Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

Saturday, September 13

The 120th session of The United Sacred Harp Convention met on the second Sunday and the Saturday before in September. The focus of Saturday’s singing was to debut the 2025 Revision of The Sacred Harp songbook. Blake Sisemore called the class to order by leading 32t. The opening prayer was given by Shane Brown.

A business session was held, and the following officers and committee members were elected or appointed to serve: Chairman—David Ivey; Vice Chairmen—Richard Ivey, Jesse P. Karlsberg, and Nathan Rees; Secretary—Pam Nunn; Chaplains—John Huffman, Jenna Strizak, Alvaro Witt Duarte, Samuel Sommers, and David Lee; Arranging Committee—Anna Hinton, Rebekah Gilmore, David Ivey, Helen Brown, Cindy Tanner, and Nathan Rees; Memorial Committee—Judy Caudle, Jean Seiler, and Steven Schmidgall with special memorials by Karen Rollins, Nathan Rees, Scott DePoy, and Judy Hauff; Finance Committee—Shane Wootten, Chairman, Abigail Cannon, Peter Trumbore, Shane Brown, Alvaro Witt Duarte, and Shelby Castillo; Location Committee—Tom George, Matt Hinton, Karen Rollins, and Elene Stovall; Resolutions Committee—Lisa Grayson, Betsy Jeronen, Hannah Land, and Linda Shea.

David Ivey welcomed all attendees and introduced the Revision. He then led 347b. He talked about how on October 23, 2018, the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Board of Directors had asked him to chair the Revision Committee. The committee of nine was formed and began working the next year. The heart of their job over the next seven years, as Buell Cobb wrote in his 1978 landmark book was “to improve and renew the storehouse of songs”. The book has been revised and improved from cover to cover. There were 1, 155 songs submitted. From that one hundred thirty songs were added by seventy-eight composers, forty-nine of which are living composers. These composers were from eighteen states and five countries. For today’s session, we are here first to honor God. We will also be recognizing the forty-nine living composers, most of whom are here with us. We will exclusively sing the composers’ songs and a handful of other historic songs that are new to the book. Congratulations, new composers. Today we recognize you and your songs that are newly added to The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition.

The Revision Committee Leaders: Lauren Bock 367; Helen Brown 484b; Richard Ivey 471; Jesse P. Karlsberg 213b; Nathan Rees 449; Karen Rollins 461; Terry Wootten 51; David Wright 184.

Leaders: Steve Brett 81b; Jesse P. Karlsberg and Jean Seiler 231; Allison Blake Steel 478; Katie Huffman, John Huffman, Ruth Huffman, and Caleb Huffman 469; Micah John Walter 356; Dan Thoma 463; Tom Ivey 493; Keillor Mose 451; Tim Erikson 413; Andy Ditzler 516; Thom Farbach 265.

Denney Rogers introduced David Huddleston, Georgia State Representative, who presented a proclamation from the House of Representatives to The Sacred Harp Publishing Company for the 2025 Revision and Singing.

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John Plunkett called the class to order by leading 570. He also expressed appreciation to the Revision Committee and the Board of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company. Leaders: Kelsey Ivey 501t; Matt Hinton and Mark Godfrey 531; Fynn Titford-Mock 323b; Lauren Bock, Lucey Rose Karlsberg, and Corrine Wells 254; Deidra Montgomery 255; Allison Blake Steel 256; Rachel Hall, Rachael Geary, and Ruth Wampler Hissong 257; Jenny Solheim 258; Vicki Elliott 259.

Richard Ivey and Karen Rollins paused to remember Mike Hinton, former President of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company, for his contributions to Sacred Harp. They presented a plaque to his family: Shannon Hinton, daughter; Tracey Walters, niece, her husband Alan and their daughter, Jordan.

Leaders: Jacob Stelby 520; Tom George, Sarah George, and James George 541; Rebecca Wright 223; Ben Sachs-Hamilton 539; Angharad Davis 488; William Cleary 562; José Camacho 487; Peter Schinske 483; Thomas Ward 357; Kevin Barrens 334; David Smead 513; Keillor Mose and Tom George 279; Alvaro Witt Duarte 140; Robert Stoddard 561. A lunch prayer was given by John Huffman.

LUNCH

The class was brought back to order by Lindy Groening leading 476. Jesse P. Karsberg introduced Carroll County Commission Chair Michelle Morgan. Chairman Morgan presented a proclamation from the Commission to Sacred Harp for contributions to Carroll County.

