Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

The Cork All-Day Singing was held on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in August. The class was called to order in the Unitarian church, Cork, Ireland, by Michael Walker leading 63. Katie Ahern offered the opening prayer.

Leaders: Katie Ahern 47t; Amanda Parkes 73t; Ger Wolfe 33b; Ailish McMahon 39t; Sinéad Hanrahan 77b; Kevin Kennedy 32b; Rosalind Woods 535; Joanna Bennett 45t (for her dad); Dermot Peel 278t (for Conor, Robert, and Gary); June Murphy 31t (for her grandad); Ted Brown 303; Brenda Bowley 48t (for Maureen Carty); Áine Uí Cheallaigh 84; Eimear Maguire 171; Nigel Bowley 29b; Helen Brown 29t; Aldo Ceresa 122 (for Seth Dickens); Sarah West 187; Marjorie Brown 72b (for Alice Eaddy); Niamh Madigan 348b (for families of Clonmel accident victims); Susanne Rolli 46; Chris Affolter 436; Claire O’Flynn 101t; Kate Kirwan 292; Desmond O’Flynn 155; Aislinn Ahern 340.

RECESS

Sinéad Hanrahan called the class to order leading 276. Leaders: Dermot Peel 168; Colleen Jones 497; Joanna Bennett 522 (for Eva Striebeck); Sarah West 165 (in memory of Lydia Lewellan); James Roche 489; Nigel Bowley 274b; Marjorie Brown 566.

Michael Walker dedicated the singing to the memory of Eva Striebeck. Michael Walker and Marjorie Brown 139. Marjorie Brown offered a prayer in Eva’s memory.

Leaders: Amanda Parkes 481 (for Pippa Cammack); Katie Kirwan 564; Ted Brown 225t; Katie Ahern 172; Áine Uí Cheallaigh 101b; Niamh Madigan 486; Chris Affolter 500; Helen Brown 475 (in memory of Cheryl Foreman of Texas and for Hannah Land as she recovers from surgery); Susanne Rolli 477; Rosalind Woods 442; June Murphy 547; Aldo Ceresa 506 (in memory of Eva Striebeck); Eimear Maguire 430; Brenda Bowley 277; Aislinn Ahern 369; Ailish McMahon 127; Claire O’Flynn 556. Ger Wolfe offered the blessing before breaking for lunch.

LUNCH

Michael Walker called the afternoon session to order leading 445. Leaders: Amanda Parkes 192; Kate Kirwan 367; Joanna Bennett 272; Aislinn Ahern 383; Ted Brown 176b; Eimear Maguire 480; Katie Ahern 513; Sarah West 466; Nigel Bowley 133; Niamh Madigan and Dermot Peel 250; Aldo Ceresa 456; Sinéad Hanrahan 269; Chris Affolter 189; Rosalind Woods 538.

RECESS

The class was restored to order by June Murphy leading 81t. Leaders: Laurie Skelton 216; Helen Brown and Aldo Ceresa 532; Ailish McMahon 495; Ger Wolfe 159; Colleen Jones 550; Lucie O’Flynn 504; Susanne Rolli 300; Eleanor Jones McCauley 348t; Brenda Bowley 110.

RECESS

Laurie Skelton brought the class back to order leading 335. Leaders: Aislinn Ahern 263; James Roche 49b; Dermot Peel 299; Colleen Jones 210; Marjorie Brown 344; Desmond O’Flynn 40; Ger Wolfe 365; Joanna Bennett 76b; Nigel Bowley 271t (for Edmund Richardson); Kate Kirwan 204; Chris Affolter 228; Sarah West 354t; Helen Brown 565; Brenda Bowley 138b; Claire O’Flynn 361; Susanne Rolli 65.

Michael Walker led 472 as the closing song. Marjorie Brown offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.

Chairman—Michael Walker; Secretary—Amanda Parkes