NOT ALL CONFIRMED
Schedule of Singings
~*~
2016

Monthly Events

• Various Friday nights
  Usually before the first Sunday
  Ila, Georgia
  The Christian Harmony (2010)
  The Georgian Harmony

  • John and Elsie Hollingsworth in Ila, Georgia, host an evening singing.
  • For further information about location and dates:
    John Hollingsworth, john at billnet dot org

• First Fridays
  Christian Harmony workshop
  Portland, OR
  The Christian Harmony (2010)

  • People's Co-op (upstairs Community Room)
    3029 SE 21st Ave
  • 7 to 9PM
  • Contact: portlandsacredharp at gmail dot com

• No October Meeting!
  Second Monday every month
  Evening Workshop
  Asheville, NC
  1991 Sacred Harp, 2010 Christian Harmony

  • First Congregational UCC
    20 Oak Street, Asheville
  • 7-9 PM (no meal)
  • Books: Loaners available
  • CONTACT: avlshapenote at gmail dot com
    

• Second Wednesdays
  Evening Workshop
  Florence, Mississippi
  1991 Sacred Harp, 2010 Christian Harmony, 2012 Cooper Sacred Harp

  • Beit Ha Torah Messianic Synagogue
    Florence, Mississippi.
    Florence is about five miles south of Jackson, MS.
    Call 601-953-1094 for directions.
  • 6-8 PM (no meal)
  • CONTACT: Regina Derstine 601-953-1094
    email: derstinetodd at yahoo dot com

• Second Thursdays
  Evening Workshop
  DATE CHANGE: September meeting will be on Thursday, September 22nd!
  Lost Provinces Singers (Ashe County, NC)
  No Meetings January, February, March
  The Christian Harmony (2010)
  The Christian Harmony (Carolina book)

  • The Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson
  • 7 - 9 PM
  • Books: Loaners available
  • Get directions
  • Contact: Gary Poe, gpoe at skybest dot com
    PO Box 802, West Jefferson, NC, 28694
    

• Second and Fourth Saturdays
  January thru March
  Sarasota, Florida
  The Christian Harmony (2010)

  • Jan. 9 and 23; Feb. 13 and 27; March 12
    Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Music Room (west side of bldg.)
    4041 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota, FL.
    ** March 26 at Tourist Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
    3340 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota, FL.
  • 1:30 - 4:30 PM
  • Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
  • Contact: Mary Ellen Schrock, meschrock47 at gmail dot com
    

• Friday before the Third Sunday each Month
  No meeting in June
  Evening Workshop
  Greenville, SC
  The 1991 Sacred Harp

  • Greenville First Christian Church
    Edwards Rd and Lake Fairfield Drive
    Greenville, SC
  • 7 - 9 PM (no meal)
  • Location: Edwards Road comes off of Wade Hampton Blvd (US 29 N) just across from where N Pleasantburg (SC 291) intersects with Wade Hampton.
    The church is about 8/10 of a mile south.
  • Get Directions to First Christian Church
  • CONTACT: Leon or Frances Carnell, 864-862-4373
    email: carnelllh at att dot net
    

• Third Sundays
  Afternoon Workshop in Johnson City, TN
  The Christian Harmony (2010) and
  The Christian Harmony (1873/2015)

  • St. John's Episcopal Church
    500 North Roan Street
    Johnson City 37601
  • 2 - 5 PM
  • Books: Loaners available
  • Get Directions
  • CONTACT: Don Wiley, drw509 at embarqmail dot com
    or find information at the related website,
    http://www.oldfieldssingers.com/
  • Don maintains an email list and sends a monthly email announcing upcoming singings.
    To be on this list, please contact Don at drw509 at embarqmail dot com
    

• Third Sundays
  During the school year
  Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
  The Sacred Harp (1991)

  • Kittredge Recital Hall
    Warren Wilson College
  • Sunday, September 18
    Sunday, October 16
    Sunday, November 20
    Sunday, December 18
  • 3 - 5 PM
  • Book: Loaners available
  • Get Directions
  • CONTACT: Sarah Kehrberg, smkehrberg at gmail dot com
    

• Fourth Thursday of the month
  Evening Workshop in London, UK
  The Christian Harmony (2010)

