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Schedule of Singings
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2022

Monthly Events

• Friday before the Third Sunday
  Evening Workshop
  Greenville, SC
  The 1991 Sacred Harp

  • If you have cold or flu symptoms, please do not come!
  • GREENVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    Edwards Rd and Lake Fairfield Drive
    Greenville, SC
  • New time!
    6:30 - 8:30 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
  During the school year
  Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
  The Sacred Harp (1991)
  Fully Vaccinated, please

  • OUTDOORS, MORRIS PAVILION (WEATHER PERMITTING) or KITTREDGE RECITAL HALL
    Warren Wilson College
  • 2022 fall dates:
    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
    

• Saturday before the Fourth Sunday
  New York, NY
  The Mary Ellen Schrock Memorial Christian Harmony Sing

  • MENNO HOUSE
    314 E. 19th St. (between 1st and 2nd Aves.) in Manhattan. 2:00 to 5:00 PM.
    Saturday, September 24, 2022
    Saturday, October 22, 2022
    Saturday, February 25, 2023
    Saturday, March 25 , 2023
    Saturday, April 22, 2023
    Saturday, May 27, 2023
  • Book: The Christian Harmony (2010 edition)
    Loaners available.
  • Contact: Melissa Myers, melissamyers123 at gmail dot com

Annual Singings 2022

DOG = Dinner on the Grounds

January

New Year's Day
Georgian Harmony at Ila

• Saturday, 01 January 2022, 10 AM - 3 PM
• DOG at Noon, bring side dishes or desserts!
• Book: The Georgian Harmony
• Location: John and Elsie's home
  a mile or so outside of Ila, GA
  1574 Adams Clarke Road
  Commerce, GA
• For further information about location
  John Hollingsworth, john at billnet dot org

Saturday before the Third Sunday
Knoxville, TN

• Saturday, 15 January 2022
  DOG at noon followed by
  Singing from 1 PM - 3:30 PM
• Book: New Harp of Columbia
• Central United Methodist Church
  201 East Third Avenue
• Access and parking are easy, and the building is fully accessible. We will have a spacious, wood-floored, daylit room for singing in.
  Central UMC (http://knoxcentralumc.org/who-we-are/history/) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and well worth a visit just to tour the building.
• As there will be no COVID restrictions, we sincerely encourage any who feel uneasy in such a public gathering that we understand if you think it best to skip this singing. As always, anyone who is experiencing symptoms is encouraged to stay home and rest.
• Contacts:
  Phillip Pardue at 865.742.2150 or
  Jeremy Shipp at 423.506.0058, email: jshipp1 at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Fifth Sunday
Annual GEORGIAN HARMONY Singing

• Saturday, 29 January 2022
• THE CIVIC CENTER, Roberta, GA.
• Book: The Georgian Harmony.
• We plan to start at 10:00
• Dutch Treat lunch - nearby eateries include Hudson's BBQ, Subway, Big Chick, and about 3 other local places
• DIRECTIONS:
  New (shorter) route from Atlanta - From I-75, take the (2nd) Forsyth exit/Hwy 83 and turn right. Stay on this road (it will become State Route 42 after you go through Forsyth), until you get to US341. Turn left, go to the 2nd red light in Roberta and turn left, then turn right onto S. Mathews Street.
  Old directions: From Atlanta -I-75 South to I-475 South. Turn right/west onto Hwy 80W (Eisenhower Parkway) to Roberta. Or, from Macon, take Hwy 80W to Roberta. In Roberta, turn left/south on N. Mathews Street. It becomes S. Mathews Street when you cross over Agency Street.
  The Civic Center, which is actually an old wooden church, is located at 93 South Mathews Street, just south of the old part of the town, next to the recycling center. South Mathews is one block east of Highway 341.
• Contact: John Hollingsworth (706) 789 3916
  email: john at billnet dot org
  or John Plunkett, email: bildad12 at hotmail dot com

February

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

• Saturday, the 26thCancelled
• Sunday, the 27th Cancelled
• Further info about location, contacts etc. is available at https://www.fasola.org
  or https://atlantasacredharp.org

March

Saturday before the First Sunday
14th Madison County (Grapevine) Singing
Cancelled.

• CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER
  
• CONTACT: C Ogburn, email: c.a.ogburn at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Second Sunday
Georgian Harmony at Ila

• Saturday, 12 March 2022, 10 AM - 3 PM
• DOG at Noon
• Book: The Georgian Harmony
• Location: John and Elsie's home
  a mile or so outside of Ila, GA
  1574 Adams Clarke Road
  Commerce, GA
• For further information about location
  John Hollingsworth, john at billnet dot org

Saturday before the Third Sunday
28th South Carolina State Singing in Memory of William Walker
Cancelled for 2022

• CONTACT: Frances Carnell, 864-862-4373, email: carnelllh at att dot net

Third Sunday, in the afternoon
Georgian Harmony Singing

• HARDEMAN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
  Decatur, Georgia
• Book: The Georgian Harmony
• 1 PM - 3 PM, Sunday, March 20
• Contact: John Plunkett: bildad12 at hotmail dot com

April

Second Saturday
5th? Annual Quay Smathers Memorial Singing School
Christian Harmony in the Blue Ridge Style
Cancelled

• More information: http://www.qssingingschool.org/

Fourth Sunday and Saturday before
11th Annual Rusk County Convention

• OLD PINE GROVE CHURCH
  Rusk County, Texas, southeast of Henderson, Texas
  
• Directions from the Traffic Star in Henderson:
  1. Head south on US-259 S/US-79 S (1.2 miles)
  2. Turn left onto E Main St (0.5 miles)
  3. Turn right onto FM840 S/Brachfield Rd. Continue to follow FM840 S (3.8 miles)
  4. Turn left onto FM2867 E (4.6 miles)
  5. Turn right onto County Rd 364 S. Old Pine Grove Church will be on the left (0.6 miles)
  GPS coordinates: 32.102035, -94.653318
• Saturday, April 23 2022: 10 AM - 3 PM; Cooper Book
  Sunday, April 24 2022: 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM; The Christian Harmony (2010)
  (Loaners and books for sale available)
• Contact: Gaylon Powell, gaylon.powell at suddenlink dot net
• For more info: http://singings.texasfasola.org/annual/rusk_county.html

May

Saturday before the First Sunday
Etowah Spring Singing, 115th year
Alas... CANCELLED

• ETOWAH LIONS CLUB
  
• CONTACT: D Eskenasy: dogsongs at gmail dot com
  

Date change for this year:
SECOND Sunday and Saturday before
Portland Double All Day Singing
Proof of COVID-19 VACCINATIONS and BOOSTER required

• The Laurelhurst Club
  3721 SE Ankeny St
  Portland, OR 97214
• Saturday, May 7th: The Sacred Harp (1991 edition)
  Sunday, May 8th: The Christian Harmony (2010 edition)
• For the comfort and safety of everyone, we will require that all attendees age 5 or older be fully vaccinated, including booster shots if eligible. We will check vaccine cards at the door, but to avoid a long queue we will also have an online registration option that will allow singers to upload scans of their cards in advance.
• DOG both days
• Extracurricular activities will include Cooper Book singing at a local brewery Friday night, and a Saturday evening social.
• Contact email: portlandsacredharp at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Second Sunday
Antioch Baptist Church

• Antioch Baptist Church
  185 Church Lane, Centreville, AL
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Contact: Caitlin Graff: scgraffrdms at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Second Sunday
Pumpkintown Shape Note Singing (formerly at Furman University)
If you're feeling sick or have cold symptoms, please stay home!

• Location: Oolenoy Community Center
  5301 Dacusville Hwy
  Pickens, SC
  GPS coordinates: 34.992858,-82.643405
• 10 AM - 3:00 PM, 07 May 2022
• Books: Sacred Harp (1991) and The Christian Harmony (2010)
• DOG
• The old schoolhouse is located on SC-135.
  From the south, take SC-135 N from Easley, 13 miles.
  The building is on the left.
  From the north, take SC-11 S to SC-8 E, to Pumpkintown. Continue 1/2 mile on SC-8 E, and turn left on SC-135 S.
  The building is 1/2 mile, on the right.
• CONTACT: Leon Carnell, carnelllh at att dot net
  Dave Farmer, davefarmer at charter dot net

June

Saturday before the First Sunday
Greene County Tennessee Sing

• NEW BETHEL CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
  Greeneville, Tennessee
• 10 AM - 3 PM, 04 June 2022
• 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 gmail dot com

Saturday before the Second Sunday
19th Calvary-Fletcher Singing
Please, fully Covid-vaccinated singers only.

• The Old Well-Hall of CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
  Fletcher, North Carolina
• 10 AM - 3 PM, 11 June 2022
• Book: The Christian Harmony (1873/2015) - the Folk Heritage Edition
  or The Christian Harmony Carolina Book reprints, 1994 or 1979
  Loaners will be available.
  
