Sacred Harp Singings 1998 & 1999 Note from Shelbie 2 How to Submit Minutes 3 Computer Instructions 4 1999 Directory 5 Annual Singings 5 Fifth Sunday Singings 24 Local Singings 25 1998 Minutes 35 Deaths 231 ONLINE EDITION Editor: Shelbie Sheppard Assistant Editor: David Ivey Production: Chris Thorman & Carolyn Deacy January 1, 1999 Dear Singers and Friends of Sacred Harp, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who took the time to help me in any way with this edition of the minutes book. Address changes from rural routes to street numbers or county road numbers were made, along with area code changes. A great many of these corrections were made, but I am sure there are others. If your address changed and we didn’t get it corrected, please send it to me. Also, many singings have changed the dates of their singings or combined them with other singings, so check the listings in the directory of singings section. It has been a year of a lot of changes! A problem has arisen that needs to be addressed. In the fabulous world of technology there still remain some problems connected with these new advances. One such problem is the fact that when you send minutes via e-mail, you do not send a check with it. It is extremely difficult to keep up with who has and has not mailed a check. If you are among this group, please note that I will not include your singing minutes in the book until I have received a hard copy with a check enclosed. I’m sorry that this action has to be taken, but I trust you understand the necessity. I realize that your forgetting to mail a check is not intentional, but we all forget from time to time, and a requirement of a hard copy might jog the memory. Another problem to be addressed is the timely submission of your minutes. Somehow the idea has come about that you don’t have to send in your minutes until the end of November or December. This assumption is not correct. By the end of December the book is already at the printers. I will make every effort to include your minutes in the book, but your effort is also needed. Please send them immediately after the singing. Shelbie Sheppard 2 HOW TO SUBMIT MINUTES Before you prepare the minutes for your singing, please familiarize yourself with the general format and style of the minutes of other singings and try to use the same format and style for your minutes. The following pointers may also be helpful: • Name/Location/Date/Time Please start the minutes with three lines showing the name of the singing, the location, the calendar date on which it was held, and the time you start singing. • Breaks Please indicate breaks using RECESS or LUNCH, capitalized and on a line by themselves. • Two-Day Singings Indicate the start of a second or third day of singing with the day and date spelled out on a line by itself. • Song Numbers Please list songs only by number. List the name of a song only if the song does not appear in The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition. If two songs begin on the same page, be sure to add a “t” or a “b” onto the page number. For example: 31t or 49b. If a particular song is the only song beginning on its page, a “t” or “b” should not be used. For example: 306 (not 306b). • Name Spellings Please try to verify the spellings of all names. • Memorial Lesson When listing those memorialized, please indicate the state of origin where known and, if convenient, list those from the same state together. • Officers Please list the new officers at the end of the minutes, ending with the name of the secretary who is submitting the minutes. • Payment Make check payable to: Alabama State Sacred Harp Convention ($30.00 each singing session, and if your books are to be shipped, please include $7.00 for shipping. Total for each 10 books shipped—$37.00). • Submit To Shelbie Sheppard P.O. Box 5246 Glencoe, AL 35905 3 COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS If you are using a computer to prepare your minutes, you can save us from retyping them by sending the minutes on disk or by e-mail. Both Macintosh and PC users are welcome to send disks. Please follow the directions below carefully. • Before You Start Read How to Submit Minutes, page 3. • Formatting Do not use bold, italics, underline, or other special formatting. Do not try to center the title. Do not type the title in upper case. We will add these formatting elements later. • Hard Returns Never insert returns in the middle of a paragraph—instead, allow them to wrap to the full column width. Include hard returns (sometimes called ¶ marks) only at the end of paragraphs and single lines. Don’t use two returns in a row. • File Format Save the file in Text Only format (this will remove any special formatting you may have used). If your word processor offers a choice between Text Only and Text Only With Line Breaks—be sure to choose Text Only because Text Only With Line Breaks will insert unwanted hard returns into the file. • File Name Please save the file with a name that is only eight characters or fewer, plus the extension .TXT for text files. For example: LIBERTY.TXT. • Disk Format Please use a 3.5-inch floppy disk formatted for DOS. Macintosh users: if you have System 7.5 or later and/or PC Exchange, you can format a DOS disk using the Erase Disk command. • To Submit by E-Mail If you have access to e-mail, send the file as an attachment to: [email protected]. Don’t include the minutes in the message body itself unless you are certain that the mail program will not add unwanted hard returns. • Always Send a Printout Please mail a printout along with your payment. This allows us to re-type the minutes in the event the disk or e-mail attachment is damaged or unreadable. • Questions Please direct formatting questions to Chris Thorman at [email protected] or phone (415) 431-7664. 4 SACRED HARP SINGINGS 1999 DIRECTORY ANNUAL SINGINGS Note: Fifth Sunday singings are listed here by their dates, and in addition are listed in a separate section starting on page 24, with explanations of the formulas for determining their dates. January First Sunday and Saturday before Fri., 1st—New Year’s Day Singing—Cincinnati, Ohio—Walnut Hills Christian Church—1438 East McMillan, Cincinnati, OH. From I-75, or I-471: follow interstate to downtown. East on US 50 (Columbia Parkway), left at first light (Kemper Lane). At top of hill, right onto McMillan at light, about .5 mile to church at Ingleside. From I-71 southbound: exit at Taft (Exit 3). From ramp, make four successive rights onto Taft, Reading, Oak, and May. Go 2 blks, then left on McMillan. About 1 mi to church at Ingleside. Info: John Bealle at (513)861-1137. Sat., 2nd—Pine Ridge Dunkard Brethren Church—Collins (Covington County), MS. From Collins, take 84 East out of Collins. Go one mile to Salem School Road. Take a left. Go 6 miles to first crossroads (It is Roscoe McDaniel Road to right and Blakelly Creek Church Road to left). Take a left. Go 0.5 miles to first right (Dennis Town Road). Church is on Dennis Town Road on the right. Contact Andrew Albers @ (601)765-9432. Sun., 3rd—Dutch Treat Singing—Shady Grove Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs (Winston Co.), AL, Hwy. 195. Sun., 3rd—State University of West Georgia Singing, Carrollton (Carroll Co.), GA—Food Service Building (Z–6). 9:30 ET. Sun., 3rd—Friendship Church—Winston County, AL—8 miles southeast of Haleyville off Hwy. 195, turn south at church sign, go 2-3 miles, church is on left. Info: Parnell Berry at (205)486-5853. 9:30 CT. Second Sunday and Saturday before Sat., 9th, pm—Memorial for Alvin Keeton, Irene Jackson, and Robert Harper— Shady Grove (Keetons Cemetery), Walker County, AL. 1.5 miles east of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy. 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill, AL. Saturday night before second Sunday in January each year. Sat., 9th, pm—Memorial Singing for Lillian Calvert and Irene Woodley— Pleasant Grove Church, Boldo Community, 6 miles east of Jasper (Walker Co.), AL, Hwy 69. Follow Hwy. 69 into Boldo. The church is on the right next to the fire station. Saturday night before second Sunday in January each year. Sun., 10th—Uncle Jack Kerr and Henry Kerr Memorial—Camp Ground Methodist Church north of Fruithurst (Cleburne Co.), AL. County Road 49. Dutch Treat Singing. Meals are served at the church for a very reasonable price. 9:30 a.m. CT. Sun., 10th—Anniversary Singing—Irish American Heritage Center, 4632 N. Knox, Chicago, IL. Just off the I-94 Wilson exit. 10:30 a.m. CT. 1999 Directory / 5 Third Sunday and Saturday before Sat., 16th & Sun., 17th—All-California Sacred Harp Singing Convention—Los Angeles, CA—Info: Rick and Laura Russell at (310)450-3516. 9:30 PT. Fourth Sunday and Saturday before Sat., 23rd—Fohs Hall—Marion (Crittenden Co.), KY. North Walker St. Info: Wm. Ralph Paris at (502)545-3920. 9:00 a.m. CT. (The Sacred Harp/Southern Harmony books used). Sat., 23rd & Sun., 24th—Baldwin County Cooper Book Singing—Bay Minette Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, at Pine and First Street, Bay Minette, AL.