  • St Mary's Primrose Hill
    Elsworthy Road, London NW3 3DJ
  • 7.30 - 9.30 pm
  • Book: Loaners available
  • For more information:
    http://londonsacredharp.org/schedule/

• Saturday before the Fourth Sunday
  No Meeting in January, November, or December
  New York, NY
  The Christian Harmony (2010)

  • Menno House, 314 E. 19th St. (between 1st and 2nd Aves.) in Manhattan.
  • 2:00 to 5:00 PM.
  • Contact: Mary Ellen Schrock, meschrock47 at gmail dot com

• Last Sunday Each Month
  August meeting Cancelled.
  No meeting in June, September, or December
  Afternoon workshop
  Greeneville, TN
  New Harp of Columbia

  • Cumberland Presbyterian Church
    201 North Main St.
    Greeneville, TN
  • 3 - 5 PM (no meal)
  • Book: New Harp of Columbia - Loaners available
  • At the intersection of Main Street and Church Street, on US Route 321 in downtown Greeneville.
    This is "the cannon ball church". A big old brick church with white steeple.
    Parking behind the church. Community room: through double doors, turn right.
    
  • CONTACT: Jeff Farr, 423-620-8267
    email: summersfarr at embarqmail dot com
    

• Quarterly Shape Note Singing Workshop
  Jackson, MS.

  • Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum
    corner if I-55 and Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS
  • Directions: Take exit 98B off I-55 and go east one block to the Ag Museum on the north side of Lakeland.
    The singing is in the Education Center on the museum campus.
    Take a left on Cool Papa Bell Dr -- the second entrance to the Agriculture Museum -- and park in the parking lot for the Sports Museum.
    Walk across the wooden bridge to the Ag Museum campus.
    The Education Center is the first log building on your right just past the bridge.
  • Mark the dates of future quarterly singings:
    February 24, 2016
    April 27, 2016
  • Books: currently, Sacred Harp (1991 Denson book).
    Hoping to include Christian Harmony (2010) soon.
  • Contact: Regina Derstine 601-953-1094, email derstinetodd at yahoo dot com

Annual Singings 2016

DOG = Dinner on the Grounds

January

Third Sunday
Old County Line Church

• Jefferson County, Alabama, near Corner, off Miller Rd., 9 miles west of Warrior.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010) There will be some books for sale.
• From Birmingham: I-65 North to Exit 284 Hayden/Corner.
  Travel west approximately 7.5 miles.
  Turn left on Miller Road.
  Go .2 miles and Church is on right.
• For more information, contact Danny Creel at (205) 915-7794
  Emily Creel Brown, (205) 435-3314, email: emleepc at yahoo dot com
  

February

Saturday before First Sunday in February
Rotunda Singing, Alabama State Capitol

• Montgomery, Alabama
• This singing will again be held in the lobby of the Alabama State Archives on the south side of the Capitol, 624 Washington Ave.
• Four books used: The Sacred Harp 1991 Revision
  Cooper Revision
  Christian Harmony
  Colored Sacred Harp.
• For more information
  Contact Bill Hogan - bill3h at hiwaay do net, (334) 514-9742

Weekend of the Fourth Sunday
The famous seven-book two-day shape-note singing extravaganza.

• On Saturday during the day, at Hardeman Primitive Baptist in Decatur, GA, they will sing from the JLWhite version of Sacred Harp, the Eclectic Harmony I and II, and the Georgian Harmony
  10AM-3PM; DoG;
• Saturday night is a Christian Harmony (2010) singing at the home of John and Elsie Hollingsworth in Ila, GA (among the best you may hope to find, IMHO....)
  7PM-9PM+: covered dish supper at 6;
• on Sunday, in Athens, GA, at the Botanical Garden, a morning session from the Social Harp (loaners available), in the PM from the Red Book SH
  10AM-3PM; DoG.
• Further info about location, contacts etc. is available at fasola.org
  or, you can consult John Hollingsworth, john at billnet dot org

