Brooklyn shapenote singing, Sunday, February 11, 2024 — notes

Brooklyn shapenote singing, Sunday, February 11, 2024

At St. Paul’s Carroll St., Brooklyn

Singing from the Sacred Harp, 1991 Denson (SH) and 2012 Cooper (CB) editions, and from the Shenandoah Harmony (ShH). Well, I thought it was a really fun and even joyful singing, and also sounded sweet (a lot of the time, not, I admit, all of it). I felt this despite having poured boiling water on my hand at the break, so I truly hope that those who did not so brand themselves enjoyed it.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the singing school, and who was patient with school-y things continuing into the singing proper. I thank Ryan especially for his productive questions and good-natured reactions. He prompted an idea that we set aside an hour or a session specifically to work on anthems and odes, the often longer, fancier, more complex pieces that we sing seldom at regular singings and then are thrown by when we encounter them at big singings. Let’s give ourselves a little time to prepare and discuss, and plan it for April’s BK singing, okay?

Present: Elsa, Rob, Sarah, Jasmine, Kobi, Ian, Ryan, Matt, Leah, Inga, Keri, Noah, Lily, Amy, Liza. Visiting: Annie (Annie! I have your pretty notepad.) New: James (friend of Ian’s and Lily’s), Rohr (friend of Noah’s).

Songs called: Total: 38; 20 SH, 14 ShH, 4 CB. We collected $40 for the church.

CB 30t Nancy
SH 445b Ryan
SH 33b Matt
SH 546 Annie
SH 112 Noah
SH 163b Rob
SH 354t Ian
SH 42 Sarah
ShH 243 Elsa
SH 129 Leah
SH 272 Inga
SH 203 Jasmine
ShH 200 Lily
SH 162 Ryan
ShH 191 Nancy
SH 101t Annie
ShH 22b Kobi
SH 476 Keri
SH 277 Noah
ShH 2 Ian
ShH 310 Sarah

BREAK

Callback: ShH 147 Nancy, Kobi
ShH 171 Lily
SH 339 Rob
ShH 218t Elsa
ShH 242 Leah
SH 217 Jasmine
SH 284 Ryan
CB 505 Nancy
ShH 64 Kobi
SH 209 Noah
SH 312b Inga
ShH 264b Ian
ShH 236t Sarah
ShH 170 Lily
SH 455 Liza
CB 38t Elsa

Closer: CB 39 Nancy

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