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United Kingdom Annual Sacred Harp
Convention 2012
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The 17th Annual United Kingdom
Sacred Harp
Convention will
be held at Winnersh Community Centre, New Road, Wokingham
RG41 5DU
on 15 and
16 September 2012.
Read more here.
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East Midlands
Sacred Harp Convention 2012
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The East Midlands
Sacred Harp Convention, a two book singing from the Denson
and Cooper Books, will be
held at Kegworth on Saturday
21 and Sunday 22 April 2012.
Details of where it is and how to get
there will be found on the
Calendar
(same place as 2011), together with links to downloadable
information.
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Convention Minutes and photographs
can be found here |
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Annual All-day Singings &
Monthly Local Singings
Monthly
Local & House singings are
listed
here.
Read an extract from the
Awake My Soul
website on the Sacred Harp
and All-day Singings
here.
All-day singings in the
UK are increasingly held
around the country, and details and dates on the Calendar can be
found
here.
The following take place on
an annual (and sometime
bi-annual) basis:
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New Year's Day Sacred Harp
Sing - from 2001
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South
Yorkshire - from 2004
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Staplefield, Sussex
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Finstock,
Palm Sunday
- from 1995
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Holmfirth,
West Yorks.
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Lewes,
Sussex
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Oxford
- from 1999
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Sheffield
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Shapers
Days
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Stapleford - from 2000
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Haworth, West Yorkshire
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Willesden, London
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Jordans,
Bucks.
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Oldham
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Home
Counties
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South
Wales
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Oxted
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Goodshaw
Historically, there have been
others:
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There are
separate lists for the annual
local singing minutes and
for conventions minutes.
Location maps
for singings will be found here.
A complete
site
map is to be found
here . . .
I Belong to This Band: 85 Years of
Sacred Harp Recordings
A Companion CD to Awake, My Soul
Read
more . .
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Documentary Film — Awake, My Soul
Matt and Erica
Hinton, singers and documentary film
makers, have just completed seven years
of production on the first feature
length documentary about the Sacred Harp
tradition.
Visit the film’s
web site at
http://awakemysoul.com for trailers,
ordering information, previews, photo
gallery, and excellent portraits of many
long-time singers.
Some
copies available in UK -
contact
Michael Walker
Read
more . . .
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Subscribe to our Group email
list for UK Sacred Harp
The UK
Sacred Harp and Shapenote
Community has its own Group
email run by Yahoo.
Further
details, and email addresses
for the Group,
are available on this page.
Details can
also be found there of how
to subscribe to the
Fasola lists.
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Are you looking for a local UK source of
Sacred Harps, both the Red and Blue
books?
Read
more . . .
Recipes !
Please augment those recipes already
listed
with your favourites for others to share
for potluck lunch, or Dinner on the Grounds.
Those already on
the Recipe
page need augmenting to provide a taste of Old England!
(Email address at bottom of page.)
Articles
A series of
articles will appear within these
webpages, as and when those asked have
completed them . . .
Read
more . .
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Verses
Ever wanted
another verse or two for your favourite
tunes? Well, try your luck
here,
and help to add to the verses as you
find them - especially Isaac Watts ??
Local Singings - Minutes
The Minutes of
many of our local UK singings have been
collected together
here, although over time
unfortunately one or two have been lost.
As new singings
take place, it would be helpful if
Minutes, as ready as possible for
publication, could be sent to the email
address below for inclusion on this
website, even though they may not have
been submitted to the Sacred Harp
Minutes Book.
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Calendar Update and
latest information
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Latest news |
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Saturday 17 March singing and
UK Sacred Harp Convention 2012 venue changed to Winnersh
Community Centre, Wokingham. |
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Workshops at Gainsborough and
Bishops Castle with Cath Tyler. See updated February singings. |
Change of date
Goodshaw Sacred Harp Singing
will now take place on Saturday 12 May 2012. |
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London Monthly Evening
Singings Michael Walker announces
a change of venue for the first Tuesday singing w.e.f. February
2012, and an additional third Monday singing w.e.f. 16 January in
Central London. For more details see
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February singings |
Saturday 11 February 2012
Oldham Sacred Harp Singing Day
Oldham Baptist Church, Chaucer Street, Oldham, Lancashire OL1
1BA
10.00 am - 3.30 pm
Morning Singing School
Pot luck lunch
Download flyer
here
and directions
here
Contact: Hannah Land
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Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February 2012
Gainsborough Old Time Festival
Queen Elizabeth High School,
Morton Terrace,
Gainsborough, DN21 2ST Lincs
Workshops with Cath Tyler
Download Festival poster
here
Contact: Phil Tyler
Email |
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Bishops Castle Sacred Harp workshop with Cath Tyler
The Town Hall,
Bishops Castle, Shropshire SY9 5BG
7.30 pm (time t.b.c.)
Contact: Phil Tyler Email |
Saturday 18 February 2012
Home Counties Mid-Winter Sacred
Harp Singing Day
Waltham Abbey Community Association Hall
46 Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1QD
11.00 am - 4.30 pm Bring and share lunch
Contact: Neil Rogers Tel: 020 7609 2758
Email |
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Saturday 25 February 2012
South Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day
Wood Lane Countryside Centre
Wood Lane, Stannington,
Sheffield
S6 5HE
10.30 am - 4.00 pm Please bring a cold dish to share for Dinner on
the Grounds - slow cookers also welcome.
Download directions
here
Contact:
Sarah West Tel: 07815 683376 Email |
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