[ 2000 Convention Photos (Tom Mitchell) ]
The twenty-first session of the National Sacred Harp Convention met at Trinity United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 15, 16, and 17, 2000. Thursday's session was called to order by Chairman Buell Cobb singing no. 31b. Tom Owen led the morning prayer. Leaders: Mark Davis 61; Kathy Williams 539; Mike Hinton 373; John Redman 236; Don Bowen 99; Henry Guthery 39b; Latisha Crocker 490; J.L. Hopper 198; Kathy Robinson 546; Ottis Sides 75; Sherry Guthery 340; Frank Hataway 565; Kathleen Robbins 535; Donald Smith 35; Gaston White 159; Henry Johnson 418.
The class was called to order by Henry Guthery singing no. 88t. Leaders: Steven Schmidgall 496; Sheri Taylor 84; Willie Mae Moon 217; Judy Caudle 234; Odom Hawkins 147t; Betty Shaver 454; Bill Hogan 207; Pauline Childers 384; Bob Bonnell 503; Flarce Creel 475; Freeman and Jewell Wootten 82t; Gene Wakefield 284; Wanda and Shelley Capps 73t; Edward Howton 436; Edith Tate 532.
The class was called together by Cindy Franklin singing no. 269. Business session: Chairman, Buell Cobb; Vice Chairman, Mark Davis; Chaplain, Tom Owen; Secretary, Kathy Williams. Committees were appointed as follows. Arranging committee: Catherine Oss, Rosemary Greenaway, Cindy Franklin; Finance Committee: Don Bowen, John Redman. Resolutions Committee: Richard Mauldin, Sharona Nelson. Memorial Committee: Lee Rogers, Mike Hinton. Leaders: Travis Keeton 270; Linda Sides 480; Mary Alice Wakefield 63; Ginnie Prater 186; Cassie Franklin 216; Tim Eriksen 277; Louise Holland 58; Floy Wilder 183; Sarah Coates 224; Warren Steel 556; LaRue Allen 280; Cathryn Baker 472; Reed Coates 222; Henry McGuire 365; Coy Ivey 298; Nancy Van den Akker 223; Mike Grimes 49b; Janet Fraembs 448t; Richard Schmeidler 474; Cheryl Foreman 209; Bradford West 27; Beth Todd 290.
The class was called together by Catherine Oss leading no. 315. Leaders: Charlene Wallace 548; Rosemary Greenaway 163b; Tom Owen 528; Lee Rogers 196; Richard Mauldin 36b; Joe Todd 455; Carroll Lunsford 390; John Merritt 499; Linda Thomas 33b; Becky Briggs 354; Elsie Beasley 322, 460; Henry Zittrouer 127; Uel Freeman 146; Curtis Owen 176b; Christie Allen 398; Helen Brown 210; Phil Wisor 74b; Henry Bizzell 452b; Bruce Coates 34b; Peter Irvine 542; Dennis George 112. Buell Cobb and Mark Davis led no. 46 to close the day. Closing prayer was led by Elder J.L. Hopper.
Friday's session was called to order by Chairman Buell Cobb leading song on page 52t. Louis Hughes led the morning prayer. Leaders: Mark Davis 129; Kathy Williams 142; Mike Hinton 480; Rosemary Greenaway 383; John Redman 143; Catherine Oss 430; Sharona Nelson 137; Tom Owen 498; Lee Rogers 228; Don Bowen 66; Richard Mauldin 72b; Richard DeLong 285t; Betty Jones 40; Sharon Kellam 312t; David Richardson 473; Anne Kazlauskas 201; Virginia Douglas 49b.
Jeff Sheppard brought the class together singing no. 97. Leaders: Judy Hauff 172; Ila Ingle 436; Allen Fannin 440; Amanda Denson 340; Ted Johnson 345b; Melanie Hauff 392; Dr. Bill Stewart 68b; Anne Chalker 146; Marcia Johnson 218; Kennon Smith 189; Beverly Coates 352; Ginnie Ely 454; Kurt Davis 45t.
The class was called together by Cindy Franklin singing no. 198. Leaders: Liz Bryant 475; Patricia Mauldin 63; Eugene Forbes 566; Edith Owen 328; Regina Foster 547; Jackson Harcrow 145t; Steven Schmidgall 156; Cora Sweatt 145b; Richard Ivey 182; Ann Ballard 57; Ed Snell 460; Velton Chafin 573; Bernice Harvey 176b; John Hocutt 236.
Jeb Owen called the class back together after lunch singing song no. 47b. Leaders: Hugh McGuire 109; Ricky Harcrow 445; Carol Crawford 122; Barney Roberson 458; Regina Grayson 300; Tim Cook 511; H.J. Jackson 384; Erskine Vandegrift 59; Samuel Holloway 335; Mary Gardner 43; Lou Cotney 222; Ted Mercer 564; Kshama Ananthapura 319; Charles Kitchens 326; Julietta Haynes 200; Rodney Ivey 503; Ola Meadows 426t; Mark Brown 29t; Shelbie Sheppard 195.
