Sacred Harp Singings 1996 & 1997 Note from Shelbie 2 Minutes Style Guide 3 Computer Instructions 4 1997 Directory 5 Annual Singings 5 Fifth Sunday Singings 19 Local Singings20 1996 Minutes 27 Deaths 203 ONLINE EDITION Editor: Shelbie Sheppard Assistant Editor: David Ivey Production: Chris Thorman & Carolyn Deacy January 1, 1997 Dear Singers and Friends of Sacred Harp, It seems like such a short time since I wrote to you in 1996 for the first time. The year has swiftly gone by! We all have had joys and sorrows, good times and bad. We have lost a lot of great singers through death, and we mourn their passing. Our weeping and sorrow will diminish through the coming year, but we will never forget their lives. We have also had great joys this past year…some of our singers have experienced the joy of becoming proud new parents…some of our singers have united their lives by getting married. We rejoice with you. We have seen the demise of some of our singings, but are grateful for the new ones that were started. For the first time, this year we report the “Higher Ground Singing” in Terre Haute, Indiana, new regional singings in the state of New York, and the first ever singing convention in England. Many thanks go out to each of you who have made a contribution in helping with the production of this book: secretaries of singings; technical support; editing; proofing; those that took time to send a correction for names, addresses, and singing information; wrapping, packing, and distribution of books; and the very much needed moral support. Make checks for minutes payable to: Alabama State Sacred Harp Convention ($25.00 each singing session), and mail them to the address below. I hope this new year of 1997 will be filled with love, happiness, new friendships, renewal of old friendships, and a lot of Sacred Harp singing! Shelbie Sheppard P. O. Box 5246 Glencoe, Alabama 35905 2 MINUTES STYLE GUIDE 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 Please start the minutes with three lines showing the name of the singing, the location, and the calendar date on which it was held. • 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. 3 COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS If you are using a computer to prepare your minutes, you can save them from having to be re-typed by sending the minutes on disk. Both Macintosh and PC users are welcome to send disks. • Send a Printout Please always include a printout along with your disk. This allows us to re-type the minutes in the event the disk is damaged or unreadable. • 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. These formatting elements will be added later. • Hard Returns Include hard returns (sometimes called ¶ marks) only at the end of paragraphs and single lines. Never insert returns in the middle of a paragraph—instead, allow them to wrap to the full column width. • File Format If you use Microsoft Word, save the file with a filename ending in .DOC. Or, if you use any other brand of word processor, save the file in Text Only format (this will disable 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 your text file with a name that is only eight characters or fewer, plus the extension .DOC or .TXT For example: LIBERTY.DOC or UNITED.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. Please direct any questions to Chris Thorman (415) 431-7664, [email protected]. 4 SACRED HARP SINGINGS 1997 DIRECTORY ANNUAL SINGINGS Note: Fifth Sunday singings, in addition to being listed in this section, are listed in a separate section starting on page 19, along with explanations of the formulas for calculating their dates. January First Sunday and Saturday before Wed. 1st—Cincinnati New Year’s Day Singing—Walnut Hills Christian Church—Cincinnati, OH. Info: John Bealle at (513)961-1137. Sun. 5th—Dutch Treat Singing—Shady Grove Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs, AL, Hwy. 195. Sun. 5th—West Georgia Singing—West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA in Food Service Building (Z–6). Second Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 11th—William Walker Memorial Singing—Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. Sat. 11th, 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. 11th, pm—Memorial Singing for Lillian Calvert and Irene Woodley— Pleasant Grove Church, Boldo Community, 6 miles east of Jasper, AL, Hwy 69. Saturday night before second Sunday. Sun. 12th—Uncle Jack Kerr and Henry Kerr Memorial—Camp Ground Methodist Church north of Fruithurst, AL, County Road 49. Dutch Treat Singing. Meals are served at the church for a very reasonable price. Sun. 12th—Old Town School Anniversary Singing—Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL. Third Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 18th & Sun. 19th—All-California Sacred Harp Singing Convention—San Francisco, CA—place to be announced. Contact Chris Thorman at (415)431- 7664 for info. Fourth Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 25th—Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary—Cowden Hall, Fort Worth, TX, 13th Annual. Info: William Reynolds (817) 923-1921, ext. 2180. (1991 Revision/Dutch Treat). Sat. 25th—Fohs Hall, Marion, KY, North Walker St. Sat. 25th & Sun. 26th—Baldwin County Cooper Book Singing, Bay Minette City Hall, Bay Minette, AL. 1997 Directory / 5 February First Sunday and Saturday before Sun. 2nd—Uncle Bob Burnham Memorial—Recreation Center, Jacksonville, AL (Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to help with lunch. Desserts are provided by the Burnham family.) Sun. 2nd—Mount Hope Baptist Church—4 miles northeast of Sipsey, AL on highway from Sipsey to Wilburn, AL (Bug Tussle). Second Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 8th—Memorial for Oralee Burns—Shady Grove (Keetons), Walker County, 1.5 miles east of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy. 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill, AL. Saturday before the second Sunday in February each year. Sun. 9th—Roy Avery’s Birthday Singing—Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church, 3 miles SW of Daviston, AL. Singing with preaching at 11:00 a.m.— 91st Birthday. Sun. 9th—Lincoln’s Birthday Singing—1:00 p.m.—University of Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall, Chicago, IL. (Note: this singing is in connection with Folk Festival and will alternate with 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Sunday. Call Ted Mercer (773)486-7400 for more info. Third Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 15th & Sun. 16th—Ohio State Convention—Northern Ohio, subject to availability. Contact John Bayer (513)835-3323 or John Bealle (513)861-1137. Sun. 16th—Sanders Memorial—Cordova Senior Citizens Center, Walker County, Cordova, AL. Fourth Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 22nd—New York State Regional Singing—Albany area. St. David’s Episcopal Church, 2647 Brookview Rd., Castleton, NY. Michael Ryan (518)399-6046 or Shirley Basch (518)479-1234. Sat. 22nd—Pacific Northwest Convention—Sunset Hill Community Center, Ballard (neighborhood of Seattle), WA. Contact Karen Willard (360)897-9545 for more information. Sat. 22nd—Winston County Memorial Singing, 4th Session—Fairview Baptist Church. 1 mile east of Double Springs, AL on Hwy. 278. Sat. 22nd & Sun. 23rd—Texas State Convention—5th Annual, College Station Conference Center (both days), 1300 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX. Contace: Charles Whitmer (281)367-6260. (1991 Revision/Dutch Treat). Sun. 23rd—University of Georgia—Visitor Center, Callaway Building, Botanical Gardens—Athens, GA. Turn right at intersection of Highway 129 and 441 (Milledge Av. Extension), 1 mile to Botanical Gardens sign, turn right. (Sacred Harp and Social Harp Singing). March First Sunday and Saturday before Sat. 1st—Duke Memorial—Bethel Primitive Baptist Church—off U.S. 27 on Armstrong Mill Rd., 2 miles south of Carroll/Heard County Line between Carrollton and Franklin, GA. Sat. 1st—North Carolina Sacred Harp Convention.