Etowah Fall Singing, 118th Year

Etowah Lions Club
Etowah, Henderson County, North Carolina
Saturday, September 6, 2025

All selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 2015 Folk Heritage reprint).

Diane Eskenasy welcomed the singers and opened the singing with 198, Creation.
Bill Hogan gave the opening prayer.

36b, Albion - Mary Baumeister
51, Lonsdale - Bill Hogan
67b, Dundee - Chris Wilhelm
367, David's Lamentation - Ron Begley and Thomas Begley
105b, Resignation - Anne Gilliland
80t, Caddo - Dave Farmer
165b, Rockbridge - Josh Chandler
58b, Primrose - Chris Berg
203, Cumberland - Thomas Begley
76b, Night - Tina Becker
178b, Duke Street - Carol Begley
77t, Rockingham (First) - Dan Huger
269t, Restoration - Eric Conrad
63b, Azmon - Leslie Booher
147t, Fairfield - June Smathers-Jolley

Break

240, Morning Light - Diane Eskenasy
117, Angel Band - Chris Wilhelm, with Sue Cozort, Cathy and Mike Chandler
88, Pisgah - Carolyn Ogburn
255t, Watchman - Martha Hubert
33t, St. Thomas - Larry Hall
133, Juniata - Bill Hogan
238t, Angel (or, Child's Wish) - Mary Baumeister
208b, French Broad - Chris Wilhelm, for our river which overflowed itself only a year ago
207t, Windham - Ron Begley
254b, Sicily - Anne Gilliland
177b, Mendon - Dave Farmer
Bill Hogan offered the Grace for Lunch.

Lunch

77b, Cambridge - Josh Chandler
248b, Union - Chris Berg
171t, Sessions - Thomas Begley
312, Penitence - Carol Begley
339, Samanthra - Dan Huger
145b, Consolation - Eric Conrad
136, Sherburne - Leslie Booher
130b, Passing Away - June Smathers-Jolley, IMO Quay Smathers
128t, Ninety-Fifth - Carolyn Ogburn
204t, Prayer Meeting - Martha Hubert
135, Raymond - Larry Hall (by the numbers)
369, Easter Anthem - Diane Eskenasy, for Zack Allen who is going for heart surgery
338b, Davis - Bill Hogan
348, We've a Mansion in Heaven - Mary Baumeister
214, Hosanna - Chris Wilhelm
215t, In That Morning - Ron Begley

Break

299, Green Meadows - Dan Huger
249t, Green Fields - Anne Gilliland
346, Star in the East - Dave Farmer
272, Felicity - Chris Berg
210t, Old Hundred - Carol Begley
261t, The Good Shepherd - Dan Huger
196, Loving-Kindness - Eric Conrad
129b, Christmas - Leslie Booher
159t, The Saint's Delight - June Smathers-Jolley
129t, Coronation - Carolyn Ogburn
328b, Pass Me Not - Martha Hubert

Announcements

200b, Parting Hand - Larry Hall and Diane Eskenasy, as the closing song.

Bill Hogan offered the closing prayer.

Minutes: Mary Baumeister
Arranging: Dan Huger
Pitching: Bill Hogan and Thomas Begley

There were some 40 singers before lunch.