Leaders: Barrett Patton 420t; Cory Winters and Allison Langston 433; Rachel Hall and Em Ekelund 507; Shane Wootten, SHPC board member 438; Warren Steel 459; Lauren Bock and Sasha Hsuczyk 409; Fynn Titford-Mock 116; Steve Brett, Joyce Smith, and Mandy Rose 161; Jesse P. Karlsberg, Karen Rollins, Denny Rogers, Mayor of Ephesus, and Randa Harris 188; Allison Blake Steel and Peter Irvine 115; David Wright, Harold Wright, Eleanor Wright, and Meg Wright 263.

As a tribute to Rebecca Over in recognition of her bequest to the Sacred Harp Publishing Company, Nathan Rees, Michael Walker, Helen Brown, Ted Brown, Fynn Titford-Mock, Steve Brett, and Arther Swindells presented a memorial oil painting of Rebecca that will be displayed at the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Museum.

Leaders: Samantha Cole 429; Shane Brown, Rodney Ivey, and Jamey Wootten 499t; Jesse P Karlsberg, Sharon Hamrick, and Oscar McGuire 571; Keillor Mose 355; Michael Walker 502; Helen Brown 423b; Vicki Elliott 366; Jenny Solheim 524; Tom George 244.

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Michael Spencer led 515 to begin the last afternoon session. Leaders: Jeannette DePoy and Helen Brown 243; Jesse P Karlsberg, Oscar McGuire, and Katy McGuire 574; Allison Blake Steel 264; David Wright 381; Elene Stovall 293; Alex Forsyth 266; Rebekah Gilmore 393; Cindy Tanner, Cassie Allen, Ann Jett, and Tom George 494; Ellen Lueck 484t; Judy Caudle and Nicholas Thompson 566; Micah Walter 242; Andy Ditzler 330b; Keillor Mose and Ben Fenton 395; Allison Blake Steel 130; David Wright and Erik Schwab 526; Steve Brett 453; Vicki Elliott and Samantha Cole 219; Alex Forsyth and Blake Sisemore 468; Jesse P Karlsberg and Lucey Rose Karlsberg 414t; Hayden Arp 437.

On behalf of the Revision Committee, Terry Wootten expressed his appreciation for the composers and attendees. Nathan Rees addressed the group about leading on Sunday, Richard Ivey discussed how to order books, and Cathy Bonk announced details of the Saturday evening social.

David Ivey, along with the Atlanta area singers, led 308. Jenna Strizak offered the closing prayer.

Sunday, September 14

The Sunday session of the United Convention again met at the Foundry at Puritan Mills, Atlanta, Georgia. David Ivey called the class to order at 9:30 a.m. by leading 31b. The morning prayer was offered by Alvaro Witt Duarte.

Groups of Leaders: Co-Vice Presidents Jesse P. Karlsberg, Nathan Rees, and Richard Ivey 48t; Arranging Committee Nathan Rees, Anna Hinton, Rebekah Gilmore, Cindy Tanner, and Secretary Pam Nunn 327; Resolutions Committee Lisa Grayson, Betsy Jeronen, Hannah Land, and Linda Shea 59; Location Committee Tom George, Matt Hinton, Karen Rollins, and Elene Stovall 73t; Finance Committee Shane Wootten, Abigail Cannon, Peter Trumbore, Shane Brown, Alvaro Witt Duarte, and Shelby Castillo 99; Composer Stanley Smith 514; Anders Wells, Amy Wells, Andy Ditzler, Anna Hinton, Bill DuPre, David Brodeur, Erica Hinton, Jeannette DePoy, Jim Neal, Lauren Bock, Lisa Bennett, Lottie Hinton, Matt Hinton, Sasha Hsuczyk, Scott DePoy, Shawn Taylor, and David Smead 475; Ann Jett, Ann Riley, Bridge Hill Kennedy, Chris Parris, Cindy Tanner, Elene Stovall, Julie White, Stefani Priskos, and Allison Davis 391; Grace Patterson, Jim Patterson, Laura Ann Russell, Liz Hayes, Michael Darby, Ray Rechenberg, and Sheila Patterson 300; Adam DeBruler, Allen Tullos, Charles Woods, Dan Edwards, Doug Allison, Duffy, Emmanuelle Chammah, Jacquelyn O’Bryan, Jake Harmon, James Burrell, Janet Shepherd, Jessica Crowe, Joe DeLisle, Joel Mott, Karen Edwards, Meredith Herr, Pamela Morris, Reynolds DeLisle, and Wendy Snell 39t; David Bernier, Chris Wolf, Elena Conway, Evan Herr, Gabe Simerson, Minh Nguyen, and Peter Pate 191; Kelly Toon, Leesa Eason, Tim Blinkley, and Timothy Morton 318; Dorothea Maynard, Dean Jens, Rachel Speer, Calvin Jens, Beverly Dayton, Ellen Fournier, Marja Millard, Maygan Barker, Nichole Bowman, Norma Reesor, and Vik Slen 203; Laura Mulford, Bill Denney, Rob Tibbs, William McNiece, Adrian Eldridge, Barb Lund, Barbara Lehr, Beth Hall, Darrell Lahm, Matthew Lind, Melody Luppino, Samuel Sommers, Sarah Ward, Shannon Tibbs, Thomas Koehnline, and Thomas Smith 244; Brooke Robb, Claire Steinman, Ellen Ray, Ivy Hauser-Hall, Jason Jones, Jordan Langehennig, Stina Soderling, Stuart Ivey, Tom Owen, and Tristan Gordon 373; Bridget Jamison, Frances Mary D’Andrea, Hayden Arp, Hollie Long, Katie Eichenlaub White, Kyle Johnston, Ruth Wampler Hissong, Samantha Adioetomo, and Sophie Sokolov 204; Allen Dugger, Angela Varnon, Carnon Brunson, Dave Farmer, Jacob Lindler, Jeremiah Ledbetter, Robert Kelley, Sharon Strong, and Tom Ivey 544.

