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Thu - May 17, 2007

May 16 Singing

Ten people; twenty-five songs.

68b Ortonville
99 Gospel Trumpet
155 Northfield
475 A Thankful Heart
480 Redemption
282 I'm Going Home
31t Ninety-Third Psalm
65 Sweet Prospect
48t Devotion
59 Holy Manna
58 Pisgah
49t Old Hundred
142 Stratfield
452 Martin
49b Mear
268 David's Lamentation
178 Africa
209 Evening Shade
269 Bear Creek
229 Irwinton
162 Plenary
163b China
66 Jordan (First)
171 Exhortation (First)
347 Christian's Farewell

Thu - April 19, 2007

April 18 Singing

21 people sang:

34b St. Thomas
171 Exhortation
282 I'm Going Home
47b Idumea
180 Vermont
38t Winter
452 Martin
300 Calvary
117 Babylon
99 Gospel Trumpet
503 Lloyd
324 North Port
209 Evening Shade
276 Bridgewater
159 Wondrous Love
215 New Topia
95 Vernon
86 Poland
369 Send a Blessing
299 New Jerusalem
36b Ninety-Fifth Psalm
319 Religious is a Fortune
108 Weeping Sinners
178 Africa
448t Consecration
504 Wood Street
107 Russia
277 Antioch
347 Christian's Farewell

Wed - March 21, 2007

March 21 Singing

14 people sang:

40 Lenox
99 Gospel Trumpet
71 Leander
178 Africa
378t Heavenly Port
135 Olney
29b Tribulation
86 Poland
65 Sweet Prospect
455 Soar Away
47b Idumea
365 Southwell
569b Sacred Throne
142 Stratfield
268 David's Lamentation
106 Ecstasy
452b Martin
171 Exhortation
369 Send a Blessing
117 Babylon Is Fallen
282 I'm Going Home
410 The Dying Californian
209 Evening Shade
236 Easter Anthem
347 Christian Farewell

Wed - February 21, 2007

February 21 Singing

Six came and sang

34 St. Thomas
66 Jordan (first)
38T Winter
31T Ninety Third Psalm
86 Poland
378T Heavenly Port
162 Plenary
48 Devotion
312 Sing to Me of Heaven
540 Nidrah
63 Coronation
344 Rainbow
178 Africa
163 China
284 Garden Hymn
91 Assurance
171 Exhortation
515 Federal Street
350 Nativity
135 Olney
228 Marlborough
150 Amity
155 Northfield
439 Jordan (second)
209 Evening Shade
324 Northport
504 Wood Street

Wed - January 17, 2007

January 17 Singing

15 people came and sang

47b Idumea
282 I'm going Home
304 Love Divine
515 Federal Street
178 Africa
546 My Brightest Days
328 Praise God
334 O Come Away
457 Wayfaring Stranger
212 Sharon
99 Gospel Trumpet
29t Fairfield
217 Ballstown
131b Invocation
135 Olney
452 Martn
268 David's Lamentation
151 Symphony
504 Wood Street
272 Exhortation
453 Holly Spring
215 New Topia
86 Poland
91 Assurance
503 Lloyd
49t Old Hundred
228 Marlborough
347 Christian's Farewell

Sat - January 13, 2007

December 20 Singing

18 singers shared food and sang:

117 Babylon
186 Sherburne
38t Winter
328 Praise God
146 Hallelujah
457 Wayfaring Stranger
107 Russia
150 Amity
223 Portuguese Hymn
369 Send a Blessing
350 Nativity
48t Devotion
448 Consecration
49b Mear
229 New Jerusalem
277 Antioch
324 North Port
282 I'm Going Home
178 Africa
225b Christmas Anthem
86 Poland
81b Cookham
306 Oxford
410t The Dying Californian
347 Christian's Farewell

Fri - December 15, 2006

The Dreaded Christmas Newsletter

Tom has an acquaintance, Frank, who blogs huge amounts almost every day. He also stays gainfully employed. How does he do that?! Obviously we haven’t managed to maintain a daily (or even weekly) blog, but it’s Christmas once again, so we’ll let you all know what’s going on with us Evers.

Grace and Maria now the upper-classmen of Earl Grey Senior School and are trying decide where to go to High School. There are countless choices here in Toronto. They have four schools they can enter automatically: Riverdale Collegiate (regular/pre-university), Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute (pre-university plus Auto Repair and Baking classes), Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute (business oriented), and Malvern Collegiate Institute (to continue French immersion).

