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PLACE:
Corinth Baptist Church
DATE/TIME: Augu.t 9th, Dinner-5:30pm. Singing-6:30pm
LOCATIO.: 6 Miles SW of Macodonia, Arhnsu Of 12 miles SW of Magnolia. coming west on
1-20, tUfn right on Hwy 80 to Minden, Loui,iana and then Hwy 159 to Macodonia,
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The idea of the Chattahoochee Convention odgin.ted at an alternoon cOdlfDunily singing at the home of Oliver
and Nancy Bradfield in the fall of 1851. Oliver Bradfield and his friends decided to call a meeting the following
July to organize a Sacred Harp convention in the Ityle of the SOU/hem Nuskll CDn"ention. Tbe result: The
Chattahoochee Sacred Hup Mu;ical Convention. The fint Inlion of the convention met on Thurday, Friday, and
Saturday before the fint Sunday in August at Macedonia Baptist Church in Coweta County, Georgia. The first
officerl "ere S. P. Barnett, Pre;ident: Oliver Bradfield, Vice-Pretidenl; and Mut: Wynn, Secretary and Treasurer.
The B. F. White Original Sacred Harp Wat adopted at the official boot. The Chattahoochee Convention has met every
year lince 1852 with tot:en sessions being held during the Civil War.
Nine counties throughout Georgia have lerved as hosl for the convention. In 1937 M. H. Wilson of Cross
Plains, Georgia completed a building which he built himself for the Chattahoochee Convention. This became known
at Wilson's Chapel. The 1938 session of the convention met there. Since this time, the Wilson family has dedicated
much errort for the support of the convention. More sessions have probably been held ill Wilson's Chapel than any
other place. Wilson's Chapel is located in Canol! County "'hich has hosted more conventions than any other
county,The Cantenial celebration wu held at West GA CoIIBRe August 4, & S, 1952 "'ith a large number in
attendance.
Today the Chattahoochee Convention continu" on by the untiring labor of many families and supporters of
the convention. This year'. session "'ill meet Ihe 1st Sunday & Saturday before in August at Wilson's Chapel
located off Highway 16/27A, iuS( oul of Curolllon, Georgia in the Cross Plains Community.
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F. White's death. J. L. Wbite and B. F. White, Jr. compiled Thft "New S"u'ed Harp 5th
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In 1881. .5 yean nIter n.
Edit jon; CQtlectiofi or Hymn t\lnes. Anthems. and Popular SoOKS. The music in this new edition was printed in the
7 shaped-note form and contained music composed in the gospel style. According to Joo S. JameUhe looi book:
was never published because J. L. and B. F. Jr. decided to leave their father', original work alone.
In 1902 a revision of the Sacred Harp was poblished by W. M. Cooper of Dothan Alabama.He entitled his book
~B. E. White Sacred HarD as Revhet1 &. jmnroyed by W. M, Cooner and otMrLlt !Ieems Mr. Cooper toot it upon
himself to transpose songs into lower keys. re-title songs using the first line of the 50ng • for example: ·Wells·
became known as "Life ls the Time to Serve the Lord", and add new gospel style songs with the lIupporting parts
bejn(l: les" melOOic. However. the major chilflge liM the addition of iUl alto line to 11 majority of the songs.
In areas where the Sacred Harp had long been eltablished. the 1869 B. P. White edition was still being used.
Mr. Cooper's book: Wlt!: reVised in 1907. 1909. 1927. 1950. & 1960.
On April 30. 1909. a 5th edition of the Sacred Harp "as once again released by J. L. White. on the front cover
it Mnounced: Fittll Edition lfntirrtly H1JJIfnldl!ff IlI1d l/11pro~ All of the Ifongs through page 308 remained
unchangod from the 1~b9 edition hOl.'6Ver some Ilona! were left out and others were given new Plaie numberl. J. L.
White then re-numbered the pages beginning with page one and installed a new S'lt of rudiments consisting of
twen!.y-t~o !lag~.The r1!Giment !:l:::thm "U fol1O'f/ed by !Ii~ty-three of the ilIUM song~ in the !for.! d the ntn}k . The
difference was tho sixty-three "old" songs had been re-written in close harmony nearly destroying any melodic
!'..armony that oxistedl A Rfea.t number of new GOnp were also added includini: "Love At Home" • "Rock of Aaes- &
"Just As I Am".The 1909 edition Will!: not accepted by the United Musical Association and WitS considered a failurf!.