Scott DePoy and Judy Hauff presented a special memorial lesson remembering Buell Cobb. Scott read an essay, written by Buell, expressing what it means and feels like participating in a Sacred Harp singing. Judy recalled her initial encounter with Buell, when she learned he had written a book about Sacred Harp and then realized that he could really sing. Judy Hauff closed the tribute by leading 547.

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Richard Ivey brought the class to order by leading 111t. Leaders: Allison Langsten, Beth Janes, Cory Winters, and McKenna Mullis 472; Ben Bridges, Braden Whitely, Gene Pinion, Jason Talsness, Joel Varland, Jose Camacho, Katy McGuire, Kevin Juarez, Kylie Lewis, Moriah Whitely, Oscar McGuire, Rexanna Lester, Sharon Hamrick, Sharon Strong, Tom Ivey, Jason Talsness, Peter Talsness, and Brian Dennison 364; Karen Clark, Barb Patterson, Carol Buche, Claudia Egelhoff, Dick Patterson, Stephen Kasperick-Postellon, and Teresa Kasperick-Postellon 163t; Anna Maria Irvine, Allison Blake Steel, Christine Andrews, Holly Laws, Jenna Strizak, Linda Shea, Mary Andrews, Peter Irvine, Tim Erikson, and Wendy Sibbison 542; Anton Popov, David Schmitt, Eleanor Wright, Harold Wright, Joel Rosen, Julia Zaffarano, Meg Wright, Mike Chaffin, Paul Landskroener, Paul Lindholm, Stephanie Fida, and Wynonia Horn 454; Grace Whitener, Lucey Rose Karlsberg, Everett Ivey, Calvin Jens, Rob Tibbs, Vivian Ivey, and Meredith Ivey 146; Grace Stevens, Phil Hammond, Stella Price, Abby Cheney, Daniel Lee, Daryl Chesney, Deborah Taube, Isabelle Brozen, Nathan Stewart, Peter Dobson, Shari Magee, Stephen Ray Miller, and Susan Lee 32b; Anna Rose Gable, Carson Evans, Charles Biada, Deidre Montgomery, Gwen Gethner, Ian Quinn, Jeremy Picker, Jocelyn Kurtze, Keillor Mose, Marie Brandis, Michael Ipsen, Michaela Natal, and Nathalie Levine 78; Cole Barber, Erin Newton, Maddy Mullany, Pamela Miller, Peg Dunn, Rachel Mann, Sharon Jenkins, Andrea Shaw, Anne Gilliland, Brian Boris, Clarke Williams, Corine Serfass, Holly Mixon, Hunter Hale, Suzanne Hale, Jonathan Wood, Michele Dohse, Lynda Hambourger, Gill Minor, Pamela Minor, and Sara Hopkins 441.

