I can't make this singing because my mobility scooter died on Christmas Eve and the store has been closed since.

This singing was the first one I attended 20 years ago at the time of George H.W. Bush's inauguration. I came because of being told about it by  members of my church choir, Herb Schroeder, Terry  Cunningham. and Sandy Hazel. I was hooked immediately and  soon wanted to do a lesson.  I remembered  reading an article by Michael Killian in the previous Sunday's Chicago Tribube Magazine titled "The White House, Waiting for New Tenants." He told anecdotes about a few first ladies. Dolly Madison had parties with music and dancing. Mrs. James Knox Polk put a stop to that and introduced hymn singing. Two of her favorite's were "Come, Humble Sinner" and "How Tedious, How Tasteless," which Mr. Killian thought was her opinion of dancing. I realized those might be in the Sacred Harp Hymnal, looked in the first line index, and found them. I decided I could lead "Greenfields" without making to much of a fool of myself and did it. There was a false start because I tried to do a tempo that was faster than the group was accustomed to, but Judy H. told me to set my tempo. I slowed down a bit and made it through the hymn.

PGS