In 1911. J. l. White attempted another revision which he entitled it The Sacred Harp 4th Edition Ei1h
Supplement. The 1911 edition used the 1870 plates from B. f. White's edition however the "supplement" contained
seventy-three "ospsl style songs from J L. White'lI fifth edition. He aillo included his new sat of rudimenta k.nown
lUi "the 1dncing school dep1U"tment".The 4th edition with supplement wu used throughout Mississippi and North
Alabama but eventually became scarce and "as replaced by the Denson book. The only active ulle now exist around
Decatur. Georgia..
Also in t 91 t Joe S. James published a volumo of the Sacred Harp. This was the lengthiest volume of the Sacred
Harp with 580 Kongs (the information in tho front of the JameK' book is incorrect---listed as 609 songs). The
1911 James book. entitled Q.r.lliinal Sacred Harp cOflymhted by loe S. lames 1911,11as almost idontical to the
1869 B. f. White edition however. eighty-lWo songs and ffiMy alto parts were itddfld. W. M. Cooper launched a
court baltic with James over cla.im to the songs and alto parts. Cooper insisted Janteg copied the alto parts from
his boot. Cooper lost the ca.t;/t.
The James boot lias reproduced many times including 1921 and 1929 however no changss in song content were
made. tn 1934 James sold the copyrights 10 Whit Denson.
In tho early part of 1934 the Sacred Harp Publishing Company was organized and incorpof1\ted. S. Whitt Denlon
was elected Prellident. afld Paine Denson was elected Executive SecretotrY_ A Board of Directors was elected to
transact the businoSR of the company.
In 1934. the worlt of revising the book was Startl'Jd tiy T. J. Denson. He died in 1935 ...hile the wort was in
progrMS. Paine De!\SUfl. the older son cf T, J. Dens<Jn. fulfilled his fIHnar's mission t.y cOffipiati~ the re... i!iion in
1936. The book 1/1\.'1 entitled Th~ Original Sa.cred tl.~.:llimsQn Reviti!ll!....:.. 172 son(l:s were deleted [rom the James
revision. Forty new sonas written by then ne" composers "ere added. Page 461 (of the pretent day 71' Denson
revision) wa.'1 the last pago oC the 1936 boot.
In 1960. W. B. Matthews of Villa Rica. Georgia wu elected PrBlident of the company. Under his wise leadership.
a supplement of nC1Y music was added to the book. The new supple~ent expanded the book to 573 pages.
Eighty-eight new songs "ere added and fourteen songs from previous edition. were added.
In 1966. Hugh McGraw was appointed Chajrmlln of the Music committee to revise the 1960 edition. Twenty-one
songs were deleted and six SOO2S were added. Eight sonas were re-,worked.
In 1971 Hugh McGraw was again IIppointed Chairman of the Music Committee to produce a new nlYision DC the
Sacred Harp. No songs \Vore added or deleted. However. alto's were lldded to mOlt of the three pl\rt longs and MOlt
aHo parts "ritten in the bUll cler were chan(l.cd to the Gclef. A extended historical introduction. [jrstline indox
of songs. and new footnotes WBre also added. 1n ! 984 new footnotes were added to p. 26 and p. 293.
Books hue been sold nil aver the United Stlltes. Canada.. and severa! forltien countries. ThUll we come to the 6fld
of thcllaga of the Origianl Sacred Hup from its initial edition in ISH to ifs ·Crow.ning Glory" in 1971--May it
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music critic
BIRMINGHAM. AiL .- "Therefore with joy ahall ya draw water out of the wells of salvation.·
the sign at Samford University read. followed by the ,..ords. "Sacred Harp Sing,' wd an arrow poiming left.
To the left. in the Fine Arts Center auditorium. more than 250 people from 11 s;U.~es ...ere singin&. They
were singing about n.lntion and dea,h and J~us. but the songs didn't sound like hymns. They were too fut for
hymns. and the voices weren't sweet but loud and ra.... and there "as no ortan. only thumping feet lor accompaniment
The joy in the voices was so strong I could feel it in my chest as I walked in.
These people of various ages and denomina.tions had come to the a.nnual National Sacred Harp Sinaina
Coovention. to tint for three da.ys rraa:: an oblong book titled 'Ori'iinill Sacred Harp.·
The music and its traditions are lit:e no other.
The singers seat themselves in a square with a hollow middle in which a leader stands: and beats time with
one arm. The leader calls out a p~e number. and everybody sines the !lOfl~ on that page of tile "Orijfinal Sacred Ibtp.
