Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

The 15th London Sacred Harp Annual all day singing met at Highgate United Reformed Church, Pond Square, London, on the third Saturday in October. The class was called to order by Stacy Hackner leading 128. Jacoba Bruneel offered the opening prayer.

Leaders: Constance Des Marias 68b; James Roche 49b; Rowan Simms 49t; Paul Zaba 48b; Joe Jones 108b; Amy Cutts 39t; Robin Bisson 350; Werner Ullah 29t; Jo-Anne Carlyle 287; Susanne Rolli 474; Greg Carson 276; Duane Nasis 32t; Liz Roche 45t; Fiona Byrne 290; Natalie Edelman 86; Jacqui Knowles 277; Johannes Sauer 335.

RECESS

Brenda Bowley led 89 to bring the class together. Leaders: Jan Lawrence 178; Joyce Smith 283; Pete Eiseman-Renyard 282; Machna Novak 59; Johanna Vogelsanger 70b; William Cleary 99; Scarlett Lassoff 117; David Garman 477; Morgan Kist and Steve Brett 81t; Arthur Swindells 191.

The memorial lesson was conducted by James Roche. James read the following list of names of the sick and housebound: Ted Brown, Katia Triggiani, Emily Georghiou, Neil Horlock, Megan Streb, Fiona Marshall, Stephanie and Ram Ramamurthy, Rike Fischer, Uschi Nolte, Julie Heptinstall, Rosa Price, Margaret Bradshaw, and Jan Saunt. James led 556.

Susanne Rolli led a prayer, and James Roche read the following list of names of the deceased: Robin Greenwood, Richard Drane, Ernest Preston, Helen Dent, Emily Webster, David Thorpe, Mike Cooper, Charlotte James, Gerry Bartty, Eddie Mowfield, Nigel Eagle, Michael Keane, Drusilla Bush, John Heptinstall, Keith Pigott, Brigid Hurn, Fr. Dominic McKenna Borehamwood, Mary Norton, Doreen Carlyle, John Rogers, Wendy Carey Wood, Sian Jones—United Kingdom; Teresa Cavallar and Anna Zamboni—Italy; David Adler—Scotland; Eva Striebeck and Irmtraut Fesseu-Henjes—Germany; Juanita Beasley, Hubert Nall, Lydia Lewallen, Melanie Hauff, and Dorothy Landskroener—United State of America; Sean Roche, Betty Walsh, and Ian Fiasco—Ireland; Ken Wakeman and Marie Power—Canada; John Meadows—Tasmania.

Leaders: Hannah Land 475; Chris Coombs 103; Andrea Phillips and Paul Zaba 448t; Emma Rock 564; Wolfie Wright 38b; Sam Turner 119; Rob Mahoney 335; Tom Grieg 566; Jacoba Bruneel 101t. Amy Cutts asked a blessing before the noon meal.

LUNCH

The afternoon session began with Emily Spademan leading 445. Leaders: Nigel Bowley 101b; Anne Altringham 542; Derek Buckland 278t; Colleen Jones 532; Steve Brett 216; Michael Walker 306 (for Marjorie Brown and family); Nadia Bolz-Weber 300; Gabriel Kine 383; Rachel Jordan 189; Katie Ahern 318; Claire Welford 208; Matthew Parkinson 234; Nina Riegler 531; Joshua Lant 434; Inga Buckland 550; Edwin Macadam 528; Erin Johnson-Williams 329; Nick Hall 455; Sheila Girling-Macadam 384; Robin Bisson 546; Seth Dickens 269; Tom Sprackland 377; Cath Saunt 228; Sam Carter 328; Toby Goss 479; Hyke Sakaras 551; Martel Reynolds 142.

RECESS

The last session began with William Cleary leading 319. Leaders: Thys Millan 47b; Ed Johnson-Williams 201; Lottie Summer 146; Holly Copeland 497; Maria Paz Carson 32b; Maggie Eiseman-Renyard 121; Leilai Immel-Parkinson 76b; Brenda Bowley 400; Emily Spademan 314; Nadia Bolz-Weber 155; Hyke Sakaras and Johannes Sauer 163b; Anne Altringham 440; Chris Coombs 217; Brenda and Nigel Bowley 72b; Singers from Germany 472; Singers from Ireland 212; Joshua Lant 30b; Singers from Yorkshire 30t; Singers from East Anglia 31t; Singers from Bristol 480; Ed Johnson-Williams and Erin Johnson-Williams 495; Singers from Sussex 368; Singers from Oxford 504. Announcements were made.

Emma Rock led the closing prayer. Stacy Hackner led 65 as the closing song, and class was dismissed.

Secretary—Amy-Liisa Cutts