March

Saturday before the First Sunday
9th Madison County (Grapevine) Singing

• Center Community Center
  Petersburg community, between Mars Hill and Marshall
• 10 AM - 3 PM
• Book: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Also The Christian Harmony (2010).
  Loaners will be available.
• DOG at noon
• Get directions
• CONTACT: Don Wiley, drw509 at embarqmail dot com
  or find information at the related website,
  http://www.oldfieldssingers.com/

Saturday before the Third Sunday
22nd South Carolina State Singing in Memory of William Walker

• SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
  438 N Church Street, across from Wofford College
  Spartanburg, SC
• Free parking available across College Street from the church
• 9:30 AM to 3 PM, March 19th
  a brief singing school by Robert Kelley at the beginning
• Books: The Sacred Harp and The Christian Harmony (2010)
  Sacred Harp and Christian Harmony books will be available for loan or sale .
• Lunch: on your own
• Following the singing (weather permitting), a group may walk to Mr. Walker's gravesite to sing a song or two for him.
• CONTACT: Frances Carnell, 864-862-4373, email: carnelllh at att dot net

Third Sunday
Deason Memorial Singing

• Little Hope Primitive Baptist Church
  Bibb County, Alabama, 4 miles west of Eoline.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• On US 82 between 70 and 71-mile marker, turn south onto County Road 1 (a.k.a. Bear Creek Rd.). Go 1 1/2 miles to crest of hill. Turn left onto Little Hope Rd. Go 1 1/2 miles. Church on right.
• For more information, contact Ruth Wyers, (205) 926-3043.
  

April

Saturday before the Second Sunday
Quay Smathers Memorial Singing School
Christian Harmony in the Blue Ridge Style
The singing school is FULL!

• Location: Shook-Smathers House
  178 Morgan Street
  Clyde, North Carolina
• 9:30 AM - 4 PM
  
• Book: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015)
  Loaners available, also for purchase.
• Bag lunch. Coffee and water provided.
• Get Directions
• More information: http://www.qssingingschool.org/

Saturday before the Third Sunday
5th Annual Cloudland Community Singing
CANCELLED

Fourth Sunday and Saturday before
8th Annual Rusk County Convention

• Old Pine Grove Church
  Rusk County, Texas, southeast of Henderson, Texas
  (Off FM 2867 on County Road 364)
• Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM; The Christian Harmony (2010)
  Sunday: 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM; Cooper Book
  (Loaners and books for sale available)
• For more information, contact Robert Vaughn (903) 863-5379, rl_vaughn at yahoo dot com

May

Saturday before the First Sunday
April 30th this year!
109th Etowah Spring Singing

• Etowah Lions Club
  447 Etowah School Road
  Hendersonville, NC 28739 (in Etowah)
  across from the Etowah Elementary School
  just a block or so past the school
• 10 AM - 3:00 PM, April 30th
• Primary Book for this singing: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Also The Christian Harmony (2010).
  Loaners will be available. Handouts should first be checked with the president of the singing.
• DOG
• CONTACT: D Eskenasy: dogsongs at gmail dot com
  

First Sunday and Saturday before
Portland, Oregon *Double All-Day Singing*

• The Little Church, Portland, Oregon
  5138 NE 23rd Street
• 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM, May 2nd and 3rd
• DOG
• Saturday: The Sacred Harp, 1991 Editon
  Sunday: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• CONTACT: portlandsacredharp at gmail dot com
  

Saturday before the Second Sunday
The 19th Furman University Singing

• Furman University, Greenville, SC
• 10 AM - 3:00 PM, May 7th
• Books: Sacred Harp (1991) and The Christian Harmony (2010)
• DOG
• Get directions
• CONTACT: Leon Carnell, carnelllh at att dot net

Third Sunday and Saturday before
UK Singing

• Goodshaw Baptist Church, Chapel Street, Goodshaw, Rossendale BB4 8BS
• Saturday: The Sacred Harp
  Sunday: The Christian Harmony
  
• Time: 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM both days
• DOG both days
• Contact: Vicki Elliott, velliott42 at googlemail dot com

Saturday, 28 May and Sunday, 29 May
The Piccolo Spoleto Festival and Lowcountry Sacred Harp present
An All-Day Sacred Harp Singing (on Saturday)
An Afternoon Christian Harmony Singing (on Sunday)
Note the starting times!