The notes: are in Shapes and the shapes have names: triangles are fa, ovals are sol. squares are tao and diamonds are
tIli. The sin2ers sin~ a sonR with the fa-sol-lil syllables first. to familiarize themselves with the tune. then sing it
again with the words.
They start singina promptly at 9:30am. Uke an hour's break at noon for an enormous potluck lunch of fried
chid:fln. ufJiled greens. fried okra.. chess pie, Ina other Southern dishes. and then sma again until jpm.
There is no audience. This is music to be sun~. not to be listened to.
"When I first heard it. I t..hougnt, oh Lord, this is awful: said AI\dy Davis of Bruce. Miss. 'Then I got a book
and started sinaing and it 'Nasn·t so bad:
'We just open our mouth5 and tet it fly: explained Rosa. Hughes of Birminghll.lll.
The sonp can be Iightning-Quict: and joyful. with tbe sin::ers practically shoulina. the words: "All hail the
power of Jesus namel" Other songs ilfe mournful. with crawline: tempos: -And am I born to die?" Still other songs,
oddly enoullh. combine mournful words il11d joyous tempos: "Your joys on earth lIBl soon be gone. your flesh in dust
be laid.Sacred harp is: democratic. distinctly American music. A singinz has no one leader: anyone who want! to
lead a sung can. and nearly everyone does. because the sound of the feur parts converging in the middle iii; like
nothing on earth.
As Hugh McGraw. the president and. lifeblood of the Sacred Harp Singers of America, says, "Ain't nothing
like that hollow square:
The music is in four parts -- treble. alto, tenor, and bas..,s
The melod.y. which has roots in British folt song,
is found in the tenor part. instead of its usual place in chord music. the soprano. The harmony has a distinctly
hollow sound tnat comes from an abundaJlce of open Jourths and fifths.
80th men and women sing; tenor. md men often sing; treble. in hilth. falseltolike voices that ring out like
church beJJs.
The sacred-harp tradition is centered in the rural South, mostly among white people. althouth there were a
few bli\Ck singers at Ule convention. Blacle singers ha.ve· their own songbook, "The Colored Sacred Harp: published by
J Jackson in 1934 after "Sacred Harp· rejected h'is liongs' because he was Mact, according to his son. H.J. Jack:son.
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The ~Ora.inal Sacred Harp~ is just one of several shaped-nOte son2books that were published in the 19th
Century with the purpose of teaching people to sing. Shapf:d~note singing began in New England, but traveted soulh
when New Enllaoden developed a prcfererice for Eurotlean classics such as Handel's "Messiah. - Itinerant sinaina.
schoolmuten toot.: the songbook:s to the Carolinas, Tennessee, Md Kentucky and taught whole towns to sing in
exchanl&e for their rcom and board.
One singing master was Benjamin Pranklin White. who taught himself music. fathered 11 Children. published
II. newspaper. and served as c!ert. of the superior court ~f Hurifl C6unlY. Ga... and mayor of Hamilton. Ga.. -- among
other accomplishments. In 18044, he pUblished -A Collection of Psalm wd Hymn Tunes. Odes ,and Anthems; Selected
from the Molt Eminent Authors: and called it 'Sacred Harp- -- usin~ -hllfp' as a teneral word for music rather than
a relerence to the stringed instrument. The boole hu never been out of print and
, still sells about 3.000 copies a
year. silys McGraw. who is Executive Secretary ef the Sacred Harp Publi5hi~ Comtllny.
This was I. national singing convf!Otion. but there are ncred-hatp singings of 20 to 300 tleople every
weekend in the South. primarily in Geortia and Alabama. but alao in Mississippi, Florida. TMlnessee. and Texu. New
England hOSlS a singing convention every fall: t.~is year it will be at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Conn., Oct.
.. and 5. There ue even sma!! montbly s:in~ings in New Jersey (in Pluckemin. in Somenet County -- call Tom Johnson
at 658-<t 120) and in New Yort: (in Jact:son Hej~hls. Queens -- call Joe Beasley at 718-898-3<t36l.
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Once sacred harp takes hold, it doesn't let go. Most of the old-timers have been singing sacred harp
since they were old enough to hold a songbook. they said.
Yankee newcomers to the music seem equally smitten. Andrew Albers of Kokomo. Ind .. recalled the
[irst time he sang the music: "It just grabbed me, and 1 thought. this is the music I've been waiting for all my life.
