The 2nd Vermont Christian Harmony Singing

Haybarn Theater
Plainfield, Washington County, Vermont
Sunday, July 19, 2026

All song selections were from The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition. Singers often led two songs at a time.

This year's singing was supported by Village Harmony and the Society for American Music, the latter as part of their “Sounding the Nation at 250” program series. We were pleased to welcome singers from Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Ontario, Canada, in addition to Vermont. Erin Fulton brought the class to order at 10:00 by leading 35t, Lisbon.

In lieu of a blessing, Kerry Cullinan invited attendees to be attentive to the “spirit of place,” recognizing the former Goddard College campus on which we were singing to have been an important center of the shape-note revival in New England through connections with Larry Gordon, Village Harmony, and Bread and Puppet Theater.

330, Fulfillment - Erin Fulton
77, How Beautiful Heaven Must Be - Murray Hibbard
85, Mercy Seat
86t, Ortonville - Porter Lontz-Underhill
195, Garden
356, Morning Song - Christopher Kain
249, Green Fields
199, Vernon - Porter Lontz-Underhill, by request of Renée
67b, Dundee - Erin Fulton, by request of Brigitte Humbert and in honor of Leslie and David Booher
189, One by One - Kerry Cullinan
482, Gray

Break

61b, Gaines - Erin Fulton
78b, New Britain - Chris Hughes, with remarks on the importance of this song in involving Larry Gordon in shape-note singing
343, Tell the Story
111b, Judkins - Evan Landon
109, Not Made with Hands
128t, Hester - Ines Lüttgen
142, The Solid Rock
136, Sherburne - Alex Van Sant
74, God's Helping Hand - Erin Fulton, by request of Pleasance Crawford
168b, Sunrise - Murray Hibbard
82b, Gospel Waves
369, Easter Anthem - Kerry Cullinan, by request of Brigitte Humbert
372, I Won't Turn Back - Porter Lontz-Underhill
359, Wondrous Love
281b, Palmetto - Christopher Kain
46t, The Hill of Zion
47, Panting for Heaven - Alex Van Sant
147, Fairfield - Evan Landon
216b, Social Band - Erin Fulton
256t, Pleading Savior

Murray Hibbard offered a grace and dismissed the class to their pizza dinner.

319, Weary Pilgrim - Kerry Cullinan, by request of Roger Schmidt
143, Farther Along - Erin Fulton, by request of Chuck Crawford
546b, Oak Grove - Kerry Cullinan
417b, Zanesville
125b, Day Dawn - Ines Lüttgen
30b, Dennis
88, Pisgah - Alex Van Sant
39, A Precious Stone - Chris Hodges
239t, Soft Music
172, The Grand Highway - Murray Hibbard
171, Sessions - Pleasance Crawford, in honor of Chris Holley
146b, Bangor
89, Northfield - Porter Lontz-Underhill, by request of Brigitte Humbert
40t, Mamie; the class thanked Porter's elderly mother for sparing him from her side to attend so much of the singing
86b, Hicks' Farewell - Evan Landon
432b, Fish Pond
70b, Brown - Christopher Kain
256b, Sacred Rest
67t, Peterboro - Kerry Cullinan
66t, Balerma

Break

23b, Evening Hymn - Erin Fulton
241, Closer Walk with God - Ines Lüttgen
459t, All-Saints
165, Babylon is Fallen - Alex Van Sant
82t, Lady, Touch Thy Harp Again - Chris Hodges
87, The Promised Land
129, Coronation - Murray Hibbard
188, He Loves Me, in honor of Meredith Doster
121b, Greensboro - Pleasance Crawford
121t, Prosperity
157, Hallelujah - Evan Landon, by request of Brigitte Humbert
79, Kingwood - Erin Fulton
50, Cranbrook - Evan Landon
180, The Sinless Summerland - Kerry Cullinan by request of Christopher Kain

Having been informed by facilities that the singers did not need to surrender the Haybarn immediately, the class consulted, ultimately electing to have the Crawfords hear whichever songs they wanted, then for those who were able to stay on to continue singing till 3:30.

117, Angel Band - Chris Hodges, by request of Pleasance and Chuck Crawford
184, Where We'll Never Grow Old - Erin Fulton, by request of Pleasance and Chuck Crawford
339, Samanthra - Kerry Cullinan
336t, Sweet Harmony
54, My Trust - Ines Lüttgen
179, Traveling On
55b, Idumea - Evan Landon and Laura ?
81t, Maitland - Murray Hibbard
91, There is a Fountain
68, Bright Mansions - Chris Hodges
16, The Finest Flower - Erin Fulton
548, Macedonia - Kerry Cullinan and Erin Fulton

The class resolved to meet again next year at the same place and approximately the same time. Murray Hibbard dismissed the singers in prayer.

Chairman: Kerry Cullinan
Secretary: Erin Fulton