Monthly Archives: May 2015

Introducing Vol. 4, No. 1 of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter

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The eighth issue of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter features the experiences of singing school teachers and students (young and old, on both sides of the Atlantic), shares a new documentary on Sacred Harp in Ireland, and commemorates the … Continue reading →

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Old Strings on a New Harp

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On Valentine’s Day, 2015, over one hundred people gathered at Cannon Chapel on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Georgia, to celebrate the publication of the new Centennial Edition of Joseph Stephen James’s Original Sacred Harp, the 1911 precursor of … Continue reading →

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Fasola Kids: Camp for a Recently Forged Singing Family

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We begin below with a little bit of what the Youth Emphasis session of Camp Fasola 2014 meant to our kids, F. (9) and C. (7), in their own words. After their account, we offer some thoughts on our experience … Continue reading →

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A Long Time Traveling: A Sacred Harp Tour to the UK Convention, Camp Fasola Europe, and the Poland Convention

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Fourteen eager travelers met at the Atlanta Airport on Thursday, September 18, 2014, to begin a thirteen-day adventure that included the nineteenth annual UK Sacred Harp Convention, the second Camp Fasola Europe, and the third annual Poland Sacred Harp Convention. … Continue reading →

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Traveling South (South Germany, That Is): Introducing Sacred Harp in a One-day Workshop

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Although singers in Germany have been traveling between Frankfurt, Bremen, and Hamburg for some time now, the first opportunity to venture further south was presented to us in the autumn of 2014, when Andreas Ebert, director of the St. Martin … Continue reading →

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Documenting Cork’s Sacred Harp Community

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I first heard of Sacred Harp singing in Cork about four years ago. I’m not sure how or where. I had a very vague awareness of shape-note singing, but more how the shape-notes worked than what it sounded like. I … Continue reading →

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Honoring William J. Reynolds, A Behind the Scenes Contributor to the 1991 Edition

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The Sacred Harp Publishing Company presented a citation award honoring the contributions of William J. Reynolds to Sacred Harp singing on January 31, 2015 at the William J. Reynolds Sacred Harp Singing in Fort Worth, Texas. Bill Reynolds became the … Continue reading →

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You Are My Sunshine

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I was recently reflecting (as many of us have) on my ten-year singing anniversary. The first all-day singing I attended was the William Walker Memorial at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The singing uses two books: The Sacred Harp … Continue reading →

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The Advancement of Sacred Harp Music

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Introduction An exceptional singer and unparalleled supporter of Sacred Harp, Ruth Denson Edwards was also one of the most eloquent chroniclers of the music and its community. Singers today who were not fortunate enough to have known her might recognize her … Continue reading →

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