• Saturday location:
  Gage Hall, 4 Archdale Street
  Charleston, South Carolina
  
• Saturday singing from The Sacred Harp (1991)
  Singing school: 9:30 AM
  Singing: 10 AM to 3:00PM
  DOG at noon
• Loaner books will be available
• Directions: From I-26 take exit 221-B right onto Meeting St.
  Proceed 1 mile and turn right on Calhoun St. at Marion Square.
  Go 2 blocks and turn left on St. Philip Street.
  After 2nd light road bends into Archdale St.
  After 2nd church Gage Hall is on left.
  Parking is off alley behind hall.
• There will be a social following the Saturday Singing (directions will be available at the Singing).
• Sunday location:
  Not yet decided....
• Sunday singing from The Christian Harmony (2010)
  2 pm - 6 PM
• For more information, contact the organizers:
  Michael Walker at mischawalker - at - aol - dot - com
  Tom Ivey at thomas dot ivey at att dot net
  (843) 853-3976
  

Fourth Sunday and Saturday before
2016 John Newton Merritt Memorial Singing Convention

• LOCATION FOR THIS YEAR'S SATURDAY SINGING
  Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church
  3108 Warriors Trail, Vicksburg, MS, 39180
• Saturday directions: Take Bovina exit off I 20 (exit 11).
  Go S on Tiffentown Rd.
  In 3/10 mi. turn right on Bovina, then left onto Hwy 80.
  Go 2 mi. and take left on Newman.
  Bear right - Newman turns into Warriors Trail.
  Church is 9/10 mi on right.
• SUNDAY Old Courthouse Museum
  1008 Cherry Street
  Vicksburg, MS 39183
• Saturday, May 21st, 10 AM - 3 PM
  Sunday, May 22nd, 9:30 AM - 2 PM
  DOG both days
• 4 Books: 1991 Sacred Harp
  Cooper Book
  Christian Harmony
  B.F. White Book
• Contact: Henry McGuire 601-845-1984 or 601-502-4634 (cell)
  hcmcguire at windstream dot net or hmcguire954 at gmail dot com

June

Saturday before the First Sunday
Greene County Tennessee Sing

• New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  Greeneville, Tennessee
• 10 AM - 3 PM, June 4th
• Book: New Harp of Columbia, Loaners available.
• DOG noonish
• New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  a big pre-Civil War structure on Cox Road just off Tenn Rte 70, about 4 miles north of its intersection with US 11 E, outside of Greeneville
• CONTACT: Jeff Farr, 423-620-8267,
  email: summersfarr at embarqmail dot com

First Sunday
Little Hope Christian Harmony Singing

• Little Hope Primitive Baptist Church (see Third Sunday in March for directions)
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• For more information, contact Ruth Wyers, (205) 926-3043.
  

Saturday before the Second Sunday
14th Calvary-Fletcher Singing

• Calvary Episcopal Church
  Fletcher, North Carolina
• 10 AM - 3 PM, June 11th
• Book: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Loaners will be available.
• DOG noonish
• Directions to Calvary Episcopal Church
• CONTACT: Dan Huger, (828) 274-8899
  email: dehuger at gmail dot com

Second Sunday
Tuscaloosa County Christian Harmony Convention

• Shiloh Methodist Church
  Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 5 miles southeast of Duncanville.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• From the 65-mile marker on US 82, turn onto Lake Payne Rd. Go 3 miles. Church on left.
• For more information, contact Harvey Dockery (205) 759-1071.
  

Saturday before the Third Sunday
Blue Ridge Primitive Baptist Church

• 134 Hyden Tyler Road
  Chatsworth, Georgia
• 10:30 - 12:00 singing from the Old School Hymnal (# 11)
  12:00 - 1:00 lunch at the Church
  1:00 - 2:30 singing from The Christian Harmony
• Directions: Take US Hwy. 411 North from downtown Chatsworth
  Turn right onto Old Federal Rd. (just past Auto Zone)
  Bear right onto Hyden Tyler Rd.
  The Church is approx. one mile from Hwy. 411.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (Alabama book, the old black one)
• CONTACT: Greg Smith (706)980-8176
  David Smith (706)980-0442.
  