The memorial lesson was conducted by Judy Caudle, Jean Seiler, and Steven Schmidgall. Steven read the following list of names of the sick and shut-ins: Curt Rose, Denise Kania, Peter Amidon, David Light, Wanda Capps, Margaret Keeton, Betty Shepherd, Ed Thacker, Margaret Thacker, Joyce Walton, Paul Sandefur, Brenda Dunlap, Suzanne Newton, Ginny Ely, Janet Morgan (caregiver), Don Bowen, Ted Johnson, Marcia Johnson, Dan Itestzler, Edith Woodling, Susan Johnson Marrett, Tom Waggoner, Sherry Rogers Lovvorn, Greta Holbrook, Rio Seiler, Briana Bean Hirsch, Nancy Henderson, Kate Fine, Karleen Rogers Williams, Sheila Chitwood, Katy Black, B.R. Black, Denise Kania, Eric Rubio, Danarieza Villa, Brie Wilder, Abbey Dupuy, Pat Temple, Jesse Roberts, Cindy Duorsky Cilou, Nate Green, Calum Woods, Adam Barnes, Sandy Hill, Nicholas Dilley, Cacilia Mann, John Hollingsworth, Elsie Hollingsworth, Anne Martz, Dave Barber, Maggie Zhou, Tammy Heinson (caregiver).

Jean Seilor spoke about being a Quaker and that the Quakers often quote “I am holding you in the Light”. That statement has come to mean a lot to her and her family. She noted that one of the names on the list was that of her step-grandson, Rio Seiler. Rio had been in a horrible accident earlier this year and was still in intensive care. She also said that whenever she talks to her stepson, she says that statement before they end their conversation. We should, as a Sacred Harp family, always hold others “in the light”. Jean led 68b.

Steven Schmidgall then read the following list of names of the deceased: Martin Coll, Peter Dalby, John Smead, Cael Weisser, Kenneth Browne, Tom Jurgensen, Susie McIntosh, Nancys Tellier, Cate Skidmore, Mitchell Dean, Keith Tolbert, Hollie Ruthberg, Jimmie C. Nelson, Mel Kersey, Thomas Reynolds, Jeff Begley, Susan Fetcho, Helen Lambert, Mary Owen Grayson, Jeff Bell, Andrew Van Pragh, David Bennett, Rick McWilliams, Phil Perrin, Ruth Anne Bryant, Coronne Bryant, Jean Westra Oldham, Dinos Nearchoo, Peter Child, Contanze Denis, Dingo Dinkleman, Olive Gibon, Bernard Collard, Steve Biggs, Rob Mahoney, Neill Thompson, Ellen Bainbridge, Lynne Denman, Anita de Lotbiniere, Mary Pateman, Teddy York, Kathleen Nagy, Davy Nagy, Buell Cobb, Jabbara Edwards, Robert Everett Strayhorn, Carol Patterson, Tad Fujioka, Mike Hinton, Pauline Oliver, Susan Smith, Grady Wade Denny Burgess, William Ralph Paris, Hank Schutz, Pete Schenk, Sally Gethner Handler, Alice Bejnar, Susan Morgan, Robert Resnick, Corbin Rogers, and Danny Griffin.

Using various song lyrics, Judy Caudle pointed out that the memorial lesson was a time of quiet reflection, a time for memories of past singers, laughter, fellowship, and worship with those who can no longer be with us. One message always comes through during the memorial lesson which is that we are bound together by this music. We develop relationships with one another that cannot be found anywhere else on this earth. When one member hurts, we can find comfort in our music. We should always remember that death is a part of life. “Part of the host have crossed the flood, and part are crossing now”. Judy led 354b. Steven Schmidgall closed the memorial service with prayer.

Leaders: Leanne Carter, Butch White, Chelsea Latimer, Dalton Green, David Jackson, Haley Rodgers, Jesse Latimer, Kevin Krupnik, Lori Hand-Rodgers, Mark Davis, Micah Rodgers, Michael Rodgers, Nicholas Thompson, Virginia Eldridge, and Warren Steel 491; Amy Ludwig, Brian McKee, Duncan MacLeod, Jeff McLeod, Kimberly Fox, Linnea Sablosky, Lucy Grindon, Michael Hagerty, Robert Fink, Sarah Hill, and Lizzie Sanders 37b; Jerusha Wheeler, J R Hardiman, Joe Deslisle, and Wyn Batson 434. David Lee led a prayer dismissing the class for lunch.

