7th Rotunda Singing

Alabama Department of Archives & History
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
Saturday, January 31, 2004

The seventh session of the Rotunda Singing was held on Saturday before the first Sunday in February at the Alabama Department of Archives and History located in Montgomery, Alabama. Four books were used: The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition; The Christian Harmony ('Alabama book', Deason-Parris revision, 2002 printing); The Colored Sacred Harp; and The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 1992 Revision.

The first session was held using “The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition.” Chairman Jim Carnes called the class to order leading 37b, Liverpool.
Leaders:
155, Northfield - Rodney Ivey
217, Ballstown - David Ivey
189, Montgomery - Dennis George
229, Irwinton - Wilton Donaldson
278t, Love Shall Never Die - Max Berueffy
85, The Morning Trumpet - Judy Caudle
430, Arbacoochee - Elene Stovall
274t, The Golden Harp - Jarrod George
142, Stratfield - Amber Davis
31t, Ninety-Third Psalm - Gary Smith
299, New Jerusalem - Linda Thomas
32t, Corinth - Bobby Watkins
282, I'm Going Home - Jim Pfau.

RECESS

The second session was held from the “Christian Harmony.”
Leaders:
157, Hallelujah - Billy Thompson
111b, Judkins - Tim Cook
316, This Heavy Load - Martha Sue Thompson
264, Harwell - Ruth Wyers
31t, Home - Retha Deason
204t, What a Day - Latisha Crocker
293, Lenox - Robert DuPree
188t, He Loves Me - Luke Smith
109, Not Made with Hands - Penina King.

The third session was held from “The Colored Sacred Harp.”
Leaders:
74, Doris - Henry Jackson
65t, Come to Jesus Now - Bernice Harvey
65b, Call Upon the Lord - Joyce Belcher
24, The Signs of the Judgement - John Etheridge
20, He Leads Me - Stanley Smith
19, My Mother's Gone - Steve Grauberger
4, Prosperity - Henry Jackson
87, Florida Storm - Henry Jackson
   “Give Me Just a Little More Time” - Bernice Harvey and Joyce Belcher.

The fourth session was held from “The B.F. White Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition.”
Leaders:
478, March On - Stanley Smith
156, San Diego - Tommie Spurlock
477, Let the Saints Appear - John Etheridge
163b, Marysville - Bill Aplin
395b, Fleeting Days - Frank Hataway
140, Chicago - Max Berueffy
388, The Happy Sailor - Uel Freeman
141, Complainer - Ercyl Vidrine
559, Will You Meet Me? - Bobby Watkins
393, I'm Wandering To and Fro - Liz Bryant and Bob Goodman
336t, Hester - Ruth Wyers
442t, Blooming Youth - Bernice Harvey
200, With Songs and Honors (Edom) - Jim Pfau.

LUNCH

The first afternoon session was held from “The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition.”
Leaders:
288, White - Jim Carnes
290, Victoria - Sarah Smith
171, Exhortation (First) - Corene White and Jim Carnes
411, Morning Prayer - Chita Blakeley
269, Bear Creek - Danny Creel
222, Ocean - Emily Creel
196, Alabama - Denise Burleson
30b, Prospect - Jack Nelson
145t, Warrenton - Gavin Blakeley
72b, Bellevue - Wayne Hartman
146, Hallelujah - Celia Carnes and Clare Forrester.

The second afternoon session was held from “The Christian Harmony.”
Leaders:
235, Faithful Soldier - Billy Thompson
248, Twilight is Falling - Herby Bailey
110, Volunteers - Retha Deason and Luke Smith
289, Happy Land - Ann Kimzey
64, Youthful Blessings - John Etheridge
85b, Mercy Seat - John Etheridge
281b, Palmetto - Margie Simmons
354t, Summer - Bill Hogan
372, I Won't Turn Back - Jim Pfau
163t, Hollis - Luke Smith
298, My Shepherd Guides - Latisha Crocker.

The third afternoon session was held from “The B.F. White Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition.”
Leaders:
567, Child of Thine - Chita Blakeley
28b, Life Is the Time to Serve the Lord (Wells) - Joyce Belcher
553, The Hill of Zion - Ellen Gwynn
455, (No song at that page no.) - Alice Bejnar
573, Trusting Jesus - Richard Graham
507b, The Glory of the Cross - Tim Cook
400, Struggle On - Henry Jackson
447t, Boylston - Wilbert Ellison
358, Murillo's Lesson - Dennis George and Jarrod George
229, The Great Roll Call - Amber Davis
404, He Died on the Cross - Danny Creel
398b, The Dying Californian - Jonathan Blakeley.

Announcements were made. Jim Carnes, Joey Brackner, Amber Davis, and Elene Stovall led 176t, Ragan, as the closing song.
The class was dismissed with prayer.

Chairman—Jim Carnes; Vice Chairman—Joey Brackner; Secretaries—Amber Davis and Elene Stovall.