Etowah Fall Singing, 119th Year

Etowah Lions Club
Etowah, Henderson County, North Carolina
Saturday, September 5, 2026

All selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 2015 Folk Heritage reprint).

Diane Eskenasy welcomed the singers and opened the singing with 198, Creation.
Bill Hogan gave the opening prayer.

161t, Wells - Mary Baumeister
337t, Sweet Harmony - Bill Hogan
93, Something New - Dan Huger
58b, Primrose - Chris Berg, IMO the poet Wendell Berry
67t, Peterboro - Chris Wilhelm
67b, Dundee - Carolyn Ogburn
248b, Union - Eric Conrad
141, Detroit - Anne Gilliland
64t, The Penitent's Prayer - June Smathers-Jolley
30b, Dennis - Julie Hornsby

Memorial Lesson:
Sick: Leslie Booher, Coy Davis.
Passed on: Jonathan Carnell, Robert Brunk, Carl Blozan, JimTom Richardson, Sandra Wilkinson.
78b, New Britain - Diane Eskenasy

31t, Home - Bill Hogan with Vigilance Dedmon
   “Not Made with Hands” - Dan Huger and Chris Wilhelm and Mary Baumeister, by request and from memory, IMO Carl Blozan
143t, Coleshill - Mary Baumeister, for Guy Bankes
95b, Canaan's Land - Dan Huger

Break

23t, Phillippi - Chris Wilhelm
77t, Rockingham (First) - Carolyn Ogburn
218t, Cookham - Chris Berg
144t, Tribulation - Eric Conrad
105b, Resignation - Anne Gilliland
128t, Ninety-Fifth - June Smathers-Jolley
289b, Happy Land - Julie Hornsby, with Avery Blatt
51, Lonsdale - Diane Eskenasy
50, Cranbrook - Bill Hogan
253, Heavenly Rest - Mary Baumeister
268, Come Ye to the Waters - Dan Huger
360, The Saints Bound for Heaven - Chris Wilhelm
Grace before the meal by Bill Hogan.

Lunch

214, Hosanna - Diane Eskenasy
203, Cumberland - Chris Berg
80t, Caddo - Carolyn Ogburn
108, Redeeming Love - Eric Conrad
299, Green Meadows - Anne Gilliland
61t, North Carolina - June Smathers-Jolley
235, Faithful Soldier - Julie Hornsby
369, Easter Anthem - Diane Eskenasy
245t, Bozrah - Bill Hogan, with Laurian Richards
220t, Wilmot - Mary Baumeister
185b, Corinth - Dan Huger
74t, Zanesville - Chris Wilhelm, for Will Partain

Break

225b, Martin - Chris Berg
103b, Fish Pond - Carolyn Ogburn
146b, Bangor - Eric Conrad
60b, China - Anne Gilliland
130b, Passing Away - June Smathers-Jolley, for Jerry Israel
250, Realms of the Blest - Julie Hornsby

Announcements:

200b, Parting Hand as the closing song.
Bill Hogan gave the closing prayer.

Arranging: Dan Huger
Pitching: Bill Hogan
Minutes: Mary Baumeister