Minutes of the 2015 Missouri State Sacred Harp Singing Convention
St. John United Church of Christ, Pinckney Township MO, March 7 and 8, 2015
Saturday, March 7
The thirtieth annual Missouri State Sacred Harp Singing Convention was called to order at 9:30 a.m. at St. John United Church of Christ by chair Wendy Hofmann, leading the song on page 148. Then, Presley Barker offered the opening prayer. Convention officers were: Chair - Wendy Hofmann; Secretary - Dave Ressler; Arranging Committee - Presley Barker and Dan Gray; Finance Committee - Roberta Strauss; Memorial Committee - Jan Ketelle and Terry Hogg. Songs were called from the 1991 edition of The Sacred Harp and The Missouri Harmony 2005.
Leaders: Barbara Uhlemann 66; Dave Ressler 203; Hollie Powell 163t; John Huffman 189; Anne Drexler 87; Karen Isbell 56b; Jo Dell Albi 65; Pattie Doss 344; Tommy Schulz 31t; Carla Bermudez 132 (MH); Stephen Huffman 297; Ted Mercer 71 (MH); Patti Sontag 162 (MH); Aldo Ceresa 472; Barb Patterson 153 (MH); Mort Whitman 143; Evangeline Schultz 383; Nathan Berry 135 (MH); Mark Bruns 475.
RECESS
Penny Kujawinski called the class to order leading the song on page 128. Leaders: Tullala Powell 300; Mary Huffman "Hearne"; John Seaton 180 (MH); Jedidiah Schultz 284; Jan Ketelle 436; Ryan Hill 84; Cherry Hinderberger 312b; Paul Landskroener 218; Jubal Schultz 67; Donnie Simmet 421; Terry Hogg 147 (MH); Eleanor Haase 352; Jairus Schultz 59; Cory Winters 182; Lori Graber 174 (MH); Bill Caldwell 138 (MH); Tamara Harris 160 (MH); Jonathan Smith 172.
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Les Sontag led 178 to call the class together. Leaders: Rhonda Machlan 335; Melody Bringe 24 (MH); Daniel Bearden 77 (MH); Dave Barford 224; Meg Stauffer 49b; Darrell Swarens 222; Janelle Davis 276; James Page 45 (MH); Lisa Grayson 177 (MH); Theophilus Schultz 40; The class sang Table Hymn 164 (MH) as the blessing to close for lunch.
LUNCH
Pattie Doss called the next session together with 76b. Leaders: Marcus Whitman 58; Dick Patterson 144 (MH); Becky Browne 75 (MH); LaMar Schlabach 47b; Paul Figura 127 (MH); Roberta Strauss 269; Nate Zweig 150 (MH); Cindy Burlison 117; John Uhlemann 564; Stephanie Argo 114; Dan Brittain 125 (MH); Jenny Whitman 86; Melanie Hauff 216; Tim Van Englen 503; AnnaLeigh Smith 410b; Charles Derleth 39t; Julie Thompson 163b
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Karen Isbell began this session with 270. Leaders: David Lloyd 142; Shirley Figura 187; Elizabeth Schultz 277; Jean Neely 547; William Shetter 133 (MH); Dan Gray 147b; Becca Gibson 268; Ethan Schultz 101t; Presley Barker 505; Jeff Burlison 53; Jaison Ashbaugh 172 MH); Lou Kujawinski 473; Peter Bringe 229; Wendy Hofmann 159; Dayle Black 146; Mary Huffman 228; Tullala Powell 209; John Huffman 291; Aldo Ceresa 522; Stephen Huffman 448t. Announcements were called for and John Huffman closed the day with a prayer.
Sunday, March 8
Wendy Hofmann, calling 159, opened the second day of the convention at 9:30 a.m. Then Becky Browne led the morning prayer. Leaders: Marcus Whitman 109 (MH); Tullala Powell 40; Roberta Strauss 440; Presley Barker 131 (MH); Karen Isbell 68 (MH); John Uhlemann 212; Holly Powell 426b; Darrell Swarens 341; Peggy Brayfield 159 (MH); Daniel Bearden 168 (MH); Debbie Barford 479; Mark Bruns 504; AnnaLeigh Smith 545; MaryE Yeomans 481; Jaison Ashbaugh 180; William Shetter 167 (MH); Lisa Grayson 148 (MH); Bill Caldwell 89 (MH).
