The 7th annual West
Yorkshire Sacred Harp Day was held at Haworth Methodist Church, in the
United Kingdom, on Saturday before the third Sunday in November.
Judy
Whiting began the day by leading 146. Aldo Ceresa said an opening
prayer. Leaders; Chris Brown 213t; Aldo Ceresa 39t; Michael Walker 134;
Maria Wallace 171; John Seaton 47t; Hannah Land 81t; Sarah West 335;
Cath Tyler 202; Shelby Sampson 297; Sharon Langridge 313b; Phil Tyler
388; Anne Eringa 542; Richard Percival 287; Chris Brown 267; Aldo Ceresa
478; Carmel Wood 312b; Michael Walker 53; John Seaton 276; Maria Wallace
142; Hannah Land 56b; Sarah West 405; Judy Whiting 34b.
Recess
Phil
Tyler called the class to order with 217. Michael Walker gave a short
talk to mark the 200th anniversary of William Walker’s birth.
In the course of this the leaders were: Aldo Ceresa 45t; Judy Whiting
268(SoH); Maria Wallace 122(SoH); Carmel Wood 16(SoH); Cath Tyler
61(SoH); Helen Brown 127(SoH); Phil Tyler 99(SoH); Aldo Ceresa 204; Cath
Tyler 83(SoH); Helen Brown 78(SoH); Chris Brown 19(SoH). Chris thanked
Michael for his presentation. Leaders: Sharon Langridge 99; Ted Brown
49b; Benny Ross 29t; Helen Brown 436; Cath Tyler 216; Shelby Sampson
112; Anne Eringa 107; Richard Percival 344; Carmel Wood 472. John Seaton
gave thanks for the noon meal.
Lunch
Judy
Whiting called the class back to order and led 350. Leaders: Michael
Walker 387; Maria Wallace 455; Ted Brown 74b; Helena Davenport 86; Benny
Ross 474; Helen Brown 396; Chris brown 362; Aldo Ceresa 522; Hannah Land
30t.
Sharon
Langridge conducted the memorial lesson and read the names of the
deceased: Marie Holloway, David Williams, Margaret Clay, Johnny Collins,
Stan Shaw, John Ethridge, Bill Reynolds, Denson Hinton, Jimmie Denney,
Ann Cox, Audrey Nathan, Florence Mellor, Maurice Wilson, Alex McClean,
Graham Goddard, and Jim Oss.
Sharon
read the names of the sick and housebound: John Plunkett, Evelyn Harris,
John Hobson, Alan Jackson, Paul Ruth, Neil Henderson, Glyn Roberts,
Maureen Gamlin, Zoe Massey, Brenda Knudssen, Leo McGuigan, Kathy
Armstrong, Ron Lahav, Chris Wood, Simon Dumpleton, Jock and Susan
Knight, Roy Thompson and John Hopkinson. For them she led 31t and said a
prayer.
Leaders: Sarah West 101t; John Seaton 128; Phil Tyler 131t; Shelby
Sampson 38b; Anne Eringa 481; Richard Percival 210; Carmel Wood 448t;
Cath Tyler 448b; Michael Walker 306; Maria Wallace 159, Benny Ross 196;
Judy Whiting 212.
Recess
Helen
Brown called the class to order leading 270. Leaders: Chris Brown 277;
Helena Davenport 56t; Ted Brown 418; Aldo Ceresa 383; Hannah Land 507;
Sharon Langridge 515; John Seaton 192; Shelby Sampson 504; Anne Eringa
67; Carmel Wood 48b.
Chris
Brown invited Michael Walker to lead 62
with him as the closing song. Cath Tyler offered the closing prayer, and
the class was dismissed.
Chairmen--Chris Brown and Judy Whiting; Secretaries--Rose Hudson and Cath
Ingham. |