• Bring your mask, just in case!
• DOG noonish... (there is an Ingles across Hendersonville Road)
• Directions to Calvary Episcopal Church
• Contact: Dan Huger, (828) 274-8899
  email: dehuger at gmail dot com

Saturday before the Third Sunday
Blue Ridge Primitive Baptist Church

• 134 Hyden Tyler Road
  Chatsworth, Georgia
• 18 June 2022
  Time: 10:30 AM - 3 PM
• 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 2010 edition
• CONTACT: Greg Smith (706)695-3833, gsmith dot gsmith at outlook dot com
  David Smith (706)980-0442.
  

Saturday before the Fourth Sunday
Newton County Christian Harmony Convention
Unfortunately, this has been Cancelled

• MACEDONIA PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
  Newton County, Mississippi, 8 miles north of Newton.
• 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, 09 July 2022
27th John Campbell Folk School Singing
Note some changes!

• THE JOHN CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL
  Brasstown, NC
  https://www.folkschool.org
• This year will be held outdoors, at the Open House.
  Bring a mask. All indoor facilities at the Folk school require masks to be worn.
  Campus Map: https://www.folkschool.org/documents/CampusMap_01_21_19.pdf
• Beginning at 9:00, there will be an introduction to singing Sacred Harp and Christian Harmony music for beginners.
• Bring both books. There will be some loaners.
• Singing: 10:00 AM. - 3:00 PM, July 09
• Morning Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• DOG at 12:30
• Afternoon Book: The Sacred Harp (1991)
• Directions available on the Folkschool website: http://www.folkschool.org
• CONTACT: enews at folkschool dot org

July 07, 08, 09 - Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Arkansas Shape Note Gathering

• Mountain View, Arkansas
  
• Thursday evening: The Ozark Folk Center State Park Auditorium (Introduction)
  Friday: Ozark Folk Center White Oak Theater Stage (Singing and Teaching Seminar)
  Saturday: Old Mountain View High School
• Books: Sacred Harp (1991 edition), Missouri Harmony, Christian Harmony (2010 edition)
• CONTACT: gaylon.powell at suddenlink dot net

Third Thursday, 21 July 2022
Capitol City Singing
Montgomery, Alabama
Cancelled

Saturday, July 23
The Swannanoa Gathering Shape Note Singing

• THE MORRIS' PAVILION
  Warren Wilson College
  Swannanoa, North Carolina
  Morris' Pavilion is an open air pavilion,
  but is shaded and used for classes taught during the summer.
  Dress to stay cool, bring your hand fan, maybe a seat cushion!
• 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, with DOG
• Books: The Christian Harmony (2010)
  Sacred Harp (1991, Denson)
  Southern Harmony
• Get directions
• Contact: Sarah Kehrberg - smkehrberg at gmail dot com

August

August 11-14
Camp DoReMi

• http://doremicamp.org
• WILDACRES RETREAT, Little Switzerland, NC
  http://wildacres.org/
• Books: The Christian Harmony (2010), The New Harp of Columbia
• YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT AND THERE IS A FEE
  YOU MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19
• Contact: Jane Cannon, phone: 706-410-0982
  email: crvjanecannon at gmail dot com

Fourth Sunday & Saturday before
Mississippi State Sacred Harp Singing Convention

• ANTIOCH PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
  Scott County, Mississippi, between Forest and Sebastopol.
• Saturday, August 27th 2022, 10 AM to 3 PM
  Sunday, August 28th 2022, 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)
• 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

• TICKANETLY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
  Ellijay, Georgia
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• 10 - 11 AM, August 28, 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
Etowah Fall Singing, 115th year
Again Cancelled, hopeful for Spring 2023

• CONTACT: D Eskenasy: dogsongs at gmail dot com
  

Saturday before the Second Sunday
Greenville-Pioneer Day Sacred Harp Singing

• CHURCH OF GREENVILLE fellowship hall
  228 Ladean Ct
  Simpsonville, South Carolina
• Saturday, 10 September
  10 AM - 3 PM
• If you're feeling unwell, have a cold, or allergies, please stay home. We love you but don't want what you've got!
• DOG noonish
• Book: The Sacred Harp. Loaners will be available.
• Get directions to Pioneer Day Singing
• CONTACT: Robert Kelley: composer at mykeyboard dot com

