Website updates in May 2026

It has been a quiet month on the website. Presumably you were out singing, not just sending bits around the interwebs. The four sets of minutes that came in: cherokee-2026-05-03, etowah-spring-2026, furman-2026, middle-creek-2026 (see here).

The big news in our world is all courtesy of Jeremiah Ledbetter.

(1) He's done a big revamp of shapenotesingings.com, the go-to site for shapenote singing schedules. Kevin Isaac gives a good overview.

(2) Jeremiah has put up a staggeringly great set of Christian Harmony recordings—over a thousand! -- on youtube. His announcement on Facebook:

    "Mike Spencer gave me a trove of recordings he's made over the years. I have edited them into albums for each singing and have uploaded them to archive.org for your download.

    "The Christian Harmony all-days have been added to a YouTube channel. Selected recordings with sheet music for each available song in the book are also uploaded to a playlist.

    "So many of the Christian Harmony songs did not have a recorded version online previously. I've loved exploring more of the book as I worked through these recordings."

All fabulous work!