Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

Jim Thobaben called the class to order promptly at 3:00 p.m. by welcoming visitors to his church and offering a prayer. By request, Ron Pen named the shapes and sang the gamut for the aid of visitors, expressing his gratitude to be singing from the new The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition and the old Southern Harmony. Leaders: Ron Pen 73b; Erin Fulton 47b; Don Waggener 213 (SoH); Rafi Finkel 128 (by request of Jim Thobaben); Christian Cunningham 282; Rafi Finkel 178t (by request of Diane Arnson Svarlien); Erin Fulton 45t (by request of James Mason); Erin Fulton 68b (in honor of Tim Gregg, absent in sickness); Christian Cunningham 146; Rafi Finkel 535; Rafi Finkel 159 (by request of Elena Arnold).

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Leaders: Jim Thobaben and Ron Pen 16 (SoH); Ron Pen 322 (SoH); Erin Fulton 312b (by request of Zoe Lawless); Don Waggener 80 (SoH); Rafi Finkel 117 (by request of Owen Trotter); Erin Fulton 59 (by request of Pat Waggener); Erin Fulton 507 (by request of James Mason); Christian Cunningham 569b (in memory of Keith MacAdam); Erin Fulton 496 (by request of Carter Smith and in honor of Tom Morton); Ron Pen 455 (by request of Jim Thobaben). Rev. Andi Wallace offered a closing prayer, following which the class took the parting hand while singing 267. The group, comprised of forty-nine singers, then dismissed to a soup supper prepared by members of the church.

Chairman—Jim Thobaben; Secretary—Erin Fulton