In addition, they can apply to almost any other school they want, including many with specialty programs. Maria really, really, really wants to go to Rosedale Heights School of the Arts. It’s only a block from our house, and has an excellent reputation. Grace is also interested in Rosedale, but right now she is leaning towards attending Monarch Park Collegiate in their International Baccalaureate program. This is a very challenging, internationally recognized diploma program. It’s a very exciting opportunity.

They still dance like Scots in the country, and scout like, well, Scouts. They have a new violin teacher whom they enjoy a lot. Whether they continue with violin will depend a lot on where they go to High School. Grace went to music camp in June, which she thoroughly enjoyed. This summer they flew to St. Louis to visit Grandma Ginny and Grandpa Wolfers, as well as their new cousins Allie and Andrew.

Tom still takes pictures all the time, sings Sacred Harp, and goes to lots of concerts. Anne and Tom had a blast seeing Gogol Bordello (ever heard of gypsy punk?) in February, and The Decemberists in November. We all enjoyed hours and hours of great (mostly Canadian) music at the Olympic Island Music Festival.

Anne still sings Sacred Harp, and supports the Arsenal Football Club (go Gunners!). This year she took a week’s vacation and saw 20 films at the Toronto International Film Festival. The hits: The King and the Clown (Korea), The Last King of Scotland, For Your Consideration, The Magic Flute (directed by Kenneth Branaugh) Paris, je t’aime, The Bubble (Israel), Penelope and

Monkey Warfare (Canadian). The misses: Bobby (very disappointing and I was really looking forward to it), Macbeth (Australian) and This is England (I almost walked out).

That’s it for this year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all us Evers in the Great White North.

November 13 Singing

We sang:

34b St. Thomas
38b Windham
53b Hampton
117 Babylon is Fallen
268 Davids Lamentation
106 Ecstasy
473 Carmarthen
361 Loving Jesus
Rumsfeld
178 Africa
63 Coronation
328 Praise God
71 Leander
282 I'm Going Home
324 North Port
472 Akin
107 Russia
159 Wondrous Love

Fri - October 20, 2006

October 18 Singing

16 sang:

59 Holy Manna
155 Northfield
475 A Thankful Heart
504 Wood Street
453 Holly Springs
569b Sacred Throne
268 David's Lamentation
452 Martin
324 North Port
66 Jordan
85 The Morning Trumpet
84 Amsterdam
105 Jewett
457 Wayfaring Stranger
399 When I am Gone
117 Babylon is Fallen
99 The Gospel Trumpet
86 Poland
472 Akin
29t Fairfield
146 Hallelujah
480 Redemption
49 Mear
282 I'm Going Home
135 Olney
178 Africa
209 Evening Shade
159 Wondrous Love
95b Vernon
454 The Better Land
347 Christian's Farewell

Wed - September 27, 2006

September 20 Singing

14 pitch-challenged people sang:

178 Africa
117 Babylon is Fallen
49b Mear
107 Russia
99 Gospel Trumpet
47b Idumea
65 Sweet Prospect
40 Lenox
155 Northfield
106 Ecstasy
504 Wood Street
503 Lloyd
452 Martin
81t Beach Spring
159 Wondrous Love
268 David's Lament
84 Amsterdam
282 I'm Going Home
324 Northport
38t Winter
38b Windham
39t Detroit
69 Nashville
347 Christian's Farewell

Thu - August 17, 2006

August 16 Singing

20 people came and sang:

49t Old Hundred
117 Babylon Is Fallen
47b Idumea
49b Mear
452 Martin
159 Wondrous Love
99 Gostpel Trumpet
268 David's Lament
147t Boyston
215 New Topia
329 Praise God
65 Sweet Prospect
155 Northfield
299 New Jerusalem
86 Poland
146 Hallelujah
178 Africa
122 All Is Well
168 Cowper
217 Ballstown
[from the Cooper Book]
410 Willie
518 Love at Home
567b Sacred Throne
107 Russia
294 Rocky Road
272 Exhortation
181 Exit
180 Vermont
84 Amsterdam
89 The Church's Desolation
209 Evening Shade

Mon - July 31, 2006

July 19 Singing

13 people sang:

328 Praise God
482 Mulberry Grove
528 Showers of Blessings
146 Hallelujah
155 Northfield
34b St. Thomas
480 Redemption
99 Gospel Trumpet
117 Babylon Is Fallen
468 David's Lamentation
49t Old Hundred
47b Idumea
282 I'm Going Home
452 Martin
122 All Is Well
178 Africa
66 Jordan (First)
38b Windham
142 Stratfield
347 Christian's Farewell

and perhaps a few more.

