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This
was the first singing to be held at the Village Hall, Weedon Bec,
Northamptonshire, the venue for the UK Sacred Harp Convention 2010.
Mick Verrier conducted
a brief Singing
School, leading the songs on pages
84,
49t; and
107.
Leaders: Steve Fletcher,
276; Nick Hall,
147t; Rachel Jordan,
36b; Ken Baddley,
34b; Sheila Girling Macadam,
168; Tony Singleton,
496; Linda Reed,
210.
RECESS
The
class was called to order by Jacqui Selby-MacLeod leading the song on
page
448b.
Leaders: Edwin Macadam,
272;
Sarah West,
430; Richard
Percival,
313b;
Carmel Wood,
31t;
Steve Welch,
503;
Sofi Mogensen,
159;
Ian West,
105; Sally Greaves-Lord,
29t;Ted
Brown,
81t; Helen
Brown,
28b;
Emily Verrier,
146;
Mick Verrier,
163t;
Rachel Jordan,
155;
Nick Hall,
217;
Sheila Girling Macadam,
504;
Ken Baddley,
192;
Sarah West,405.
Helen Brown said grace before lunch.
LUNCH
The
class resumed singing with Steve Fletcher leading the song on page
106.
Leaders: Tony Singleton,
40;
Linda Reed,
534; Edwin Macadam,
189; Jacqui Selby-MacLeod,
454;
Steve Welch,
501;
Carmel Wood,
384; Sofi Mogensen,
278t;
Ian West,
102.
The
Memorial lesson was given by Richard Percival, who celebrated the life
of Kay Evans, who was a friend to all who knew her, but whose own dark
moments led her to be careless of her own life, which ended tragically /
prematurely in the winter mountains. At her funeral, her father asked
that she be remembered as the woman who danced down the aisle at her
wedding to music by Booker T and the MGs! Richard Percival led
171
in memory of these people: Jack Walne, Beaconsfield; Rose Adelaide
Baker, Lowell, Massachusetts; Ian Ferguson, Bournemouth; Stan Shaw,
Bolton; Ivy Hughes, Milton Keynes; Donna Whitlock, Stony Stratford;
Trevor Sanderson, Ealing; Gladys Buchanan, Cheam Village; Sam Barker;
Stoke-on-Trent; Kay MacDonald Evans, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Mark Banting,
Stone; Deirdre Powell, Chandler's Ford; Audrey Hamilton, Manchester;
Sylvia Evans, Harwich; Evelyn Hale, Sunderland; James Oss, Indiana, USA;
Emily Doe, Brighton; Yvonne Blake, Bengeo; David Little, Leicester; Else
Marie Christensen, Denmark.
Ken
Baddley gave the Sick & Housebound lesson. Having convinced us that he
was not in fact Rabbi Lionel Blue, Ken read us the words of a Jewish
prayer giving thanks for the process of healing and recovery. We held in
our hearts Jack Crawford, Derbyshire; Dafydd Charles, Sheffield; Chris
Brown, Elland; Joan Mattock, Lutterworth; Tom Hodgkinson,
Worcestershire; Barry, Redditch; David Lee, Great Easton; Dan Brittain,
Ohio; Dorothy Williams, Dorset; Ted Alderton, Tatsfield; David George,
Manchester; Bob Morgan, Bowden; Tony Smith, Broadstairs; Erik Mogensen,
Montpellier; Jenny Reeves, Essex; Stef Ruchalka, Leeds. Ken then led the
song on page
178.
Leaders: Ted Brown,
546; Sally Greaves-Lord,
481;
Helen Brown,
422;
Richard Percival,
43; Rachel
Jordan,
474;
Mick Verrier,
148.
RECESS
The final session was opened by Ian
West leading the song on page
312b.
Leaders: Sofi Mogensen,
299;
Nick Hall,
287;
Jill Thompson,
99; Linda Reed,
361;
Steve Welch,
479;
Sheila Girling Macadam,
536; Ted Brown,
77t;
Sally Greaves-Lord,
267;
Sarah West,
89; Tony Singleton,
300;
Steve
Fletcher,
448t;
Helen Brown,
549; Edwin
Macadam,
236;
Jacqui Selby-MacLeod,
134. Following
reports from the Treasurer and Secretary, the Chair thanked all those
who had helped organise the first event in this superb venue, and was
himself thanked for inspiring the day. “Parish notices” announced
forthcoming singing events, and Mick Verrier closed the day with the
song on page
209.
Chair:
Mick Verrier; Secretary: Nick Hall. Arranging committee: Ian West;
Treasurer: Emily Verrier.
61
songs sung, 21 leaders, 39 people registered. |
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