CONFERENCE PROGRAM
February 1-3, 2024
Hey folks,
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Welcome to Rock Hill, South Carolina and welcome to the 2024 Polyphony Music Resources annual conference! I hope that for these few days you will give yourself permission to let go of some things that weigh you down and open yourself to others, to new friends, new ideas, to the Spirit who invites us to breathe, bless and be well. Our theme is “The Call: Reclaiming Our Deep Passion."
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Doug Haney
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
LOCATION: Oakland Baptist ~ 1067 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Registration
OFFICE ENTRANCE HALLWAY
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1:30 p.m. - Welcome
SANCTUARY No coffee or food in sanctuary, please
Sheet Music: Breathe, Bless, & Be Well
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2:00 p.m. - Leading to Easter: Hymns Old and New for Lent and Holy Week
R.G. Huff - SANCTUARY
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2:45 p.m. - Snack Break
Snack break with coffee & water - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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3:15-4:15 p.m. - Working with Aging Singing Voices
Jeremy Mims and Kristen Wünderlich - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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4:30 p.m. - Check into hotels
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6:30 p.m. - Doors open at Kounter
The Gathering Space 135 E Main St Suite 101, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Cash bar available.
Parking: There is limited street parking along Main Street or a large parking lot behind Kounter.
Seating: When you enter the gathering space, please pick up a card with a number on it. You are invited to sit at a table with the corresponding number.
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7:00 p.m. - Dinner is served
Meal Included in Conference Fee
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2
LOCATION: Grace Lutheran Church ~ 426 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill
DINNER LOCATION: Oakland Baptist ~ 1067 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill
Breakfast - On your own
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8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
Warren Howell and Julie Merritt Lee, Maureen Howell, accompanist - SANCTUARY
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9:15 a.m. Panel Discussion on Calling
Aaron Rice, Filippa Duke, Larry Dickens and Tyler Ingram - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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10:15 a.m. Break - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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10:45 a.m. Embodied Spirituality, Part I
Julie Merritt Lee - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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11:30 a.m. Box lunch
Meal Included in Conference Fee
FELLOWSHIP HALL
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12:30-1:20 p.m. Choral Lab with Winthrop Chorale and Jeremy Mims
SANCTUARY
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1:30 p.m. Recommended Choral Anthems
Chip Handrich, coordinator - SANCTUARY Directors: Kyle Damron, Susan Deal, Morris Driggers, Emily Floyd, Ryan Heritage, Vivian Hamilton, Warren Howell; Accompanist: Maureen Howell
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2:45 p.m. Snack with coffee and water
FELLOWSHIP HALL
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3:15 p.m. Embodied Spirituality, Part II
Julie Merritt Lee - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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3:45 p.m. Round-table discussion on calling
Filippa Duke & Aaron Rice - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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4:30 p.m. Relax at hotel
6:00 p.m. Dinner
Meal Included in Conference Fee
LOCATION: OAKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH GYM
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7:30 p.m. CHORAL CONCERT by Winthrop Chorale
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3
LOCATION: Oakland Baptist ~ 1067 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill
Breakfast - On your own
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9:00 a.m. Reflections on Harmony Project 2.0
Susan Deal, Keith Reaves, Keeley Tarkington and Marty Watts - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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9:45 a.m. Theological Reflection on Calling
Julie Merritt Lee - FELLOWSHIP HALL
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10:30 a.m. Closing Communion
Julie Merritt Lee and Suzanne Ringer - SANCTUARY
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11:00 a.m. ADJOURN
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Polyphony Music Resources Board
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Kyle Damron, Kirkwood, Missouri
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Mary Ann Hill (chair), Waco, Texas
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Steve Follis, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Maria Monteiro, San Antonio, Texas
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Pat Thompson, Waco, Texas
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Alicia Walker, Columbia, South Carolina
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, The Williams Family Foundation, Rock Hill, SC.
Also we are grateful for gifts from:
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First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA
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First Baptist Church, Rome, GA
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Oakland Baptist Church, Rock Hill, SC
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an anonymous donor
who provided scholarships for our Polyphony Scholars.
