Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

Saturday, April 6

The P. Dan Brittain Memorial Singing was held on the first Sunday and Saturday before in April at the West Fork Community Center. The class was called to order by Syd Caldwell leading 36b. Bill Caldwell offered the morning prayer. Greetings and welcoming remarks were made by the mayor of West Fork, Heith Caudle. Syd Caldwell and Heith Caudle led 45t. A basic singing school was taught by David Ivey.

Leaders: David Ivey 31b; Cory Winters 13 (MH); Prisca Rice 2 (MH); Bill Caldwell 62 (MH); Midge Harder 22 (MH); Thom Fahrbach 315; Alice Bean 323b; Bob Borcherding 428; Mckenna Mullis 180 (MH); Paul Landskroener 127 (MH); Anne Missavage 66; Donald Ross 225t; Allison Langston 99; Rick Foreman 142; Barbara Swetman 138 (MH); David Smead 111 (MH); Beth Janes 203; Steven T. Schmidgall 496; Miriam Delirium 499; Kristofer Ilex 426t; Anne Evers 290.

RECESS

Syd Caldwell called the class back to order leading 460. A remembrance service of P. Dan Brittain was led by David Ivey, and the class sang all the published works of P. Dan Brittain from the Sacred Harp and the Missouri Harmony. Leaders: Kathy Williams 472; Steven T. Schmidgall 313b; Mckenna Mullis and Paul Landskroener 481; Karen Willard 353; Cory Winters 156 (MH); Allison Langston, Beth Janes, and Cory Winters 175 (MH); Miriam Delirium 160 (MH); Syd Caldwell 172 (MH); Thom Fahrbach and Carrie Walker 167 (MH); Dami Osoba 102 (MH); Lisa Bennett 125 (MH); Barbara Swetman 141 (MH). Cory Winters dismissed the class with 164 (MH).

LUNCH

David Ivey brought the afternoon session to order leading 103. Leaders: Jim Herr 475; Diane Ross 455; Tom Evers 503; Clara Herr 163t; Lori Graber 147 (MH); Lamar Matthew 156; Elene Stovall 440; Andrew Albers 160t; Karen Ivey 532; Rosie Sokolov 500; Tammy Heinsohn 155; Judy Mincey 75 (MH); Bridge Hill Kennedy 536; Ellen Ray 133; David Ivey 171; Carrie Walker 434; Prisca Rice 441; Karen Willard 166 (MH).

RECESS

The class was brought back to order by Syd Caldwell leading 137. Leaders: Lisa Bennett 458; Dami Osoba 375; Kathy Williams 273; Cory Winters, Sandra Winters, and Bobby Winters 39t; Cory Winters, Syd Caldwell, Norma Dickerson, Melanie Albers, and Bonnie Wood 59; Thom Fahrbach 430; Bill Caldwell 178; Midge Harder and Mckenna Mullis 339; Bob Borcherding 235; Paul Landskroener 458. Syd Calwell led 146 as the closing song. Bill Caldwell offered the closing prayer.

Sunday, April 7

The Sunday session was called to order by Syd Caldwell and David Ivey leading 82t. Bill Caldwell offered the morning prayer.

Leaders: David Ivey 399t; Donald Ross 399b; Diane Ross 350; Rick Foreman 492; Alice Bean 31t; Allison Langston 200; Mark Godfrey 283; Anne Missavage 106; Leigh Cooper 112; David Smead 567; Beth Janes 30b; Barbara Swetman 542; Steve Schmidgall 369; Miriam Delirium 76b; Kristopher Ilex 278b; Jim Herr 222; Syd Caldwell, David Ivey, and Karen Ivey 183.

RECESS

Cory Winters and Darryl Criss called the class back to order leading 274t. Leaders: Tom Evers 29t; Kathy Williams 186; Clara Herr 157; Lamar Matthew 35; Lori Graber 174 (MH); Elene Stovall 411; Andrew Albers 107; Karen Ivey 371; Rosie Sokolov 227; Tammy Heinsohn 159; Judy Mincey 89 (MH); Bridge Hill Kennedy 276; Thom Fahrbach 511; Carrie Walker 176t; Karen Willard 501; Lisa Bennett 348t; Dami Osoba 277; Cory Winters 236.

Jim Herr led 86 for the following sick and shut-ins: Janet Fraembs, Terry Hogg, Peggy Brayfield, Steve Duff, Sue Duff, Ed Walton, Mike Hinton, Pat Coghlan, Ted Johnson, Ginny Ely, Margaret Keeton, Earl Ballinger, Liz Patton, Don Bowen, Lara River, Nate Green, Betsy Jeronen, Sidra Scherke, Darrell Parker, Ernestine Parker, Penny Kujawinski, Lou Kujawinski, and Mona Vice.

Karen Ivey and Bill Caldwell conducted the memorial lesson. They led 285t in memory of the following deceased: Dan Brittain, Lloyd Caldwell, Nancy Payne, and Bill Stewart—Arkansas; Mary Ellen ‘Grandma’ Wilkinson—Oklahoma; Tommie Spurlock, Norma Green, Hubert Nall, Richard Mauldin, Chita Blakely, Joe Jones, Jerry Kitchens, Pearl Guier, and Gaston White—Alabama; Eva Striebeck—Germany; Prudy Duff, Connie Crabtree, Lucille Bayer, and Dorothy Landskroener—Ohio; Frank Wood—Minnesota; John Van Duzer, Alfred Saussotte, and Pete Matthewson—Colorado; Graham Dezarn—Virginia; Lydia Llewellyn—North Carolina; Martha Ann Stegar—Georgia; Charlotte Erhman—New York; Becky Browne—Missouri; Melaine Hauff—Illinois; Cora Beasley Jones—Tennessee; Jeff Begley—California. Syd Caldwell, Kathy Williams, and Elene Stovall led 192 for Janice Caldwell.

Leaders: Ellen Ray 92; Donald Ross 331; Diane Ross 354t; Rick Foreman 448t; Midge Harder 36t; Allison Langston 472; Syd Caldwell and David Ivey 164 (MH).

LUNCH

Syd Caldwell and David Ivey brought the afternoon session to order leading 182. Leaders: Bill Caldwell 240; Leigh Cooper 68t; Mark Godfrey 83t; Mckenna Mullis 547; Willi Carlisle 268; Harry Scott 524; Bob Borcherding 148; Alice Bean 551; Paul Landskroener 271t; Anne Missavage 280; David Smead 548; Beth Janes 288; Barbara Swetman 91; Steven T. Schmidgall 270; Miriam Delirium 506; Kristofer Ilex 328; Anne Evers 447; Jim Herr 546; Tom Evers 535; Kathy Williams 448b; Clara Herr and Jim Herr 556; Syd Caldwell and Bridge Hill Kennedy 318; Lamar Matthew 388; Lori Graber 122; Elene Stovall and Syd Caldwell 298; Andrew Albers 24t; Karen Ivey and David Ivey 217; Rosie Sokolov 425; Tammy Heinsohn 479; Judy Mincey 135 (MH); Carrie Walker 348b; Karen Willard 128; Lisa Bennett 550; Dami Osoba 282.

Syd Caldwell and David Ivey led 62 as the closing song. Bill Caldwell offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.

Chairmen—Syd Caldwell and David Ivey; Arranging—Cory Winters; Secretaries—Allison Langston and Mckenna Mullis