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Gwen Gethner and Charles Biada Wedding Singing

Woolman Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield, Massachusetts

Sunday, June 23, 2024

A Sacred Harp singing was held in celebration of the marriage of Gwen Gethner and Charles Biada. The class was called to order by Chris Geissler leading 59.

Leaders: Gwen Gethner and Charles Biada 270; Ian Quinn 150; Margaret Youngberg 432; Margaret Hughes 230; Kerry Cullinan 486; Nancy Mandel 313t; Crispin Youngberg 477; Michaela Natal 480; Jeremy Galvagni 479; Wendy Sibbison 220; Bill Holt 217; Marie Brandis 475.

RECESS

Erin Fulton led 85 to bring the class back together. Leaders: Kate Bergren 276; Nathalie Levine, Anna Rose Gable, Julie Botnick, and Carson Evans 318; Sage Chase-Dempsey 31t; Charles Biada 360; Ernest Chamberlain 532; Owen Stoddard 196; Tarik Wareh 539; Emily Hale-Sills 378t; Sadhbh O’Flynn 141; Ben Sachs-Hamilton 327; Carol Huang 546; Nicandra Galper 171; Colleen Hayes 455; Gwen Gethner 342; Izzy Ross 446; Jasmine Mendoza 42.

RECESS

Crispin Youngberg led 77t to bring the class back together. Leaders: Jennie Brown 399b; Rachel Field and Ian Quinn 346; Linda Shea 371; Ron Trial 497; Kevin Beirne 454; Pattie Wareh 299; David Rosenberg 474; Pippa Stoddard 411; Sarah Maika 182; Jon Giles 218; Myles Louis Dakan 160b; Julius Pasay 495; Alice Beattie 189.

LUNCH

The afternoon session began with Izzy Ross leading 339. Leaders: Owen Stoddard 145t; Pippa Stoddard 296; Erin Fulton 407; Gwen Gethner and Charles Biada 349; Jocelyn Kurtze 58; Becky Wright 434; MB Gowins 200; David Rosenberg 99; Peter Irvine 236; Bill Holt 500; Gwen Gethner, Emily Hale-Sills, and Sarah Maika 123t; Ron Trial 195; Suzanne McFate 176t; Alec Collins 445; C.J. McFate 112; Allison Blake Steel 216.

RECESS

Sage Chase-Dempsey brought the class back together leading 162. Leaders: Ian Quinn 172; Jon Giles 352; Carol Huang and Kevin Beirne 198; Gwen Gethner, Charles Biada, Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Myles Louis Dakan, Becca Mandel, Tracy Walsh, Crispin Youngberg, Jennie Brown, MB Gowins, and Becky Wright 438; Ernest Chamberlain, Sarah Maika, Suzanne McFate, Nic Tuff, Jeremy Galvagni, and Nathalie Levine 235; Julius Pasay and Sadhbh O’Flynn 512; Gwen Gethner and Charles Biada 344.

Gwen Gethner and Charles Biada offered closing remarks. The secretary reported that seventy singers were present from thirteen states and one district. Chris Geissler and Suzanne McFate led 62 as the closing song.

Chairpersons—Chris Geissler and Suzanne McFate; Secretary—Carol Huang