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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 2013
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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
27 and Sunday 28 April 2013.
Details of how to get
there will be found on the
2013
Calendar, 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 |
North East house singings 8 and 10
June
To coincide with the Newcastle All Day sing, there will be an
additional house singing at 70 Nuns Moor Road, Fenham, Newcastle NE4
9BA on Friday 8 June from 7.30 pm. Contact Jo Ellis Tel:
07734 156484 for further information.
The regular second Sunday singing in Gateshead on Sunday 10 June
will begin at the earlier time of 1.30 pm, at the usual venue, 3
Barrington Place Bensham, Gatehead NE8 1XA.
Contact Helen Barber Tel: 07905 355715 for further information. |
Warwick Folk Festival
2012
Shapenote workshop Sunday 29
July
confirmed. Further
details to follow. |
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New weekly Belfast singing
established. Further information here. |
Additional Fairview house singing
in June
Steve and Mary Welch announce an additional singing on Friday 8
June 2012 for that month only. Further details
here. |
North West London Sacred Harp Singing Day
Michael Walker confirms date as Saturday 20 October. Further details
here.
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Updated European singings
including Camp Fasola Europe here |
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May singings |
Saturday 26 May 2012
Lewes Sacred Harp Singing Day
South Malling Parish Church,
Church Lane, Lewes, E. Sussex BN7 2JA
10.00 am - 4.30 pm
Contact: Rachel Jordan Tel: 01273 476837 Email |
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