LUNCH

Jesse P. Karlsberg began the next session leading 345b. Leaders: David Tian, Alec Jenkins-White, Alissa Eiesland, Amanda Sanson Tiratto, Ben Copenhaver, John Wiens, Martha Henderson, Sam Tiratto, Stephanie Copenhaver, Eli Copenhaver, Karen Clark, Steve Luttinen, and Steven Schmidgall 274t; Alex Forsyth, Donna Abrahams, Gail Doss, Hannah Underwood, Joseph Bray, Nicholas Bruns, and Rachael Geary 40; Krista Kahrs, Peter Trumbore, Anne Missavage, Bob Borcherding, Cecilia Kramer, Idy Kiser, Liz Kiser, Marian Mitchell, Martha Beverly, and Wendy Wahn 189; Alice Bean, Ann Drexler, Dave Ressler, Erik Schwab, Jonathon Smith, Roberts Strauss, Darlene Moak, Eric Morgan, Sidra Schkerke, and Jo Del Albi 201; Garnett Scholberg, Ingmar Amberson, James Solheim, and Thomas Hallaran 159; Abby Hayes, Angie Martin, Caroline Gilbert, Catherine Drewry, Cooper Sandefur, Corey Helms, Delaney Waters, Esther Morgan-Ellis, Garrett Holder, Jane Cannon, Jose Martinez, Judy Mincey, Juli Hayes, Lily Hammond, Michael Spencer, Pete Dybdahl, Shane Brown, and Shannon Primm 118; Anne Huckins, Deb Koch, Greg Saue, Karen Willard, Kate Fortin, Kevin Barrans, Kim Lusk, and Lucinda Saue 280; Betsy Jeronen, Carrie Waller, Dan Thoma, Emma Swartz, Jennifer Jones, Julie Thoma, Kate-Laurel Agnew, Leo Helm, Mischa Skeeter, Ruth Linehan, Tamara Wallace, Thom Farbach, and Vicki Morgan 276; Anna Melton, Ben Fink, Doron Henkin, Douglas Kurtze, Erika Wilson, Isabella Segalovich, Korey Guerrier, Patti Davis, Rachel Hall, Susan Ginsberg, and Suzan Greenberg 377; Carolyn Deacy, Dami Osoba, Elizabeth Poss, Jenny Solheim, Leigh Cooper, Lena Strayhorn, Linda Groening, Lucy O’Leary, Lydia Laroux, Mary Rose O’Leary, Rachel O’Leary, and Heather Purdy 501b; Abigail Cannon, Belena Morton, Blake Sisemore, Cassie Allen, Cheyenne Ivey, Levi Trumbore, Patricia Worden, Reba Windom, Rodney Ivey, Sarah George, and Shelby Castillo 411; Owen Stoddard, Kit Walsh, Christopher Hodges, Erin Fulton, Kal Glashausser, Kate Bergren, Lorelei Oslund, Rebecca Hawkins, Richard Schmeidler, and Yael Tarshish 216; Arthur Swindells, Helen Brown, Joyce C Y L, Joyce Smith, Michael Walker, Samantha Cole, Steve Brett, Ted Brown, Vicki Elliott, and Werner Ullah 436; Barrett Patton, Brandon Buxton, Brenda Armstrong, David Carlton, David Killingsworth, Emily Stutzman, Kathryn Buxton, Mark Jones, Nicole Scott, Patrick Patton, Rachel Green, Thomas Hersey, and Tim Reynolds 64; Aaron Girard, Izzy Ross, Jade Levine, Annie Reynolds, Chris Cotter, Elias Neuman-Donihue, Elsa Phemayotin, Emma Rose Brown, Harry Bernholz, Jacob Stebly, Jasmine Mendoza, Jon Adler, Marlena Ospina, Sam Kleinman, and Sebastian Beaghen 228; Chih-ching Dill Ma, Chris Thorman, Conall Barber, Dave Barber, Ellen Lueck, Janet Herman, Jeff Kellem, Jeffrey Laub, Jonas Powell, Leigh Ratlil, and Mark Godfrey 270; Corlan Johnson, Lorelei Erisis, R. Anuhea Sebstad, Becky Wright, Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Crispin Youngberg, Joel Newberger, Lorelei Erisis, Matthew Leger-Small, and Micah Walter 384; Derek Buckland, Fynn Titford-Mock, and Inga Buckland 97; Angharad Davis and Natalie Sims 340; Anabel Gravel Chabot, Caroline Helmeczi, Edouard Beaudry, Elea Regembal, Em Ekelund, Esther Wade, Gillian Inksetter, Nathan Ferguson, Phillippe Doyle-Gosselin, Philou, Sara Ng, and Sunny Doyle 532; Mary Helen Dupree, Nina Burris, Seth Langer, Becca Lane, David Shulman, Jonathan Een Newton, Kevin Slaughter, Samuel Chapin, and Thomas Ward 105; Alexa Tucker, Chris Noren, Hannah Land, Mandy Rose, Rowan Simms, and William Cleary 198; Alec Collins, Elizabeth Stoddard, Jill Clough, Joan Nagy, Kerry Cullinan, Nicandra Galper, Robert Stoddard, Sarah Maika, and Sara Sandberg 41; Bob Hume, Charlotte Basham, Julia Smith, Kari Lundgren, Peg Faithful, Sara Beaber-Fujioka, and Sylvia Grace Friske 344; Aaron Wootten, David Lee, Jared Wootten, Kathy Lee, Kim Trumbore, Marty Wootten, Riley Lee, Sheila Wootten, Terry Wootten, Anna Oliver, Donna Wootten, Linda Thomas, Shane Wootten, Tom George, and Wayne Wootten 29t.

