The Psalmist's Harp Inaugural Singing -- Monday, 16 December 2019

Note: I had intended to post this update much nearer in time to the first singing, but life interposed; I present the below to you with apologies for my lateness and with a better-late-than-never mindset.

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.