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Scotland Singing

Polwarth Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland

Saturday, July 13, 2024

The class was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Anne Altringham and Jan Geerts leading 171. A prayer was offered by Alison Cole. Leaders: Karen Turner 63; Eimear Maguire 114; Scott Morrison 417; Calum Parker 61; Ollie Hawker 162; Heather Thompson 28t; Viv Imrie O’Duffy 99; Margaret Bradshaw 150; Naomi Russell 31t; Hannah Coutts 146; Phil Tyler 430; Jo-anne Carlyle 87.

RECESS

Ruth Holman called the class back together leading 47t. Leaders: Claire Welford 472; Martin Rodger 277; Al Williams 65; Calum Parker 37b; Werner Ullah 28b; Sandy Semenoff 161; Helen Barber 344; Johannes Sauer 285t; Eleanor Jones-McAuley 551; Derek Buckland 70t; Anne Altringham 556; Patrick Williams 270; Ellen Foster 178.

RECESS

Jan Geerts called the class back together leading 40. Leaders: Hyke Sakaras 163b; Ruth Holman 47b; Michel Mittelsteiner 300.

Al Williams conducted the memorial and the sick and housebound lesson leading 473 in their honour. The following list of names of the sick and housebound was read aloud: Eddie MacIntyre, Debora Davison, Peter Polish, Kate Bainbridge, Cath Tyler, and Tage Andersson. The following list of names of the deceased was read aloud: Eva Striebeck, Dorothy Landskroener, Richard Maudlin, P Dan Brittain, Dan Burk, Uschi Nolte, Helen Dent, Emily Webster, Dawn Jeffrey, Keith Scott, Mark Casey, Kevin Parker, Carlos Da Silva, and Mikael Svendstam.

Leaders: Karen Turner 30t; Phil Tyler 320; Jo-anne Carlyle 547; Scott Morrison 58; Eimear Maguire 481; Sandy Semenoff 448t; Heather Thompson 186; Naomi Russell 76t. Joan Gordon said Grace prior to lunch.

LUNCH

Calum Parker called the class back together leading 228. Leaders: Derek Buckland 123b; Werner Ullah 457; Helen Barber 191; Susannah Gill 272; Eleanor Jones-McAuley 284; Phil Tyler 269; Patrick Williams 183; Ellen Foster 159; Johannes Sauer 182; Claire Welford 56b; Al Williams 49b; Hyke Sakaras 86; Viv Imrie O’Duffy 268; Martin Rodger 117.

RECESS

Margaret Bradshaw called the class back together leading 445. Leaders: Jo-anne Carlyle 448b; Ollie Hawker 235; Jan Geerts 155; Hannah Coutts 299; Eleanor Jones-McAuley 59; Ellen Foster 209; Derek Buckland 323b; Patrick Williams 227; Werner Ullah 501; Claire Welford 475; Calum Parker 198; Anne Altringham 546. Announcements were made. The 2025 Scotland All-Day singing will be in the West on Saturday 12th July 2025.

Jan Geerts & Anne Altringham led 533 (?). Calum Parker offered closing thoughts. The class was dismissed.

Co-Chairpersons—Anne Altringham and Jan Geerts; Secretary—Karen Turner