Mon - July 10, 2006

THIRD ANNUAL CENTRAL ONTARIO ALL-DAY SACRED HARP SINGING

Saturday, July 8 was the Third Annual Central Ontario Singing is London, Ontario. It was exhilarating. Photos by Thomas Evers are here, and from Martha Beverly are here and from Jan May are here.

The all-day sing was held at Christ Anglican Church Hall on Wellington Street, where one of London's Shape-Note groups hold monthly singings.

June 21 Singing

20 people sang:

63 Coronation
328 Praise God
344 Rainbow (in honour of Pride Week)
141 Complainer
114 Saints Delight
178 Africa
99 Gospel Trumpet
276 Bridgewater
95b Vernon
268 David's Lamentation
335 Return Again
86 Poland
217 Ballstown
48t Devotion
528 Showers of Blessing
84 Amsterdam
66 Jordan
386b Can I Leave You
282 I'm Going Home
504 Wood Street
49b Mear
215 New Topia
163b China
72b Belleville
3347 Christian's Farewell

And should you be inclined to sing in honour of the World Cup, may we suggest the following:

121 Florence
36 America
45 New Britain
86 Poland
107 Babylon is Fallen (for Iran)
32 Corinth (well, really in honour of the 2004 European Cup)

178 Africa
223 Portuguese Hymn
437 Sidney (for Australia, even though it's not spelled right)

Italy is the home of the seven-note (doremi) system. Otherwise, I'm sure they would hold a more prominent position in the Fasola tradition.

...And in the hopes they might make it next time:
107 Russia
401 Cuba

Enjoy!
Anne Evers

Sat - June 3, 2006

Backups? Sort of doesn't cut it.

I have mostly recovered from the last major computer problem. Back in March, the iMac started locking up for no apparent reason. Okay, turn back the clock a little more. Back in December, I decided to upgrade the hard drive in my iMac. The 80 gig drive was just about full, and I'd moved everything I could to the firewire drives. So, I found a deal for a 200 gig Seagate Serial-ATA (SATA) drive on tigerdirect.ca. 5-year warranty. Solid brand name, and the original Apple drive was also a Seagate, so I thought I'd have the best luck staying with the same brand. What could go wrong?

The install went pretty well. I had to pick up a #10 Torx bit from Canadian Tire to get everything apart and back again. After the install, things transferred back on using Carbon Copy Cloner and Disk Utility, and in the process, I had an image from the previous drive stored on one of my external Firewire drives. All was happy and zoomy with the increase in disc space. iPhoto and iTunes were happy programs again.
Turn the clock forward again to March. Random freezes. Just like the Windows guy in the Apple ad. But technically, this wasn't Apple's fault. The diagnosis pointed to the three-month-old hard drive. I put back in the original drive, and everything worked fine. So, I put in a new bigger hard drive. This time from Maxtor. Happy iMac again.
But the little problem was almost everything that I did in the last three months was stuck on the misbehaving hard drive. E-mails, music, church newsletters, and of course, photos. Luckily, I had recently done a DVD-ROM archive on my iPhoto library that covered up to most of February. And when the problems started I attempted to copy the March photos to one of my external. So, I thought I had most everything.
Recently, I've figured out that I'm missing all of the Photos from February 26 to March 9. They include a shot destined for the cover of a future issue of The Gathering newsletter. Also photos of the bands Dirty on Purpose and The Great Lake Swimmers and a CBC Radio 3 show at the Drake. Other shots lost were from the Little India section of Gerrard Street. A couple of hundred photos in total.
I could get by with the rest of the files, but losing the photos really sucks. So, I checked into getting a company to rescue the information off of the broken drive. Apparently, it would cost from $400 to several thousand dollars. Ouch.
The other thing that was broken was this blog. We use iBlog to publish it out to our .Mac account. The local copy of this was on the iMac, and that meant, that all of the entries from Christmas through March were only still out on the internet. So, all the entries had to be copied back into the software, or the next time we published, they'd disappear. (Luckily, we don't blog that much.) You're reading now with everything up to date, finally.
So the moral of the story is back things up. Since then, I've started using Backup to keep an extra copy of the iPhoto photographs and the work I do on the newsletter. Planned is a network backup system all of the Macs in the house. Most likely, I'll use a network attached storage drive from Iomega. It's a pain in the wallet, and a pain in the rear to set something like that up. But, I've learned my lesson. If it's not backed up, consider it lost.

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