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Jim Page called 276 to call the class back together. Leaders: Elizabeth Schulz 38b; Tamara Harris 548; David Barford 378b; Dan Brittain 141 (MH); Lori Graber 549; Theophilus Schultz 56b; Jenny Whitman 455; Lou Kujawinski 137; Nate Zweig 134 (MH); Patti Sontag 457; Paul Landskroener 365; Ryan Hill 383; Barbara Uhlemann 299; Donnie Simmet 69t.
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Ann Drexler began again with 335. Leaders: Judy Hauff 80 (MH); Wayne Smith 163b;
Jan Ketelle opened the Memorial Lesson, then read the list of the sick and shut-in. She described the Sacred Harp singing community as a quilt, every singing slightly different but all bound together in love. Those listed were from Alabama: Joan Aldridge, Daphene Causey; from Arkansas: Beau Caldwell; from Illinois: Karen Hojnacki, Berkley Moore; from Indiana: Amy Devocelle; from Michigan: Bill Beverly, Bill Wyndom; from Ohio: Loraine Bayer, Jim Herr; from Wisconsin: Johanna Fabke, Bob Scorgie, Julia Vea. Jan led the class in singing 340.
Terry Hogg then read the list of those deceased since the last convention. He described the life of Charlie Davidson as a life of teaching by example and living each moment fully. Those remembered were from Alabama: Bill Alpin, Hobert Ivey, Mike Nunn, Sammie Oliver, Betty Wright; from California: Stanley Edwards; from Georgia: Josephine Denny, Raymond Hamrick; from Illinois: Dorothy Amare, Charlie Davidson, John Kaeser, Bob Sullivan; from Indiana: Gale Clifton, Dorothy Glanzer, David Rust; from Minnesota: Roy Wyatt; from Missouri: Jimmie Ruth Melvin, Tom Tschettar; from New Jersey: Jo Ellen Dolan; from Ohio: Joe Fothergill, John C. Landskroener; from Pennsylvania: David Wamplar; from Tennessee: Virginia Duke, Gid Fryer, Leslie Phillips. Terry led 62 (MH) and Dan Brittain closed the lesson with a prayer.
Singing then continued with Dan Gray leading 68t; and Melanie Hauff leading 411.
The Chair closed the morning singing and the class sang Table Hymn 164 (MH) as the blessing for lunch.
LUNCH
Lou Kujawinski led 523 to open the afternoon session. Leaders: Dave Ressler 214; Jo Dell Albi 84 (MH); Aldo Ceresa 550; Becky Browne 362; Dick Patterson 240; Bill and Vicky See 108b; Schultz Children 178; Pattie Doss 532; Jim Page 139 (MH); Rob Bahler 536; Becca Gibson 106; Charles Derleth 66; LaMar Schlabach 68; Penny Kujawinski 200; Gary Gronau 419; Janelle Davis 107.
RECESS
The final session opened with Shirley Figura leading 30b. Leaders: Nathan Berry 406; Cory Winters 112; Ted Mercer 145 (MH); Terry Hogg 13 (MH); John Seaton 47t; Barb Patterson 58 (MH); Minnesota Singers 426t; Wendy Hofmann 83t; Eleanor Haase 542; Jan Ketelle 113 (MH); Tommy and Donna Schultz 163t; Julie Thompson 314; Jubal Schultz 29t; Paul Figura 19 (MH); Les Sontag 122; Jaison Ashbaugh 278t.
The arranging committee reported that ninety songs were called on Saturday and seventy-two on Sunday, and that twelve states were represented by singers at this convention. Announcements from the class were called for. Carole Briggs closed the convention with a prayer, and we finished by singing 347.
Chair: Wendy Hofmann, Arranging: Presley Barker and Dan Gray, Secretary: Dave Ressler