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2-Alicia Parsons
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5- Jact Paulk
to-Clayton C. O'Mary
t "i-Donald S. Clart
9-Helene Beard
t a-Margie Smith
15-CarI Hughes
16-0anny Griffin
15-Sue Kitchens
17-Grady Albright
19-Rev. David S. Homan
22-H851er Creel
23-Elder J.J Aderhold
27-Mn. J-J. Aderhold
23-John WhiUemnre
28· Janke Paulk
30-Lavoy Smith
4-Ruth Brown
6· Tom Owen
IO-Mildred Patterson
IS-Ron Harper
16-Faith Way Shine
18-1.V. McWhorter
22-Mack Wootten
2~-Margie Lacy
29-Ma.ry Florence Smith
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The June singing at the Poppy Gregory house celebrated the second anniversary of the marriage of
Cindy Wood and Jim Bean. who actually met and courted at this Sacred Harp siniini. Another couple who iive this
singins credit (some) for their happy union is Peter and Mary Alice Amidon. They now have two beautiful children
and are performing and teaching American folk music regularly.
Toronto's Mariposa folk festinl holds a four-day teachins session every summer called N.rripos6 in/ht
Woods. About forty students take classes in various instruments. singing skills. and dance techniques. I have
been asked to be an instructor at this year's session; one of the things I'll be teaching is Sacud Harp. In addition
to small classes. each instructor is responsible for teaching one whole· group workshop. and again. Sacred Harp is
my topic. so by the end of the four days, everyone should have at least one Sacred Harp song under their belt and be
primed for learning more. uSHEJ.LEY POSEN, OTTAWA ONTARIO. CANADA
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WE APOLOGIZE If WE LEAVE OUT ANY SINGING (as we have done, Ozella. Sorry,), PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE
CAN MAKE CORRECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. ALSO, IF YOUR BIRTHOA YIS LEFT OUTuSEND IT IN III
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Our Sympath.y to th.e family and friends of Minnil''E1trlke Sheppirl1:: wife or;J!'rry Sheppard. who passed aWIY June
9, 1985 in Daviston, AlabllDlll, age 57.
Also our sympatby is extended to the family and friends of John Honry Phillips who died June 14. 1985. Opoonta,
Ala.. age 83.
I WilDt to thank. each and everyone for the cards. flowers iUld prayers you seot to me while I was in the East Alabama.
Medical Center hore·jn Opelika. I had t....o lolal knee joint replacements. Dr. Jim Whatley said I am doio6 fine. 1
hope to be back with you at the sioll.inas as soon as it iii safo.--LOiS STANSON
17J 2FREOOR1CK RD,
OPELIKA, AL 3680 I
Two shut-ins whoiarc so gnto!ulJor our mlUlY frionds,!llI tho beautiful can!!, lottors, phone caI1', Md mpocilllly
the Villitlli, WD cherish all of th.em. Loyd is about ttle SiUllC; good days and bad days. 1 am just riDC, iIJId thank God
for letting me be able to,tare for the one I lovo. Just reDlCmbcr us in ,,"our prayers. Wo love every lone of you.
--LOYD & RUTH REDDING
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that John P Reese, who has 21 Ol"igioal soogs in our boot.. "'as run oyer by a 3 ...heel tricycle and, due to the
injury, died several daY5 lalor. The year- 1900.
that S.M. Drown of Haralson County, Georgia, hu' 4 songs' in our book·: 322, 3'79, 334. and 13ab. has a creek in
Haralson County-named after him--Sam Br01r'Il Crook.
that Truman S. Wetmo~. while ;ick with small pox. and pronounced by his physicians past recovery.lhis young
friends, who were confined wah him in 'tIhat ~as termed tho pesl house. l~rormed him that he could nqt live and
desirod him to compotle il picco of music to be sung at his funOfill. He COOllocted., if they would furnish him with
the sl8ve.s;'and turn him on bis face. Thor did so, lind the r08ull 'tits the piece called. Florlde page 203. which is·
Rung to this day, in all the/places of Met~odjst' worship, and also his\entire recovery. (From a dissertation written
by Warren 5teol while il doctoral candhlate in MUSicOlogy'at the University of Michigan. He DOW lea.ch61 In OXford,
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Mississippi.)
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Ricky H~l1eu from Miilflli, Fla. vi$ited hi$ mother and brother, Jewel and Tetry-Hullett, in Tilfrant City in
June.
