Saturday 9th September
The eleventh United
Kingdom Sacred Harp Convention was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Chairman
Mandy Townsend leading
52t. Chaplain Ken Baddley offered the opening prayer.
Officers elected or
appointed: Chairman - Mandy Townsend; Vice Chairman/Treasurer - Dave Townsend;
Secretary/Arranging Committee - Steve Fletcher; Chaplain - Ken Baddley.
Leaders: Mick Verrier
201; Dave Townsend
99; Claire Singleton
270; Ken Baddley
192; Steve Fletcher
36t; John Fink
300; Cath Tyler
202; Bernard Collard
32t; Pleasance Crawford
309; Tony Singleton
40; Anna Baldini
299; Dave Richardson
494; Ruth Steggles
171; Nick Hall
571; Liz Cusick
86; Ian West
480; Caroline Edwards
178; Phil Tyler
332; Hannah Land
147t; Chris Brown
47t; Sheila Macadam
217; Paul Setford
341; Judy Whiting
212; Ted Brown
73b; Rachel Jordan
36b.
Recess
The class was called to
order by Steve Fletcher leading
84. Leaders: Helen Brown
475; Sarah Pinney
148; Edwin Macadam
528; Katie White
47b; Carmel Wood
503; Mandy Townsend
82t; Mick Verrier and Emily Verrier
276; Dave Townsend
277; Claire Singleton
72b; Ken Baddley
113; John Fink
268; Cath Tyler
56b; Bernard Collard
362; Steve Fletcher
315; Pleasance Crawford
391; Tony Singleton
496; Dave Richardson
539; Mandy Townsend
318. Grace was said before lunch.
Lunch
The class resumed
singing with Mick Verrier leading
272. Leaders: Ruth Steggles
454; Nick Hall
127; Liz Cusick
473; Anna Baldini
159; Ian West
312b; Emily Verrier
146; Phil Tyler
442; Chuck Crawford
378t; Sheila Macadam
65; Hannah Land
228; Chris Brown
38b; Caroline Edwards
163b; Ted Brown
30t; Rachel Jordan
269; Sarah Pinney
155; Judy Whiting
490; Paul Setford
313t; Carmel Wood and Simon Dumpleton
49b; Helen Brown
189; Edwin Macadam
280.
Recess
The class reassembled
with Dave Townsend leading
334. Leaders: Adrian Bolge
350; Katie White
107; Mick Verrier
383; Caroline Edwards
48t; Chuck Crawford
68b; Ruth Steggles
200; John Fink
183; Sarah Pinney
29t; Claire Singleton
448b; Tony Singleton
504; Helen Brown
198; Dave Richardson
278t; Pleasance Crawford
353; Ian West
515; Mandy Townsend
203; Ted Brown
76b; Cath Tyler
61; Ken Baddley
110; Liz Cusick
481; Bernard Collard
501.
Announcements were
made. Ken Baddley offered the closing prayer. Mandy Townsend led
46 as the closing song, and the class was dismissed.
In the evening, an
alternative singing took place, chaired by Mick Verrier, at which we sang a
selection of the recent shape-note pieces written by UK composers, and some
pieces from Norumbega Harmony.
Sunday 10th September
Chaplain Ken Baddley
gave the opening prayer, and Chairman Mandy Townsend started the day
singing by leading
34b.
Leaders: Claire
Singleton
66; Phil Tyler
340; Emily Verrier
146; Dave Townsend
324; Anna Baldini and Emily Verrier
217; Chuck Crawford
535; Carmel Wood
49t; Paul Setford
339; Steve Fletcher
150; Nick Hall
350; Hannah Land
302; Bill Meakin
236; Sheila Macadam
268; Chris Brown
288; Rachel Jordan
474; Edwin Macadam
86; Judy Whiting
273; Pleasance Crawford
524; Bernard Collard
538.
Recess
The class resumed
singing with Cath Tyler leading
128. Leaders: Sarah Pinney
74b; Simon Dumpleton
473; Emily Verrier and Anna Baldini
299; Ruth Steggles
178; Mick Verrier
95; Liz Cusick
277; Adrian Bolge
312b; Rachel Jordan
122.
Steve Fletcher
conducted the memorial lesson. Lynne Cousins read the names of those
remembered: Bryan Ricketts, Sally Lee, Madge Fisher (Emily great
grandmother), Mike Walker, Janet Crawford, Alec Brown, Alice Rose Cole,
Barbara Foster, Jim Woods, Jack Parker, Jeremy Hayter, Timothy Hayter,
Michael Hayter, James Hayter, Isobel Boyd, Pete Sumner, Tom Conroy, and
Elaine McClelland. Cath Tyler led
549 in their memory.
Bernard Collard gave
the sick and housebound lesson. Liz Cusick read the names of those we are
asked to hold in our hearts: Alan Morris, Audrey Nathan, Susan Smith - Maryland, Patricia Taylor (Ann Smith’s mother), Dave Cooper, Jim
Singleton, Deirdre Powell, James Oss, and Tom Worley. Sheila Macadam led
546 in their honor. The memorial was closed.
Leaders: Judy Whiting
72b; Ken Baddley
481; Phil Tyler
448t; Chuck Crawford
300; Dave Townsend
455; Carmel Wood
313b; Cath Tyler
434; Paul Setford
105. Grace was said before lunch.
Lunch
During the lunch recess
a meeting was held to agree on the location for the 2008 and 2009
conventions.
The class was called to
order by Mandy Townsend leading
475. Leaders: Steve Fletcher
282; Nick Hall
45t; Hannah Land
133; Chris Brown
495; Katie White
39t; Sheila Macadam
442; Judy Whiting
441; Rachel Jordan
556; Edwin Macadam
318; Sarah Pinney
171; Anna Baldini
272; Mick Verrier
163t.
Recess
The final session
resumed with Cath Tyler and Emily Verrier leading
155. Leaders: Edwin Macadam
532; Liz Cusick
547; Ken Baddley
113; Pleasance Crawford
381; Claire Singleton
323b; Chuck Crawford
569b; Sheila Macadam
142; Nick Hall
143; Judy Whiting
186; Phil Tyler
428; Hannah Land
501; Rachel Jordan
347.
Notices of forthcoming
singings were given, and committee reports were made. The chairman offered
thanks to all who had worked so hard to ensure the success of the
convention. Over the two days, 36 leaders led a total of 154 songs.
Ken Baddley offered the
closing prayer. Dave Townsend and Mandy Townsend led
323t to close the convention. The class was dismissed.
Chairman - Mandy
Townsend; Vice Chairman - Dave Townsend; Secretary - Steve
Fletcher.
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