Louis Hughes called the class together leading no. 31t. Leaders: Linda Shea 67; Danny Creel 269; Betty Jones 523; Liz Rogan 542; Jeannette DePoy 39b; Allison Schofield 442; Hannah Roberts 276; Scott DePoy 282; Matthew Wojcik 532; Amber Springfield 391; Janice Hecksel 481; Duncan Vinson 284; Barbara Swetman 203; Ashley Keeton 196; Jesse Roberts 299. Buell Cobb and Mark Davis led song no. 323t to close the day's session. Elder Ricky= Harcrow led the closing prayer.
Saturday's session was called to order by Chairman Buell Cobb leading song on page 82t. Louis Hughes led the opening prayer. Leaders: Kathy Williams 180; John Redman 362; Rosemary Greenaway 171; Tom Owen 385t; Sharona Nelson 66; Don Bowen 350; Lee Rogers 425; Richard Mauldin 36b; Catherine Oss 189; Teenie Moody 430; Gary Smith 569b; Toney Smith 380; Bob Meek 384; Jim and Carol Crawford 268; Nate and Norma Green 389; Phillip Langley 112; Merle Mateika 475; Laura Clawson 72b.
The class was called to order by Seth Holloway, 354b. Leaders: David Ivey 135; Mirjana Lausevic 131b; Jim Carnes 35; Tommy and Jarrod George 146; John Plunkett 308; Mary Smith 302; Denise Morris 184; Sarah Beasley Smith 108t; Allison Ivey 300; Jeff Colby 335; Betty Wright 323b; Eloise Watkins 34b; David Carlton 106; Tim Reynolds 86.
Richard DeLong called the class back leading song no. 134. Leaders: Susan Harcrow 178; Sandie Scott 40. The memorial lesson followed. Lee Rogers made opening remarks. Kelly House spoke in memory of her sister, Karen, and sang 318 in her memory. Mike Hinton made additional remarks, and read the list of deceased. Alabama: Homer Brothers, Virgil Phillips, Alice Williams, Everette Kilgo, William Hooper, James Theo Grayson, Ester Wall Brown, Antoinette Swetman, Dr. Clyde Terrell, Dot Long; Georgia: Dollie DeLong Hudgins, Allene Lambert Stanford, Lizzie Ralston; Illinois: Alice Kuiper; North Carolina-Susan Hildreth, Vivian Roberts; Mississippi: Durward Scarbrough, Ruby Easley, Neeva Dee Mayes; California: Patrick Waddell; Kentucky: Martin Ambrose; Minnesota: Chris Randgaard; New York: Karen House, Karen Hamilton; Ohio: Catherine Dorsey; Texas: Ed Craig; Virginia: Tommie Lee Frederick Wigington; United Kingdom: Leslie Wragg. Mike Hinton led 235b for the deceased. Jeb Owen sang 68b for sick and homebound. Chaplain Tom Owen led the memorial prayer. End of memorial lesson. Leaders: Elene Stovall 440.
The afternoon session was called together by Dennis George leading song on page 220. Leaders: Karen Ivey 405; Hugh McGraw 413; Jarrod George 358; Dorothea McCowan 304; Pam Nunn 236; Judy Mincey 501; Margie Dietz 312b; Daryl Chesney 163t; Jesse Roberts 379; Carroll Lunsford 153; Odom Hawkins 32t; Helen Brown 446; Rodney Ivey 186; Allison Schofield 448t; Amanda Denson 272.
Warren Steel reconvened the session leading no. 179. Leaders: Janice Hecksel 419; Kelly House 556; Lou Cotney 172; Anne Kazlauskas 173; Sharon Kellam 38b; Bradford West 282; Regina Foster 120; Allen Fannin 70b; Matthew Wojcik 56b; Cathryn Baker 361; Freeman Wootten 277; Peter Irvine 378b. The convention went into business session to hear committee reports. The Finance Committee reported that contributions were such that convention expenses were met. The Resolutions Committee thanked the hosts and officers, the participants, and the Almighty. The secretary reported that 429 people registered from 25 states, the District of Columbia, and England over the three days of the convention. Of those, 182 leaders were responsible for the singing of 237 songs. Numbers by states and countries: Alabama 276; Georgia 27; Tennessee 16; Massachusetts 14; Texas 13; Florida 9; North Carolina 8; Mississippi 8; Kentucky 8; Illinois 8; Minnesota 6; California 5; Wisconsin 5; New York 4; Rhode Island 4; Indiana 3; England 3; Washington DC 2; Ohio 2; Connecticut 1; Arizona 1; Oregon 1; New Jersey 1; Maryland 1; Washington 1; South Carolina 1; Louisiana 1. Kathy Williams, Secretary. The business session was closed. The officers then led 62; the singers took the parting hand to close the convention. Chaplain Tom Owen led the closing prayer. Following the singing, a large group of singers made the traditional trip to Alabama Folk Life Festival at City Stages to present a program of Sacred Harp music led by Hugh McGraw.
Chairman - Buell Cobb, cobb1@bellsouth.netAbridged HTML version by Warren Steel, mudws@olemiss.edu
Vice-Chairman - Mark Davis, horn4@aol.com
Secretary - Kathy Williams, katwill@mediaone.net
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