Regular Local Singings:
Lansing Singing (1st & 3rd Tues, 7-9)
Kalamazoo Singing (3rd Sunday 3-6)
Ann Arbor Singing (2nd Sunday, 2-5)
Michigan All Day Singings
Pauline Creel Childers Memorial Singing, March 6, 2010
Lansing All-Day Singing, June 5, 2010
Michiana All-Day Singing, July 17, 2010
Kalamazoo All-Day Singing, July 18, 2010
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Wikipedia on shape note singing
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fasola.org (a website with many resources regarding shape note singing).
American Church Harp Download a pdf of a shaped note songbook from mid-19th century, in PDF format (15.8 MB).
1860 Sacred Harp Download a pdf of the 1860 Sacred Harp book (90.8 MB0.
Movie Trailer for Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp on youtube.
Video about the Sacred Harp singing on youtube.
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We sing from The Sacred Harp from 7-9 pm on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
We are now singing at the Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, just a few blocks North of Grand River on Hagadorn. MAP
http://www.edgewooducc.org/
Singings happen on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month.
For more information, email gapbob -@- yahoo.com, or call 517.381.1321
Directions for those from out of town, courtesy of Marian Mitchell:
From the west, take I-94 to northbound I-69 to eastbound I-496.
From I-496, merge onto US-127 N via EXIT 8 toward FLINT/CLARE.
Take EXIT 78 'toward I-69-BL/SAGINAW ST/M-43/GD RIVER AVE' (blends into N Homer St) and move to 2nd-from-right lane.
Turn RIGHT (eastbound) onto E SAGINAW ST/MI-43 E/I-69 BL E. Move to 2nd-from-left lane
At Y branch, take SLIGHT LEFT to continue eastbound onto W SAGINAW ST/I-69 BL E.
Go ~2.3 miles, then turn RIGHT onto N HAGADORN RD/HAGADORN RD.
End at 469 N Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823-3644. (If you get to Grand River Ave you've gone too far)
From the east, take I-96 westbound.
From I-96 take EXIT 110 toward MASON/OKEMOS.
Turn RIGHT (northbound) onto OKEMOS RD.
Turn LEFT (westbound) onto JOLLY RD.
After ~1.5 mi, turn RIGHT (northbound) onto HAGADORN RD.
Go ~ 3.7 mi, crossing Grand River Ave, and end at 469 N Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823-3644 (If you get to Burcham Dr, you've gone too far)
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