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South Yorkshire Singing

Wisewood Methodist Church, Wisewood, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Saturday, February 25, 2023

The annual South Yorkshire All-Day Sacred Harp singing was held at the Wisewood Methodist Church in Sheffield. The class was called to order by Vicki Elliott leading 171. Joe Vickers offered the opening prayer.

Leaders: Sam Carter 59; Robert Bentall 32b; Jacoba Bruneel 101t; Chris Brown 108b; Hannah Land 475; Martel Reynolds 142; Joe Vickers 378b; Kate Howard 217; Werner Ullah 49t; Joshua Lant 74t; Thomas Greig 74b; Joyce Smith 283; Karen Turner 99 (for Sandy Semeonoff); Matthew Parkinson 30t; Steve Brett 39b; Phil Tyler 101b; Richard Mayers 34b; Leilai Immel-Parkinson 225t; Greg Carson 276; Claire Welford 28t.

RECESS

Eimear O’Donovan brought the class back to order leading 106. Leaders: Martel Reynolds 312b; Mika Upton 77t; Jacoba Bruneel 216; Robert Bentall 39t; Claire Welford 181; Calum Woods 180; Erin Johnson-Williams 290; Kate Howard 31t; Karen Turner 448b.

John Sprackland offered the lesson for the deceased and for the sick and housebound. He read the following list of names of the deceased: Dave Thorpe, Richard Drane, Brianna Ghey, Gill Peake, Mark Jones—United Kingdom; Lydia Lewallen—North Carolina, USA; Graham DeZarn—Virginia, USA; Philip Denney—Georgia, USA; Dwight Diller—West Virginia, USA; Charlotte Powell—Texas, USA; Hubert Nall—Alabama, USA; Teresa Cavallar—Italy; Pat Lucy and Breda Morrisroe—Ireland.

He also read the following list of names of the sick and housebound: Michael Keane, Sandy Semeonoff, Lynn Semeraro, Cheryl Foreman, Jean McDougall, Joy Spreadborough, Seth Dickens, Cath Tyler, David Elliott, Chris Lever, and Denise Kania. John Sprackland and Tom Sprackland led 454 for all the above named.

Leaders: Hannah Land 56b; Werner Ullah 503; Joyce Smith 406; Chris Brown 72b. Grace for the mid-day meal was offered by Hannah Land.

LUNCH

Karen Turner called the class back together by leading 105. Leaders: Joshua Lant 456; Ed Johnson-Williams 396; Leilai Immel-Parkinson 159; Phil Tyler 182; Richard Mayers 263; Lottie Sumner, Sally Dunleavy, Connie Baldini, and Anna Baldini 146; Sam Carter 460; Joe Vickers 511; Eimear O’Donovan 296; Greg Carson 481; Steve Brett 358 (for the Minnesota singers and Lydia Lewallen); Claire Welford 385t; Matthew Parkinson 505; Thomas Greig 274t; Erin Johnson-Williams 192; Jacoba Bruneel 42; Mika Upton 448t; Calum Woods 398; Hannah Land 189; Tom Sprackland 214; Robert Bentall 324.

RECESS

The class was brought back to order by Jacoba Bruneel leading 275t. Leaders: Steve Brett 76b; Werner Ullah 278t; Phil Tyler 573; Karen Turner 430; Martel Reynolds 268; Sam Carter and Lenny Lee-Fisher 38b; Sian Lant 339; Joyce Smith 373; Calum Woods 394; Richard Mayers 504; Leilai Immel-Parkinson 100; Joe Vickers 43; Tom Sprackland 434; Greg Carson 178; Eimear O’Donovan 521; Thomas Greig 410t.

Eimear O’Donovan and Vicki Elliott led 347 as the closing song. Calum Woods offered the closing prayer.

Co-Chairpersons—Eimear O’Donovan and Vicki Elliott; Secretary—Jacoba Bruneel