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Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church Singing, July 4, 1997: M. B. Forbes Playing...
Anyone browsing the 1997 minutes from the singing at Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church in Ashland, Alabama might be a bit surprised to read of this lesson: “M. B. Forbes 164, 59 (on his harmonica).”...
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Minnesota State Convention, September 28, 2002: “To the Puzzlement and...
I was bound and determined after my split-up with a non-singer that my next partner was going to be a singer, so there were a lot of third dates at Sacred Harp singings. Lara liked the first one she...
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The Chattahoochee Convention, August 1, 1880: Memorial for Benjamin Franklin...
Tintype of Benjamin Franklin White and Thurza Melvina Golightly White, 1870s. Photograph courtesy of the grandchildren of George Pullen Jackson. Benjamin Franklin White, co-compiler of The Sacred Harp,...
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You Are My Sunshine
I was recently reflecting (as many of us have) on my ten-year singing anniversary. The first all-day singing I attended was the William Walker Memorial at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South...
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Harmony Primitive Baptist Church Singing, November 19, 1995: “The Traditional...
With their standardized formatting and regimented lists of leaders and songs, the minutes might give the impression of a greater degree of order than actually reigns at any given singing. Longtime...
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“With One Accord”: A UK West Gallery Quire at the National Convention, June...
Editor’s Note: This issue’s installment of “Just a Minute,” our examination of the story behind an unexpected line in the Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings, features a paragraph from the minutes...
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Tubby Walton, “An Indispensable Head Waiter” at the 1935 United Convention
The minutes of the 1935 United Sacred Harp Musical Association record that Walton’s Home Cooked Meals catered dinner. Courtesy of the Sacred Harp Museum. A note in the minutes of the 1935 United Sacred...
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