreadborough
338b, Davis - Joe Vickers
179, Traveling On - Tom Sprackland
147, Fairfield - Jo-anne Carlyle
372, I Won't Turn Back - Chris Noren.

Recess

The class was called to order by Oisin Kisdon-Ireland leading 109, Not Made with Hands.
Leaders:
515, Olive Shade - Inga Buckland
516, Oliphant - Phil Tyler
146b, Bangor - Claire Welford
226, (No song at that page no.) - Derek Buckland
176, Heavenly Treasures - Chris Noren (Treasurer's Lesson)
272, Felicity - Joy Spreadborough
420, Cambridge - Werner Ullah
81t, Maitland - Hannah Land
29, The Midnight Cry - Oisin Kisdon-Ireland
67t, Peterboro - Tom Sprackland
11, Minister's Farewell - Inga Buckland
105b, Hamburg - Jo-anne Carlyle
203, Cumberland - Phil Tyler
341, The Lone Pilgrim - Derek Buckland
50, Cranbrook - Chris Noren.

The secretaries reported 47 registrants, 36 leaders, and 147 songs sung over the course of the weekend.

Following brief announcements, Hannah Land closed the singing leading 67b, Dundee, and dismissed the class with a prayer.

Chair—Hannah Land. Secretaries—Joy Spreadborough, Anne Foulkes, Joe Vickers.