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Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention

St Paul and Shakopee, Minnesota

September 21-22, 2024

Saturday, September 21

The 34th annual Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention met at Olivet Church in St Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in September. The class was called to order by Val Stoehr, Denise Kania, and Angie Payne leading 34b.

Leaders: Kit Canright 171; Mike Mullin 391; Stacey Berkheimer and Shana Wenger 87; Suzanne McFate 29t; Eleanor Haase 455; Tamara Shewmaker 568; Gwen Gethner 101t; Devin Scherck 48t; Midge Olsen 198; Michael Moore 189; Kat Kohorst 372; Elea Regembal 272; Jim Goetz 159.

RECESS

Paul Wyatt led 313t to bring the class back together. Leaders: Alissa Eiesland 106; Faiz Wareh 447; CJ McFate 277; Steve Florman 128; Stephen Parker 547; Bob Schinske 328; Carol Buche and Karen Clark 178 (in memory of their father); Esther Morgan-Ellis 313b; Ben Copenhaver 271b; Charles Biada 132; Paul Landskroener 390; Luke Maas 276; Christine Stevens 542; Hans Guttman 37b; Angie Payne 344; Cathy Jordan 228; Cathy Lutz 39t.

RECESS

Dick Patterson led 84 to bring the class back together. Leaders: Orion Overstreet 284; Ray Cott-Meissel 99; Karen Clark 234; Jacob Kiakahi 319; Steven T Schmidgall 473; Meg & Jim Parsons 440; Sofia Schinske 392. Business session was deferred to Sunday, October 13, 2024.

LUNCH

Hannah Lutz led 49t to bring the class back together. Leaders: Lisa Grayson 528; Claudia Egelhoff 485; Myles Alexander 538; John Wiens 361; Peter Schinske 475; AnnaLeigh Kiakahi 436; Evelyn Lamb 536; Matt Wells 183; Carol Crawford 433; Jim Solheim and Jenny Solheim 543; Martha Henderson 374; Jenni Wallace 318; Steven Levine 350; Corinne Serfass 214; Barb Patterson 480; Paul Wyatt 476; Anna Pfau Clark 362; Michael Shewmaker 40; Cathy Lutz 282; Haley Walsh 91; Alec Jenkins-White 274t; Steve Luttinen 458.

RECESS

Shana Wenger and Peter Frenz led 270 to bring the class back together. Leaders: Stacey Berkheimer 227; Devin Scherck 348b; Jenny Solheim 377; Faiz Wareh 89; Mike Mullin 269; Denise Kania 500; Stephen Parker 32t; Kit Canright 472; Shana Wenger 52t; Steve Florman 164; Alissa Eiesland 312b; Esther Morgan-Ellis 113; Elea Regembal 351; Gwen Gethner 133; Bob Schinske 546; Hannah Lutz 168.

Val Stoehr, Denise Kania, and Angie Payne led 347 as the closing song.

Sunday, September 22

The Sunday session of the Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention met at the Landing in Shakopee, Minnesota. The class was called to order by Val Stoehr, Denise Kania, and Angie Payne leading 36b.

Leaders: Paul Wyatt 477; Steve Luttinen 82t; Val Stoehr 47t; Orion Overstreet 168; Kit Canright 47b; Karen Clark 534; Jim Pfau 112; Evelyn Lamb 266; Sofia Schinske 569b; Gordon Olsen 86; Noelle Copeland 506; Rowan Marye 268; John & Lora Schley 569t; Stacey Berkheimer 150.

RECESS

AnnaLeigh Kiakahi led 30t to bring the class back together. Leaders: Steven Levine 532; Lisa Grayson 192; Jim Solheim 444; Martha Henderson 396; Myles Alexander 53; Michael Moore 96; Jacob Kiakahi 72b; Mike Mullin 151; Denise Kania 208; Haley Walsh 148; Michael Shewmaker 155; Ben Copenhaver 572; Carol Crawford 250; Ray Cott-Meissel 45t; Paul Landskroener 212; C J McFate 224; Jenny Solheim 163t; Shana Wenger 378b; Hans Guttman 299.

RECESS

Ben Copenhaver, Stephanie Copenhaver, and Eli Copenhaver led 95 to bring the class back together. Lisa Grayson conducted the memorial lesson and led 176t.

The following list of names of the deceased was recorded: John Buche, Harlan Stoehr, and Keith Peterson—Minnesota; Phillip Reeves—Georgia; Tom Tucker and Ken Porter—Pennsylvania; Lori Crawford, Joyce Luttinen, Clarence P. Cameron, and Robert Lochhart—Wisconsin; Dan L. Burk, Susan Fetcho, and Jeff Begley—California; Carry Mallaley—Quebec; Ruth Anne Bryant—Maine/Florida; Alfred Sausotte and John Van Duzer—Colorado; Reed Schilbach and Bruce Rowland—Washington; Chloe Webb—Texas; Frank Fraembs—Illinois; Dan Brittain and Lloyd Caldwell—Arkansas; Tommie Spurlock—Alabama; Robert Diller—Arizona/Iowa; Leona Mae Penn—Oklahoma; Greg Smith and Betsy Kamphuis—Michigan; Manfred Jaenig—Iowa.

The class remembered the following sick and shut-ins: Tom Dillon, Fred Dulles, Ollie, Corrone Bryant, Ginny Ely, Mark Weins, Cecilia Kramer, Marcia Johnson, Ted Johnson, Mary Owen, Karen Swenson, Johanna Fabke, Mary Rose O’Reilly, Jeff Bell, and Gary Gronau.

Leaders: Midge Olsen 218; Charles Biada 397; Carol Buche 504; Eleanor Haase 142; Barb Patterson 564.

LUNCH

Hannah Lutz led 479 to bring the class back together. Leaders: John Wiens 438; Tamara Shewmaker 424; Anna Pfau Clark 196; Elea Regembal 442; Claudia Egelhoff 501; Peter Schinske 318; Suzanne McFate 430; Corinne Serfass 101b; Angie Payne 76b; Elise DelMas 216; Christine Stevens 436; Esther Morgan-Ellis 240; Gwen Gethner 517; Steven T Schmidgall 496; Bob Schinske 454; Dick Patterson 77t; Jim Crawford 365; AnnaLeigh Kiakahi 556; Cathy Jordan 163b.

RECESS

Paul Landskroener led 29t to bring the class back together. Leaders: Alec Jenkins-White 84; Sam Tiratto 162; Matt Wells 472; Cathy Lutz 368; Doug Donley 198; Rowan Marye 236; Lisa Grayson 278b; Charles Biada 373; Elise DelMas 145t; Evelyn Lamb 131b; Noelle Copeland 507; Carol Crawford 70t; Karen Clark 167; John Schley 503; Paul Wyatt 464; Orion Overstreet 448b; Sofia Schinske 485; Hannah Lutz 209. Announcements were made. Val Stoehr, Denise Kania, and Angie Payne led 146 as the closing song.

Secretary—Claudia Egelhoff