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Maidencreek 2023
Please join us for the twenty-sixth annual Maidencreek All-Day Sacred Harp Singing Saturday, September 2nd, 2023 at 10:00am. Maidencreek Friends Meetinghouse 27 West Shore Drive Hamburg, PA 19526 Printable flyer Registration will begin at 9:30am, and we will commence singing from The Sacred Harp, 1991 at 10am. All are welcome and books will be provided.…
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Philly All-Day 2023
WELCOME Facebook page Please join us December 2 for an all-day singing from the Shenandoah Harmony — followed by a pub carol sing that evening, and a Christian Harmony singing brunch the next day. See below for a full schedule. HOUSING We will be happy to put you up! If you’d like to request housing…
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Keystone 2015 Info
Information from the 2015 Convention: Please join us in singing from The Sacred Harp at the seventeenth annual session of the Keystone Sacred Harp Convention, Saturday and Sunday, January 24-25, 2015 at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 in West Philadelphia. There will be additional singings on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday evenings. All events are free and open…
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Exeter All-Day 2023 Recordings
It’s been awhile! Here are the recordings from our June 10, 2023 singing at the Exeter Friends Meeting House. My apologies for the wind noise in the session after lunch.
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Philly All-Day 2022
Welcome! Please join us for an all-day singing from the Sacred Harp on Saturday October 22, 2022 at the Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse at 21 W Washington Lane, Philadelphia PA. Pre-registration is now open HERE. Schedule Registration will open at 9:30 with singing beginning at 10. We will break for a potluck dinner on the grounds…
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Events
Practice, or regular singings are small groups that meet for a few hours and are fairly informal. All-day singings may attract 40-100 people and last from around 10 am to 3 pm, with a break for potluck “dinner on the grounds.” Upcoming regional all-day singings include the Maidencreek All-Day Sacred Harp Singing (September 2 2023) and the Philly…
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The Complete Shenandoah Harmony
Here are some recordings to help you learn songs from The Shenandoah Harmony. To download a song, right-click or control-click on its title. If you’d rather just listen to the highlights, try our SoundCloud feed. To search for multiple recordings of a single song, type the song’s title into the search bar on the right. The MINUTES for…
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SACRED HARP SINGING SCHOOL & potluck supper
Come learn about and participate in community singing! Sacred harp, or shape-note singing descends from the singing-school movement of the 1700s and has been practiced continuously since then. The music is powerful and lively. Although the songs we sing are traditionally Christian, shape-note singing is not associated with any church or denomination. We don’t preach…
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Welcome
Shape-note singing is community music that takes its name from the four shaped notes patented in Philadelphia in 1798: Fa, Sol, La, and Mi. This living singing tradition is unlike any other form of American sacred music both in its vibrant sound and in its distinctive singing practice. See this article for more about singing in Philly. Upcoming regional all-day singings are (click on links…
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Keystone Recordings, 2009-2015
Here’s a streamable compilation of recordings from past Keystone Sacred Harp Conventions. In 2009 and 2010, the convention was at Broad Street Ministries in Philadelphia. In 2012, it was in Bethlehem. It was at The Rotunda in West Philadelphia in 2015. Keystone 2015 Videos. Thanks to Amy Myers for taking these. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDctbA411mHzlXldMty7r-aTrBMf_djQV Keystone 2015, Saturday AM. You can…