Fohs Hall Four Note Singing (including Southern Harmony)

Fohs Hall
Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky
Saturday, January 25, 1997

The sixth annual four-note singing was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by Chairman William Ralph Paris. The first one-hour session was sung from Walker's The Southern Harmony, 1854 facsimile, 1987 UofK reprint with the opening song on page 103, Holy Manna, led by William Ralph Paris.

The Mayor of Marion, Kentucky, Michael Alexander, welcomed the singers to Fohs Hall on behalf of the City and the Community Arts Foundation.

Leaders:
15, Davis - Tim Reynolds
90, Garden Hymn
120, Florida - Becky Browne
72t, Georgia
265, French Broad - Keith MacAdam
50, Captain Kidd
266, Hebrew Children - Bob Meek
275, Rock of Ages
78, The Babe of Bethlehem - Jim Page
83, Thorny Desert
92, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Dan Gibbons
76, New Orleans.

RECESS

Tim Reynolds called the class back to order for a one-hour session from The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition leading song on page 200, Edom.
Leaders:
56b, Villulia - Pattie Doss-Butterfield
436, Morning Sun
102, Fulfillment - David Carlton
551, Jacob's Vision
236, Easter Anthem - Bob Meek and Jack Oliver
   “County K” - Jim Page (his own composition)
268, David's Lamentation
128, The Promised Land - Sandie Scott
40, Lenox
198, Green Street - Bill Shelter
178, Africa
209, Evening Shade - Keith MacAdam
479, Chester
145t, Warrenton - Laura Chipe
225t, Reynolds
29t, Fairfield - Becky Browne
36b, Ninety-Fifth
137, Liberty - Dan Gibbons
300, Calvary.
Jack Oliver gave the blessing as we adjourned for lunch.

LUNCH

The afternoon session was called to order by William Paris, at which time the memorial lesson was given by him for Arnold Hunt of Marion, Kentucky. The song on page 66, Pleasant Hill, from The Southern Harmony, was led in memory of Arnold Hunt.

The afternoon session from The Southern Harmony was begun by William Paris leading song on page 80, Pisgah.
Mr. Paris demonstrated the technique from Walker's Southern Harmony for measuring time by use of a plumb bob suspended on a string. The string has knots at specified intervals and when held at a certain knot, the meter of a tune can be obtained by swinging the plumb bob.

Leaders:
32, The Midnight Cry - Sandy Shultheis
38, Resignation - David Carlton
164, Babylonian Captivity
90, Garden Hymn - John Ramsey
44, Morality
252, Wondrous Love - Sandie Scott
103, Holy Manna
89b, Happy Land - William Paris
24b, Mear
22, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Jocelyn Kasper
88, Exultation - Keith MacAdam
48, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?)
67, Washington - Jim Page
322, Samanthra
306, All is Well - Dave Ressler
167, Delight
16, Star in the East - Tim Reynolds
276t, Dunlap's Creek
276b, China
324t, Remember Me - Bob Meek.

RECESS

The fourth session was from The Sacred Harp (with one song from Kentucky Harmony). Tim Reynolds began this session leading song on page 192, Schenectady.
Leaders:
18 (KyH), ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Dave Ressler
183, Greenwich
72b, Bellevue - Jocelyn Kasper
186, Sherburne
117, Babylon is Fallen - Drew Foster
569b, Sacred Throne - Clair Sayles
107, Russia
89, The Church's Desolation - William Paris
454, The Better Land - Dave Ressler
348, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - John Ramsey
224, Save, Lord, or We Perish
127, Green Fields - William Paris
126, Babel's Streams - Drew Foster
189, Montgomery - Pattie Doss-Butterfield
475, A Thankful Heart - Sandie Scott.

Announcements of singings in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin were made. Elder William E. Hunt and Sybil Hunt led song on page 79, The Old Ship of Zion, in memory of Arnold Hunt.
Elder William E. Hunt dismissed the class with prayer.

Chairman—William Paris; Vice Chairman—Tim Reynolds; Secretary—Nancy Paris.