Loy(e Ind Mae Seymour spent a weck in Juno in the mounlltins of North Carolina and Tennessee. They also laW
the play, 'Unto These Hills' in Cherokee. ·We enjoyed spending the grandchildren's inheritance:
Editlt Tato is planning more'tripsl! Since the July is!luO when she itnd her sister ventured to Florida, Edith hili
made another trip I.Q floridau-hor comment 'you\should see my back~. Eaith wJ1l shortly be visiting Utah.
Mexico, Tox..>;, & CalifornJ",1I1 Sacrad HCli'P singors stay in the road all the lime Illl
Pearl McWhorter is visiting her daughter, Dixie Cavanaugh, in wiicago. IL,
1CmXlll~lE! IIlIllXlDll:
1st Sun. Red OU Church--15 miles South of Andalusia AL on H"Y. 53
2nd Sun. &. saL beforehwt Texu Convention I 17th session Community Center Henderson TX
2nd Sun. Sunny Hill Chapel 3 miles South of Waunu FLA Hwy. 77
2nd SUR. Ouy Ridge Church Sanford AL
3rd SUR. Asbury Church 6 miles West of Ozark AL
SAT. ONLY--before <jth Sun. New Prospect Church 5 miles East of Samson AL
4th Sun. Hopeful Church 6 miles NW of Ozark AL on Will McSwean Rd.
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I$1 Sun. Johnson Grove M. E. Church nelf Ryan Creet Church 20 miles SW of CullmaR AL and 5 miles N of Hwy.
69 at Bremen AL
1st Sun &. Sal. before uChauahoochee Convention Wilson's Chapel SE of Carrollton Georgia turn off Hwy. 16
at Cross Plains Rd.
lSI Sun. Frj, &. Sat belorenWarrior River Convention Illth session MI. Moriah Church 5 miles S. of Snead
Crossroads
1st Sun. Fayene County Convention Brewer Junior College Flyelle AL
2nd Sun. Fri. &. Sat before--Calhoun County Convention Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Hwy -9 I I mile N of Bruce
Miss
2nd Sun. Tennessee River Convention Second Creek Church 6 miles NE of lexington AL and 6 miles SE of Lorello
TENN Hwy.101
2nd Sun &. Sat before--Nortb AL Convention YFW Post -3128 Fort Payne Al
2nd Sun. lamar Pickens County 63th Convention Zion Rest Cburch 3 ml W of Hwy. 1:59
2nd Sun. Macedonia Baptist Church 6.5 mi E of Haleyville Al and 4 ml S of Needmore Al Hwy. 195
2nd Sun. George Chapel--neu l...horn Cbict.uaw County MISS
3rd Sun. Fri. &. Sat before Cleburne County Convention Man: Hill Primitive Baptist Church--turn left at Fruithunt
off Hwy. 7310 2 miles N
3rd Sun. &. Sat. before--119th Boiling Springs Ccnvention Ouian Primitive Baptist Church 2 miles E of Daviston
AL orr ttwy 2210ing S from Daviston turn right between mile mart.er 143 &. 144
3rd Sun &. Sat before--Roct. Creek-Mountain Home Convention Fellowship Ch. 8 .oiL W of Cullman AL on Hwy. 278
3rs Sun. Concord Primitive Baptist Church County Road -11 Winfield Al
3rd Sun. Cedar Creet. Cburch 9 .oiL SW of Cordele GA --Albany &. Cordele Hwy.
4th Sun. &. sat. before Rocty Mt. Cb. 3 .oil. 'SW of Daviston AL
SAT only before 4th Sun. Bear Creek Con. Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Ch. 3 .oil. N of Double Springs Al Hvy. 195
4th Sun. & Sat. before--MISS. Slate Convention Blue Springs Ch. 5 .oli. N of Chunty MISS
4th Sun. &. Sat. beforen II1th Ryan's Creek Convention Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Ch. 20 miles SW of Cullman
AL --1 .oiL off Hvy. 69 at Wilburn Au·IBug Tussle)
4th Sun. &. Sat. before--Lookout Mountain Convention Pine Grove Ch. of .oiL S of Collinsville AL E of hvy. II
4th Sun. Cherry Tree Convention James Creet. Primitive Baptist Church Itawamba County MISS 1 .oiL S of Hwy. 78
on State Line Rd.
