Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

The 3rd annual Berlin Shenandoah Harmony All-Day Singing was held in the Parish Hall of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche in Berlin, Germany. Song selections were from the Shenandoah Harmony. Cherilyn Neilson called the class to order by leading 127. David Marnuse offered the opening prayer.

Leaders: Caro Stamm-Reusch 80; Christopher Schuller 236t; Evelyn Saylor 24b; Emma Rock 321b; Laura Eisen 6t; Phani Kiledar 422; Johannes Sauer 44; Monique Mathieu 130; Silke Kunow-Koch 381; Graham DeZarn 413; Anna Eggers 2; Hyke Sakaras 404t; James Schuller 326b; Pippa Stoddard 114; Francis Gaskin 246b; Ben Sachs-Hamilton 431; William Schuller 69.

RECESS

Melanie Tönnies called the class together by leading 36. Leaders: Marco Wessnigk 16; Saara Pakarinen 330t; Elisabeth Schallwig 53; Evelyn Lamb 278; Robin Bisson 210; Rachel Hall 193; Jessica Sligter 268; Myles Louis Dakan 300b; Michael Moore 396; Katrin Malack 241t; Emma Rock 229; David Marnuse 137; Chris Cotter 226; Dominik Fraune 170; Monique Mathieu 41; Benny Ross 287; Petra Ertl 13t; George Simms 211; Hans Gnendinger 297; Julian Starke 45; Alma Geburek and Phani Kiledar 338.

RECESS

The class was called together by Chloë Spreadborough leading 140b. Leaders: Ellen Kennedy 65t; Francis Gaskin 326t; Pippa Stoddard 285; Cherilyn Neilson 56; William Schuller 286; Anton Stamm and Caro Stamm-Reusch 12b; Johannes Sauer 126; Anna Eggers 171; Ben Sachs-Hamilton 290; Hyke Sakaras 260t; Saara Pakarinen 414b; Graham DeZarn 101; Evelyn Lamb 165. Monique Mathieu spoke on behalf of the sick and housebound and the deceased. She led 22b in their honor. Leaders: Christopher Schuller 450; Robin Bisson 424b. David Marnuse offered a blessing before the noon meal.

LUNCH

David Marnuse called the class together by leading 150. Leaders: Caro Stamm-Reusch 254; Jessica Sligter 142; Chris Cotter 86; Rachel Hall 258; Benny Ross 200; Melanie Tönnies 125; George Simms 260b; Michael Moore 67; Marco Wessnigk 87; Cherilyn Neilson 382; Myles Louis Dakan 398; Elisabeth Schallwig 319; Phani Kiledar 147; Julian Starke 187; Hans Gnendinger 423; Christopher Schuller 380; Ellen Kennedy 15; Ben Sachs-Hamilton 169; Evelyn Lamb 180; Pippa Stoddard 348b.

RECESS

Silke Kunow-Koch called the class together by leading 4b. Leaders: Dominik Fraune 132 (for the Cologne singers and the Three Kings buried in Cologne Cathedral); Laura Eisen 78; Myles Louis Dakan 107; Katrin Malack 118; Evelyn Saylor 163; Graham DeZarn 8; Rachel Hall 105; Hyke Sakaras 441; Michael Moore 184; Chris Cotter 5b; Francis Gaskin 270; Petra Ertl 176; Christopher Schuller, Michael Schuller, James Schuller, and William Schuller 364b; Saara Pakarinen 356b; Johannes Sauer 324; Robin Bisson 197.

Announcements were made and thanks were given. Cherilyn Neilson led 309 as the closing song. David Marnuse offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.

Chairman—Cherilyn Neilson; Treasurer—Emma Rock; Secretary—Caro Stamm-Reusch