[Magdalen] Prayers

[Grace Cangialosi]

Thanks, Kristin! I asked because the mountainous part of VA that borders WVA is referred to as the Virginia Highlands, and there's also a Highland County.

> On Sep 12, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com> wrote:
> 
> You made me curious, so I did a little digging, and Wikipedia suggests
> that it was named for the intersection of Virginia AVENUE and North
> Highland Avenue, the heart of the commercial district there.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%E2%80%93Highland
> 
> Kristin
> 
> -- 
>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Chesapeake, VA
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017, at 09:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Oh, well, for Heaven's sake, why do they call it the VIRGINIA highlands??
>> 
>>> On Sep 11, 2017, at 11:29 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> IAN Joe - but the Virginia Highlands area of Atlanta, GA, not too far from
>>> Decatur.
>>> 
>>> d
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Joe,
>>>> Is that in the Diocese of Southwest Virginia?
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 9, 2017, at 7:08 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have just been hired by Our Savior Episcopal in Virginia Highlands
>>>> neighborhood. They are hosting a singing next Sunday. I hope to be able to
>>>> attend. I have missed so many. It would be a shame to miss the one that our
>>>> church is hosting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am there until October 1, I don't know how much longer than that I
>>>> will be. They have an interim rector and I thought I was the interim
>>>> organist. The interim rector's last sunday in October 1. That is also the
>>>> end of my term, but who knows. He seems to think a permanent rector is
>>>> imminent. I am only interested in staying as long as they need me. I
>>>> haven't had a permanent music job in 7 years. My predecessor was there for
>>>> 17 and is moving to Bar Harbor. The whole thing was a big surprise when I
>>>> received the initial phone call and then the request for a month's tenure.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am not taking any other jobs for the time being--altho I am scheduled
>>>> to sing for Reformation Sunday at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension.
>>>> they know it was a definite maybe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Joe
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: "P. Dan Brittain" <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Sep 9, 2017 12:38 PM
>>>>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Prayers
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Christ, have mercy.  Praying for each and all impacted by this storm.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ​A song about the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane​ from The Colored Sacred
>>>> Harp.
>>>>>> Written by Judge Jackson compiler of the book (Judge was his name,
>>>> rather
>>>>>> than a title - I knew his son Japeth; I think Japeth died about 10 years
>>>>>> ago.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sung by the Wiregrass Singers, the name adopted by the black Sacred Harp
>>>>>> singers near Ozark-Dothan, Alabama. Unfortunately, the group is almost
>>>> gone.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/y8pvx4fs
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hopefully , this storm won't live up to the earlier one (2500 dead).
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yd6w8pah
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> P. Dan Brittain
>>>>>> Harrison, Arkansas
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
>>>>>> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r
>>>>>> <http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Publisher+-+brittain+music>
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> P. Dan Brittain
>>> Harrison, Arkansas
>>> 
>>> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
>>> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
>>> 
>>> http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r