In recognition of his devotion to Sacred Harp and for the work he did on the new book and preparing for the United Convention, the Revision Committee presented a plaque to David Ivey. After a standing ovation, David Ivey thanked everyone for their support.

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Nathan Rees led 56t to begin the final session. Leaders: Seth Rutledge, Abby Beshkin, Barbara Swetman, Benjamin Fenton, David Fuller, Jan Robinson, Jean Seiler, Joanne Fuller, Lily Chambers, Mary Skidmore, Pattie Wareh, Sue Peters, and Tarik Wareh 217; Anne Evers, Lloy Cook, Molly-Claire Gillett, and Tom Evers 171; Alvaro Witt Duarte, Chloe Kraut, Eileen Ferguson, Evan Druce, Ginny Landgraf, Judy Hauff, June Murphy, Lisa Grayson, Lois Kiser, and Randy Neufeld 504; Bess Fitzgerald, Gerald Shoultz, Hannah Resnick, Jeremy York, John Fink, Lisa Gottlieb-Kinnaird, Nancy Spates, Nola Nielsen, and Will Fitzgerald 569b; Graham Parman, Katie Mahoney, Bertie Tompkins, Juanita Heyerman, Kristofer Ilex, Paul Chamberlain, Peter Schinske, Pippa Stoddard, and Rosie Sokolov 426t; Irene Gilb, J R Hardman, Leslie Alperin, Mitchell Gustin, Porter Lontz-Underhill, Ransom Smith, Sam Thomas, and Wade Kotter 474; Blue Taylor, Rosemary Wells Minasian, Howe Pearson, Nancy Van Den Akker, Rowan Mayre, and Robert Zanca 535; David Ivey, Everett Ivey, Grace Whitener, Karen Ivey, Kelsey Ivey, Meredith Ivey, Richard Ivey, Kevin Krupnik, and Vivian Ivey 421; Barry Rollins, Denney Rogers, Jenna Frey, Juli Coffey, Karen Rollins, Karis Booth, Kathy Williams, Laura Wood, Robin Stewart, Sheri Taylor, and Casey Askin 84; Blakemore Lowe, Brent Tozzer, Cathy Lepik, Debora Grosse, Grace Holleran, Hannah Richardson, Harrison Beumer, Helen Bryson, Henry Slack, Jan Smith, Laura Akerman, Lela Crowder, Maureen Wallin, Kelsey Rasp, and John Plunkett 112; Bill DuPre, Christian Hauser, Frida Hauser, and Hans Hauser 47b.

In a business session, Chairman David Ivey asked to hear reports from the various committees. Shane Wootten gave the report for the Finance Committee of the offering received and the expenses incurred. Pam Nunn, Secretary, reported that there were eighty-seven leaders on Saturday, and seventy-three leaders and groups of leaders on Sunday. The total songs led for both days was one hundred sixty. There were six countries represented: the United States with thirty-five states, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Australia, and Canada with three provinces. Tom George announced for the Locating Committee that the 2026 United Convention will be held at Holly Springs Church, Bremen, Georgia. Lisa Grayson, Betsy Jeronen, and Hannah Land of the Resolutions Committee resolved to thank the Atlanta Singers and The Sacred Harp Publishing Company for the hard work they did to make this year’s convention and the Revision Singing so great. They resolved to meet again in 2026 at Holly Springs Church, Bremen, Georgia.

David Ivey thanked everyone for coming and led 62 as the closing song. Sam Sommers offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.

Chairman—David Ivey; Vice Chairmen—Richard Ivey, Jesse P. Karlsberg, and Nathan Rees; Secretary—Pam Nunn