Saturday before the Fourth Sunday
Newton County Christian Harmony Convention and Singing School
Singing School Thursday and Friday evening before

• Thursday and Friday evenings: Singing School
  Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church
  June 23, June 24
  Time: 6 PM - 8:30 PM both evenings
• Saturday: all day Singing Convention
• Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church
  Newton County, Mississippi, 8 miles north of Newton.
• Time: 9:30 AM - 3 PM
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Directions
  Map: http://fasola.org/maps/images/map.macedonianewton.large.gif
• For more information, contact John Hollingsworth, 706-789-3916, email: john at billnet dot org
  Regina Derstine, 601.953.1094, derstinetodd at yahoo dot com
  Mark Davis, 601-940-1612
  

July

Saturday, 9 July
23rd John Campbell Folk School Singing

• Brasstown, NC
  https://folkschool.org/event.php?event_type_id=4
• 10:30 AM. - 3:00 PM, July 9th
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• DOG at 12:30
• Directions available on the Folkschool website: http://www.folkschool.org
• CONTACT: Annie Fain Barralon, 1-828-837-2775 ext 110, anniefain at folkschool dot org

Third Thursday
Capitol City Singing

• Loeb Reception Center
  Corner of Columbus and N. McDonough St.
  Montgomery, AL
• Sacred Harp (1991 and Cooper revisions)
  The Christian Harmony (2010)
  Colored Sacred Harp
• Bring a sack lunch
• For more information
  Contact Bill Hogan - bill3h at hiwaay dot net, (334) 514-9742

Third Sunday and Saturday before
Gwehelog UK Singing (first double all day)

• Saturday, 16 July - singing from The Sacred Harp
  Sunday, 17 July - singing from The Christian Harmony
• Gwehelog Methodist Chapel, near Usk, Mon., Wales NP15 1RD
  Gwehelog is in South Wales, a short drive from Bristol,
  and the singing is being organised by the Bristol Sacred Harp singers.
• 10.00 am - 3.30 pm, Pot luck lunch, both days
• *some* loaner books available - please bring your own if you have one
• Contact: Leila Gamaz - leila1gamaz at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Fourth Sunday, 23 July
The Swannanoa Gathering Shape Note Singing

• The Morris' Pavilion
  Warren Wilson College
  Swannanoa, North Carolina
  Please be aware that Morris Pavilion is an 'open air' pavilion, but is shaded and used for classes taught during the summer.
  Dress to stay cool and bring your hand fans!
• 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, July 23rd, with DOG
• Books: The Christian Harmony (2010)
  Sacred Harp
  Southern Harmony
• Contact: Jane Spencer - jcspencer59 at gmail dot com, Cell: 706-410-0982
  Sarah Kehrberg - smkehrberg at gmail dot com
• Get directions

Fourth Sunday
Bibb County Christian Harmony Convention

• Old Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  Bibb County, Alabama, 2 miles east of Eoline.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Along US 82 at 79-mile marker, north side of highway.
• For more information, contact Billy Thompson, (205) 926-7121.
  

August

Thursday, August 11 - Sunday, August 14
Camp DoReMi

• NEW WEBSITE
  http://doremicamp.org
• Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC
  http://wildacres.org/
• Books: The Christian Harmony (2010), The New Harp of Columbia
• Contact: Jane Spencer, phone: 706-410-0982
  email: jcspencer59 at gmail dot com
• YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT AND THERE IS A FEE

Fourth Sunday & Saturday before
Mississippi State Sacred Harp Singing Convention

• Antioch Primitive Baptist Church
  Scott County, Mississippi, between Forest and Sebastopol.
• Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM
  Sunday 9:30 AM - 2 PM
• Directions:
  From US 80, drive north out of Forest on Mississippi Hwy 35 for 2.4 miles to Hwy 21.
  Take a right on 21 going north for 6.5 miles towards Sebastopol.
  Antioch Primitive Baptist church is on the right.
• 4 Books used: Sacred Harp (1991 Edition);
  Cooper Revision;
  B.F. White Book;
  The Christian Harmony (2010).
• Saturday Evening Sandwich Social at Roosevelt State Park in Morton, MS
  10 miles east of Forest. 6 to 9:30 PM. Call for details: 601-953-1094.
• For more information, contact Mark Davis, (601) 919-0209.
  Regina Derstine, 601.953.1094, derstinetodd at yahoo dot com
  

