The 26th Annual Kentucky State Sacred Harp Singing (with Southern Harmony)

Pisgah Presbyterian Church
Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky
Saturday, May 19, 2007

The 26th annual Kentucky State Sacred Harp singing was convened at 9:05 a. m. with words of welcome from Keith MacAdam. Charles Coulston led 73b, Arlington.

The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition and The Southern Harmony, 1854 facsimile, 1987 UofK reprint were used.

The following officers were retained: Chairman—Charles Coulston; Secretary—Mary Brinkman.

Leaders:
155, Northfield - Keith MacAdam
81t, Beach Spring - Jim Thobaben and Charles Coulston
277, Antioch - Sharon Hill
59, Holy Manna - Bob Sears and Keith MacAdam
180, Vermont - Bob French
146, Hallelujah - Ron Pen
39 (SoH), ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Don Waggener
178, Africa - Rob Coulston
440, North Salem - Dale Epperson
71, Leander - Nikos Pappas
147b, Laban - Phil Cullum
32t, Corinth - Mike Grimes
63, Coronation - Margaret Foot and Keith MacAdam
209, Evening Shade - Joy Dunn and Charles Coulston
186, Sherburne - Sarah Wood
47b, Idumea - Mary Brinkman
285b, Land of Rest - Jeanine York
455, Soar Away - Jillian Lykens
479, Chester - Sarah Kehrberg and Keith MacAdam.

RECESS

The class resumed singing.
Leaders:
128, The Promised Land - Keith MacAdam
344, Rainbow - Charles Coulston
497, Natick - Sarah Kehrberg
117, Babylon is Fallen - Rob Coulston
313t, Concord - Bob French
269, Bear Creek - Nikos Pappas
159, Wondrous Love - Bob Sears and Rob Coulston
322 (SoH), Samanthra - Ron Pen
213 (SoH), David's Lamentation - Don Waggener
163b, China - Mike Grimes
123 (SoH), Disciple - Bob Meek
45t, New Britain - Pat Holland and Nikos Pappas
354b, Happy Land - Elise Parsons and Don Waggener
40, Lenox - Joy Dunn and Charles Coulston.

The memorial lesson was conducted. Rob Coulston led 236, Easter Anthem (in memory of Waleed Shaalan and other victims at Virginia Tech)
Ron Pen 524, The Twenty-Third Psalm, 69 (SoH), Solicitude (for Homer Ledford and Dorothy Waggener Dixon)
Sharon Hill 334, Oh Come Away (for her grandmother, Mabel)
Kevin Kehrberg 277, Antioch (in memory of Norman Higgins)
Mike Grimes 28b, Wells (for Louise Bounette)
Joy Dunn 452, Martin (for Carl Mowbray)
Bob Sears 373, Homeward Bound (for Ewell Hargis and Wilma Hargis Mounce).
The class sung 49t, Old Hundred, as a lunch blessing.

LUNCH

Rafi Finkel convened the afternoon session by leading 535, Shawmut.
Leaders:
147t, Boylston - Keith MacAdam
183, Greenwich - Sarah Wood and Raphael Finkel
504, Wood Street - Sharon Hill
457, Wayfaring Stranger - Nikos Pappas
494, Big Creek - Sarah Kehrberg
569b, Sacred Throne - Keith MacAdam
276, Bridgewater - Charles Coulston
143, Pleyel's Hymn (First) - Laurel Cornell
551, Jacob's Vision - Keith MacAdam
142, Stratfield - Nikos Pappas
448t, Consecration - Liz Meitzler
68t, Salem - Kevin Kehrberg
57, Christian Soldier - Zach Davis
245, Claremont - Bob French
133, Hebrew Children - Ron Pen
58, Pisgah - Don Waggener
   “Lansdowne” - Raphael Finkel
312b, Restoration (First) - Rob Coulston
384, Panting for Heaven - Mike Grimes
441, Raymond - Bob Meek
29t, Fairfield - Pat Holland and Keith MacAdam
496, The Rock That is Higher Than I - Elise Parsons and Mike Grimes
302, Logan - Sarah Wood and Nikos Pappas
361, Loving Jesus - Sharon Hill
282, I'm Going Home - Sarah Kehrberg and Bob Meek
196, Alabama - Keith MacAdam
528, Showers of Blessings - Charles Coulston
44, The Converted Thief - Laurel Cornell
47t, Primrose - Ron Yost and Keith MacAdam
107, Russia - Kevin Kehrberg and Rafi Finkel
77t, The Child of Grace - Liz Meitzler
220, Mount Zion - Nikos Pappas
495, The Midnight Cry - Zach Davis
223, Portuguese Hymn - Bob French
512, The Spirit Shall Return - Liz Meitzler.

Announcements were made. The singing was concluded with 267, Parting Friends (First).

Chairman—Charles Coulston; Secretary—Mary Brinkman.