Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

The Washington session of the Pacific Northwest Sacred Harp Convention, normally held the third Sunday in February and Saturday before, did not convene due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Over =77 (t? b?) households did gather online on Sunday, February 21, to commemorate the singing weekend and to hold a memorial lesson.

Laura McMurray and Mischa Skeeter conducted the memorial lesson. They called 528 for the following sick and shut-ins: Rosella Helf, David Fetcho, Larry Ballinger, Gayle Cowart, Melanie Hauff, and Tony LaViola.

Laura and Mischa called 75 in memory of the following deceased: Paula Johnson Ross, Mary Nack—Washington; Martha Sherwood, Mary Lou Goertzen, T K Landázuri, Gladys Morgan—Oregon; Peter Golden—Maine; Michael Kean—North Carolina; Victor Tatum—Pennsylvania; Jewel Wootten, Margaret Spurlock, Bill Windom, Erline Lawson, Anne Chalker, Mary Ruth Stiefel, Dr. Charles Isbell—Alabama; Bill Beverly—Michigan; Janet Miller, Nick Pasqual, Pastor Edward L. Hoffman, Barry Grayson—Illinois; Curtis Owen, Dale Redmond, Myrl Jones—Texas; Tony Schinske—Minnesota; Harry Dodge—Wisconsin; Liam Toole and Judy Toole—Tennessee; Norma Mincey, David Grant, Richard DeLong—Georgia; Roy M. Davis—Mississippi; Bob Begley, Joanne Shroat, Greg Shroat—Indiana; Alicia Santinelli—Mexico; Ken Gerberick—Missouri and Canada. Mischa offered a prayer to close the memorial lesson.

We hope to be able to gather together again in person on February 19 and 20, 2022.

Secretary—Clarissa Fetrow