Ila Georgia Singing
Home of John & Elsie Hollingsworth
Ila, Madison County, Georgia
Friday, August 1, 2008
Billy Hollingsworth offered a brief introduction to shape note singing because there were a lot of people there who were unfamiliar with the practice.
Selections from The Christian Harmony ('Alabama book', Deason-Parris revision, 2002 printing)
174t, Prospect - Bill Hollingsworth
Opening Prayer - John Hollingsworth
21, Webster -
Bill Hollingsworth
282, Friendship -
John Plunkett
117, Angel Band - Sarah Ward
264, Harwell -
Rodney Chandler
89, Northfield -
Shannon Primm
91, There is a Fountain -
Erin Mills
159t, Devotion (First) - Gwendolyn Boone
171, Sessions -
Winston Stephens
109, Not Made with Hands - Elizabeth Chandler and
Jill Chandler
23b, Evening Hymn -
Michael Spencer
280t, Zion -
John Hollingsworth
207t, Windham - Jon Lowell
170, On My Way - Robert Boone
195, Garden -
Robert Kelley
323, Holy Manna -
Ben Chandler
214, Hosanna -
Mildred Chandler
359, Wondrous Love -
Jackie Elsner
85b, Mercy Seat -
Lee Rogers
281b, Palmetto -
Ken George
Selections from The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition
176t, Ragan -
John Hollingsworth
416, The Christian's Nightly Song -
John Plunkett
192, Schenectady - Sarah Ward
325, Soldier of the Cross -
Shannon Primm
277, Antioch -
Erin Mills
95, Vernon - Gwendolyn Boone
503, Lloyd -
Winston Stephens
420, Bishop -
Michael Spencer
56b, Villulia -
Bill Hollingsworth
40, Lenox -
Rodney Chandler
417, Weeping Pilgrim - Jon Lowell
128, The Promised Land - Robert Boone
507, Sermon on the Mount -
Robert Kelley
236, Easter Anthem -
Jackie Elsner and
Bill Hollingsworth
47b, Idumea -
Ken George
62, Parting Hand -
John Hollingsworth
The next evening singing at the Hollingsworth home will be September 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 20 there will be a Sacred Harp Singing School led by Hugh McGraw at the Hollingsworth home. Singing school will start at 9:30 a.m.; dinner on the grounds at noon; more singing school afterwards.
Minutes recorded by Michael Spencer, deciphered by Jane Spencer