Fourth Sunday
Tickanetly Primitive Baptist Church

• Ellijay, Georgia
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• 10 - 11 AM, August 28th, Singing
• 11 AM - 12 noon, Worship
• DOG
• 1 PM - 3 PM, Singing
• Get directions
• CONTACT: Paul Mooney, Jr., 706-273-3378
  

September

Saturday before the First Sunday
109th Etowah Fall Singing

• Location: Etowah Lions Club
• 447 Etowah School Road
  Hendersonville, NC 28739 (in Etowah)
  across from the Etowah Elementary School,
  just a block or so past the school
• 10 AM - 3:00 PM, September 3rd
• Primary Book for this singing: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Also The Christian Harmony (2010).
  Loaners will be available. Handouts should first be checked with the president of the singing.
• DOG
• CONTACT: D Eskenasy: dogsongs at gmail dot com
  

September 10
Sacred Harp Singing at Gray Court-Owings Pioneer Day

• Ora Old Fields Presbyterian Church
  Culbertson Backcountry Settlement
  Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina
• 10 AM - 3 PM, September 10th; DOG
• Book: The Sacred Harp. Loaners will be available.
• Get directions to Gray Court
• CONTACT: Robert Kelley: composer at mykeyboard dot com

Second Sunday
Hale County Christian Harmony Convention

• China Grove Methodist Church
  Hale County, Alabama, 10 miles east of Moundville.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• From Tuscaloosa, drive south on Alabama Hwy 69 for 15 miles to Moundville, turn left (east) onto Centerville Rd (also called County Road 50). Go about 8 miles, veer right onto Clary Hill Rd. Go 2 miles, veer right at sign for China Grove Church, which will be on the right quarter mile past turn.

Second Sunday
126th "Old Folks Day" Singing

• Morning Star United Methodist Church, Canton, NC (in Dutch Cove)
• 11 AM Worship Service, September 11th
• DOG followed by Singing in the afternoon
• Book: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Loaners available.
• Get directions
• CONTACT: June Smathers Jolley, 828-421-4361
  email: jjolley09 at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Third Sunday
8th Lee Rogers Memorial Singing

• At the home of John and Elsie Hollingsworth near Ila, Georgia
  1574 Adams-Clarke Road, Commerce, GA
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010) - Loaners will be available.
• 10 AM - 3 PM, September 17th
• DOG at noon
• Contact: Judy Mincey, email: mincey dot judy at yahoo dot com
  John Hollingsworth, 706-789-3916, email: john at billnet dot org

Last Saturday, 24 September
Mountain Heritage Day

• Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
• Sacred Harp 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
• Lunch provided
• The Christian Harmony (2010) 1:30 - 3:30 PM (some loaners available)
• Get directions
• CONTACT: Michael Nichols, 828-586-4802,
  email: m.nichols7 at icloud dot com

Fourth Sunday in September
All Day Singing at Headrick's Chapel

• Route 321, Wear's Valley near Townsend TN
• Book: The New Harp of Columbia
• 10 AM - 3 PM, September 25th, DOG at noon
• Get directions
• For more information see
  http://www.oldharp.org/
  

Fourth Sunday and Saturday before, September 24 and 25
2016 Alabama State Christian Harmony Singing Convention

• Union Missionary Baptist Church
  3351 Warrior-Jasper Rd. (County Road 140), 8 miles west of Warrior, AL.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Directions:
  I-65 N to exit 282 (Warrior Robbins exit). Church is 7.6 miles West on Warrior Jasper Road (approximately 5 miles East of Hwy 78.
• Danny Creel - President; Bill Hogan - Vice President
• CONTACT: Danny Creel - 205 915 7794
  Emily Creel Brown, 205-435-3314, email: emleepc at yahoo dot com
  

October

Third Sunday and Saturday before
Sheffield, UK Singing

• Worrall Memorial Hall, 49 Towngate Road, Worrall, Sheffield, UK
• Saturday: The Sacred Harp
  Sunday: The Christian Harmony
  
• Time: 10:30 - 3:30 both days
• DOG both days
• Contact: Vicki Elliott, velliott42 at googlemail dot com

Fourth Sunday, October 23
Shiloh Methodist Church

• Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 5 miles southeast of Duncanville.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• From the 65-mile marker on US 82, turn onto Lake Payne Rd. Go 3 miles. Church on left.
• For more information, contact Harvey Dockery (205) 759-1071.
  

