The Psalmist's Harp: Inaugural Singing, Monday, 16 DEC 2019
4:00 PM*, Summerall Chapel, Low Country Shape Note Singers and Citadel Southern Harmony Singers in Attendance
The inaugural singing from The Psalmist's Harp was the concluding event in a three-day-long singing weekend in Charleston, beginning with the monthly Low Country Sacred Harp/Shenandoah Harmony Singing on Saturday, followed by the the Fifth Sunday Citadel Southern Harmony Singing on Sunday (commuted to SUN 15 from SUN 29 DEC, to accommodate the travel plans of the regular singers in the group).
I don't necessarily intend that rigorous minute-keeping will be a part of the custom in singing from this book -- though I guess that's a decision that will ultimately be made by the singers, not by me -- but I did make a note of the songs called (and their callers) during our inaugural singing, posted below:
Minutes of The
Psalmist’s Harp Inaugural Singing
Psalm 147 Coronation.............Mitchell
Stecker
Ps. 1 - Sweet Prospect..............Stephen Jones
Ps. 42 Genevan
42.....................Rob Dillon
Ps. 16 Messiah.............................Sarah
Boice
Ps. 15 Dade City........................Liz Garrett
Ps. 60 Dives
& Lazarus.............Sharon
Strong
Ps. 109 Depravity.......................Tom
Ivey
Ps. 91 Pleading
Savior..............MS
Ps. 88 Jones..................................SJ
Ps. 86 Heavenly
Dove...............SB
Ps. 20 Garrett............................LG
Ps. 140 Connector.....................SS
Ps. 141 Downpatrick..................TI
Ps. 146 Hallelujah.....................MS
Ps. 146b Livonia..........................SJ
Ps. 33 Mary Blain.......................SB
Ps. 119Resh Savannah
Hwy......LG
Ps. 72 Woodbird.........................SS
Ps. 150c South
Carolina...........TI
Ps. 76 Marini...............................MS,
at LG's request
Ps. 100 Old Hundred & CM Doxology
It was a pleasant afternoon of singing, and I believe we all enjoyed the experience; we're hoping to integrate The Psalmist's Harp into our Wednesday night singings on a regular basis.
*The singing was scheduled to start at 4:00, but did not begin until about 4:25, as I (along with the books) was caught in some particularly egregious Charleston traffic.
