The ~29th Swannanoa Valley Singing

St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Saturday, November 8, 2025

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

Joe Holbert welcomed the singers.
Moment of Silent Prayer
Joe opened the singing with 129t, Coronation
215t, In That Morning
128b, Hester - June Smathers-Jolley
128t, Ninety-Fifth
145t, Milledgeville - Mary Baumeister
21, Webster
31b, Time - Claudia Dean
307, True Happiness
49, Forever with the Lord - Leslie Booher
129b, Christmas
25t, Santee - Dave Farmer
103b, Fish Pond
206b, Supplication - Chris Wilhelm
77b, Cambridge, IHO Guy Bankes

Break

Business Meeting: Chris Wilhelm is stepping down from Hospitality, so we need a new person for 2026. Joe Holbert is giving notice that he will step down from Chairman after the singing in 2027, so we will need a new person for 2028.

158, The Land of Rest - Dan Huger
55b, Idumea
54b, Newingham - John Plunkett
32b, Zellville
159t, The Saint's Delight - Carolyn Ogburn
165b, Rockbridge
214, Hosanna - Joe Holbert
347, Portuguese Hymn - Dave Farmer
77t, Rockingham (First) - June Smathers-Jolley
76t, Brainerd - Mary Baumeister
Moment of Silence for Grace

Break for Lunch.

All afternoon selections from The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition.

396b, Waynsville - Claudia Dean
421b, Caddo - Leslie Booher
235, Faithful Soldier - Chris Wilhelm, IMO Dorothy Lane
109, Not Made with Hands - Dan Huger, IMO Mr Egerton
261t, Come Thou Fount - John Plunkett
215, In That Morning - Carolyn Ogburn
282, Friendship - Joe Holbert
61t, North Carolina - June Smathers-Jolley
289, Happy Land - Mary Baumeister, IMO Phil Perrin
165, Babylon is Fallen - Claudia Dean
543, Chase High Road - Leslie Booher
493b, Day-Star - Chris Wilhelm (requested by Patty Judson)
36t, Lovely Vine - Dan Huger
537, Crucifixion - John Plunkett
36b, Albion - Carolyn Ogburn

Announcements

217, Jerusalem - Joe Holbert
258, Thorny Desert - Mary Baumeister
281b, Palmetto - Claudia Dean
396t, Adams - Leslie Booher
76b, Night - Chris Wilhelm
216b, Social Band - Dan Huger
228, Pass Me Not - Carolyn Ogburn

200, Parting Hand, was the closing song.

Chair—Joe Holbert
Vice-Chair—Libby Barker
Hospitality—Chris Wilhelm
Pitching—Dan Huger and John Plunkett
Minutes—Mary Baumeister