November

Location Change!
Saturday before the First Sunday
10th Annual Old Fields Singing

• Location this year: St. Paul's A.M.E. Zion Church
  201 Welbourne St, at the corner with Millard Street
  Johnson City, TN
• 10 AM - 3 PM, November 5th
• DOG
• Books: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) and The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Contact: Don Wiley 423.341.8893,
  email: drw509 at embarqmail dot com
  or find information at the related websites,
  http://www.oldfieldssingers.com/
  https://www.facebook.com/events/1459616560721610/

First Sunday, 6 November
Fourth Annual London Christian Harmony Singing
Basement, Heath Street Baptist Church, London, UK

• 84 Heath Street
  London NW3 1DN
• 1:30 PM - 6 PM
• Please contact Michael Walker (07770 210067) if you have any further questions.
• For more information:
  http://londonsacredharp.org/eu-young-peoples-singing/

Saturday before the Second Sunday
~23rd Swannanoa Valley Singing

• St. James Episcopal Church, Black Mountain
• 10 AM - 3:00 PM, November 12th
• Books: Morning session: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015 edition)
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Afternoon session: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• DOG
• Get directions
• CONTACT: Joe Holbert, 828-669-7260,
  email: treeblow at bellsouth dot net

Second Sunday
5th Annual Dallas Singing

• The Dallas Heritage Village
  Dallas, Texas
• 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM, November 13th
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Contact: Sonny Erwin, 214-521-7457, email: sonnytxn at sbcglobal dot net
  or Cheryl Foreman, 214-952-0593
  

December

Saturday before the First Sunday
Second Annual Singing on the River
Shaped Notes Along the French Broad

• The Madison County Arts Center
  90 S. Main St., Marshall, NC
• Book: The Christian Harmony, (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Loaners and books for sale (1873/2015 edition)
• 10 AM - 3 PM, DOG at Noon
• Directions: http://madisoncountyarts.com/directions/
• More information: http://www.christianharmony1873.org
• Contacts: Laura Boosinger, lauraboosinger (at) gmail (dot) com
  Zack Allen, folkheritagebooks (at) gmail (dot) com

First Sunday and the Saturday before
7th Georgia State Christian Harmony Convention

• Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, 225 Shiloh Church Road, Waco, GA
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Directions: From I-20, take exit 5 (Highway 100)
  and go south about 1/2 mile
  turn right on Shiloh Church Road.
  Church will be on the left.
• Contact Bill Hollingsworth
  email: bill at skimcast dot com

Second Sunday and the Saturday before
St. John's Singing

• St. John's Historic Church
  Rutherfordton, North Carolina
• 10 AM - 3 PM
• DOG
• Saturday, December 10th: The Christian Harmony (2010)
  Sunday, December 11th: The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
• Get directions
• CONTACT: Dot Lane, 828-287-0508, or
  Jane Spencer, 706-410-0982
  email: jcspencer59 at gmail dot com

Second Sunday and Saturday before
Joseph Jackson Beasley Memorial Singing

• Concord Primitive Baptist Church
  Winfield, Alabama.
• From US 78 east of Winfield, take Alabama Hwy. 129 north (towards Tucker). Turn left, west, on County Road 14. Turn left at the church sign. The church is 0.7 miles down this road, on the right.
• Saturday books: Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition; Cooper Revision; Christian Harmony; Lloyd's Hymns.
• Sunday books: Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition.
• For more information, contact John Beasley, (205) 487-3916.
  

Second Tuesday, December 13
Christmas Singing

• Eoline Baptist Church
• 6:00 - 7:30 Singing, followed by potluck treats.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Bibb County, Alabama, approx. 100 yards east of 77-mile marker on US 82, on south side of highway.
• For more information, contact Billy Thompson, (205) 926-7121.