Second Sunday
Hale County Christian Harmony Convention

• CHINA GROVE METHODIST CHURCH
  Clary Hill Road, Moundville, AL
  Hale County, Alabama, 10 miles east of Moundville.
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Sunday, 11 September
  Starts at 10 AM
  DOG at noon
• 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.
• Contact: C Wilson, 205-242-7788

Second Sunday
132nd "Old Folks Day" Singing

• MORNING STAR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Canton, NC (in Dutch Cove)
• 11 AM Worship Service, September 11, 2022
• Singing in the afternoon, starting about 1:30 PM
• DOG
• 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
13th Lee Rogers Memorial Singing

• At John and Elsie HOLLINGSWORTH'S HOME near Ila, Georgia
  1574 Adams-Clarke Road, Commerce, GA
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010) - Loaners will be available.
• 10 AM - 3 PM, September 17
• 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

Fourth Sunday and Saturday before, September 24 and 25
Wears Valley Convention - (Valley View & Headrick)

• Book: The New Harp of Columbia
• Saturday, 24 September 2022
  VALLEY VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH
  2219 Little Cove Road, Sevierville, TN 37862
• Sunday, 25 September 2022
  HEADRICK CHAPEL
  3739 Wears Valley Rd, Sevierville, TN 37862
• Both Days: 10 AM - 3 PM, DOG at noon
• More information: http://www.oldharp.org/wears-valley-convention/
• CONTACT: Andrew Whaley, email: awhaley37 at gmail dot com

Fourth Sunday and Saturday before, September 24 and 25
2022 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)
• After the Saturday Christian Harmony singing, there will be a break for refreshments
  followed by a "Red Back Church Hymnal" singing for a couple hours at 5:00 PM.
  Then Christian Harmony singing again on Sunday.
• 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
  

Last Saturday, 24 September 2022
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: Will Peebles
  email: wpeebles at wcu dot edu

October

Sunday, 23 October
Sixth Annual London Christian Harmony Singing

• ST. MARY'S PRIMROSE HILL, Elsworthy Rd. London NW3 3DJ UK
• 1 PM - 6 PM
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Please contact T. Maguire, tamaguire at gmail dot com if you have any further questions.
• For more information:
  http://londonsacredharp.org/

November

Saturday before the Second Sunday
~28th Swannanoa Valley Singing
Cancelled

• ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Black Mountain
• CONTACT: Joe Holbert, 828-669-7260,
  email: treeblow at bellsouth dot net

Saturday before the Third Sunday
Singing on the River

• Madison County Arts Center
  90 South 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)
• 19 November 2022
• Registration: 9:30 AM
  Singing starts at 10AM.
  We'll break for lunch and come back and sing some more.
• Contact: Laura: madcoed@gmail.com

Saturday before the Third Sunday
Georgian Harmony
Location??

• 19 November 2022, 10 AM - 3 PM
• Where?
• For further information about location
  John Hollingsworth, john at billnet dot org
  or John Plunkett, bildad12 at hotmail dot com

December

Second Sunday and the Saturday before
12th Georgia State Christian Harmony Convention

• Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December 2022
  10 AM - 3 PM
  DOG at noon
• Book: The Christian Harmony (2010)
• Location: Sweetwater Memorial Chapel
  1000 Pleasant Hill Road
  Lawrenceville, GA 30044
• Contact: Mike Spencer
  email: fishman.mds at gmail dot com
  or
  Shannon Primm
  sprimm at yahoo dot com
  

New Year's Eve
Old Harp Singing near Knoxville, TN

• Saturday 31 December 2022
  10 AM - 3 PM
• DOG at noon
• Book: The New Harp of Columbia
• Location: Claxton Community Center
  1071 Edgemoor Road, Clinton, TN 37716
  Near the Knox County/Anderson County line, about 25 minutes from downtown Knoxville.
  Proximity to Pellissippi Parkway and Clinton Highway makes it convenient to Oak Ridge, Maryville, Clinton, and all parts westward. Claxton Community Center is a spacious, brightly lit, wood-floored former church building. All agree it's a good building for singing in.
• Contact: Jeremy Shipp
  email: jshipp1 at gmail dot com
  423.506.0058

January 2023

New Year's Day
Georgian Harmony at Ila

• Sunday, 01 January 2023, 10 AM - 3 PM
• DOG at Noon
• Book: The Georgian Harmony
• Location: John and Elsie HOLLINGSWORTH'S HOME
  a mile or so outside of Ila, GA
  1574 Adams Clarke Road
  Commerce, GA
• For further information about location
  John Hollingsworth, john at billnet dot org