1th Sun. Roberta Georgia Club House hwy. H I South of Roberta. GA
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1st Sun. Mt. Olive Cb. Ariton AL
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3td Sun. Cades Cove Baptist Ch. on Cade Cove loop in the Smoties off H"'Y. 73 near Tounsend TENN
In£ml1'l!taJOOH£ ill£a:I:l£
1st. Sun. Old Harmony Ch. 2 mi. W of Lura.y for more information call Pro. Harry A Brunk 803-431-4673
iClIImHSI'IJ'H£00 In £m~taJOOiY
2nd Sun. & Sat before Warrior River Convenlion linle Vine Primitive Baptist Ch. near Empire AL
4th Sun. Galilee Primitive Baptist Ch. Baldwin CD. near Stapleton AL
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ALABAMA
(by state or country)
-ISl Monday in each month. Estes Nuning Home. 6pm. TU!lcatOO!lil
-1st friday night in each month, 7pm. Highlands United Methodist Church. Huntsville. more
informiltion--Cllil David Ivey / 205-881-529 i
-Saturday night before 2nd Sunday in each month, Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetary), Walker County
I 1/2 miles East of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill
-1st Sunday night in each month. friendship Church. 8 miles Southeast of HalflyYille on Hwy 195
South at church sign. 2 miles
-1st SURd!)' night in tach month. Gum Pond Mef£M County, 18 miles Northeast of Cullman
-4th Sunday night in each month. Old flatwoods Church. 3 miles South of Nauvoo Just Weal off
Hwy 11
-2nd Sunday night in each month. Me Lebanon Church. 10 miles Northeast of fayette on Bluff Rd.
-2nd Sunday night in each month. Rice School House. Arab; also. every 5th Sunday night
~ 1st Wednesday in each month. Jones Chapel Community Center. Hwy 278 West of Cullman
ARKANSAS
-Every Friday evening, 6:30pm at Corinth Baptist Church. 12 miles South of Magnolia. for more
information call Nesbit Souter 1 501-696-3598
CANADA
~Every Tuesday.
COLORADO
-Monthly, more informl\tion Cl\!l AJrr6d Saussotte 1 303-665-H55
CONNECTICUT
-2nd Sunday of ellCh month. Connecticut Valley Harmony meets at Memorial Chapel. Wesleyan
University. Middletown. 7-9pm. Call Susan 1 203-583-0841: also. last Sunday of each month.
3-5pm
ILLINOIS
-Once a month on Sunday. Chicago; call Milfcia Johnson 1 312-878-3661
INDIANA
-1st and 3rd Sundays, 7:00pm at the home of
317-636-2466
MARYLAND
-2nd
MISSOURI
- 1st and 3rd Sundays. 2:30pm. St. Louis. cat! Karen Isbelt.ror location at 314-644-5422 or EHiott
Ribner at 311-535-6138
N. CAROLINA
-2nd Sunday in each month. Person Hall. University of NC. more information call Dan Patterson
914-962-4065
-3rd Sunday in each mont:~. 3:00li-'M. Wachovia Arbor Moravian Church on Arbor Rd .•
Winston-Salem. more information call Gene Anderson at 919-274-5943
NEW JERSEY
-Sunday afternoons. 2-5pm. monthly at' Pluc~emin. more information call Tom and Louise Johnson.
200 Washington Valley Rd. 1 20J-658-'i120
OREGON
-Monthly in Eugene. call or write for detaill: Mary Fulton. 2976 Mill Rd .. Eugene. Ore. 97405 ph.
503-344-8521 or Dorothy Jackson. 2680 Riverview Dr.. Eugene. Ore. 974031 ph. 503-345-3153
-ConaIlil Folk.lore Society. Conallis. call Frank. Hull ror time and place 1503-725-1303
PENNSYLVANIA
-Philadelphia Sacred Harp Singers. August 18th and September 29th. more information call
Barbara Benton 1215-726-5671
TENNESSEE
-New Harp of Columbia Boole. each Sunday at 8:00pm. 1638 Highland. Knoxville. Nn lingers
welcome and taught. coffee and cookies during breaks. for ruther information call Ronald Petenon
Friday~
7:30pm. Ottawa. Ontario. call Sheldon Posen for location 1613-235-9947
Patric~
Hauck. 1201 N. Windsor. Indianopolil
7:30pm. Tokoma Part.. call Bob £Sty 1 301-434-4737
1615-688-5119
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VERMONT
-Monthly singing at Brattleboro. for time and place contact Peter Amidon. 6 Willow St.
Brattleboro. VT 0530 I. ph. 802-257-1006
WISCOSIN
-1st and 3rd Sundays of each month at 3:00pm at S1. Francil HOUle. 1001 UniY8f1lity Aye.•
Madison. call 608-651-2897 or 609-255-3245
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