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Lansing Singing (1st & 3rd Tues, 7-9)
Kalamazoo Singing (3rd Sunday 3-6)
Ann Arbor Singing (2nd Sunday, 2-5)Michigan All Day Singings
2010 Lansing All-Day Singing,
next singing June 11, 2011
2010 Michiana All-Day Singing,
next singing July 16, 2011
2010 Kalamazoo All-Day Singing,
next singing July 17, 2011
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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 MB.)
Movie Trailer for Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp on youtube.
Video about the Sacred Harp singing on youtube.
ALL DAY SINGING
with DINNER ON THE GROUNDS
Twenty-Third Annual
MICHIANA SINGING
Click here to download a PDF of the 2 page flyer for this singing.
Fasola singing from the 1991 Edition of B.F. White's shape note tunebook
The Sacred Harp
The Best Collection of Sacred Songs, Hymns, Odes, and Anthems
Ever Offered the Singing Public for General Use
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Southwest Bible Church
48899 County Road 40
near Wakarusa, Indiana
9:30 am to 3:00 pm E.D.T.
~ local time same as Michigan & one hour ahead of Chicago ~
No experience necessary: Come to sing or listen.
Books provided for purchase or loan.
Dinner at noon: local singers bring food.
For more information contact:
James Nelson Gingerich at (574) 533-4772 or Samuel Sommers at (574) 294-6180
or scmws-at-yahoo.com
Directions:
From the West: Take the Indiana Toll Road East to exit 72, US 31 South. Follow it as it becomes the US 20 Bypass. Exit south onto State Road 19. In approximately 6.5 miles turn left onto County Road 40. Southwest Bible Church is approximately 3 miles east on the left-hand side.
From the East: Take the Indiana Toll Road West to Exit 101 in Bristol. Take State Road 15 South through Goshen. Turn right onto Plymouth Street and follow State Road 119 to County Road 40, right on CR 40 to Southwest Bible Church, about 1/8 mile west on the right hand side.
From the South: From US 31 North, take the US 20 Bypass East. Exit south onto State Road 19. In about 6.5 miles, turn left onto County Road 40. Southwest Bible Church is approximately 3 miles east on left-hand side.
Lodging in Elkhart:
Holiday Inn Express, 58364 State Road 19, Elkhart, IN 46517 (574)296-1110
Comfort Suites, 27838 County Road 24, Elkhart, IN 46517 (574) 293-9390
Long-running singing, with excellent attendance, this is a must for those in the Michigan and Indiana area.
This website maintained by Bob Borcherding, if you have any questions or notice any errors, please email at singing =at= fasolamichigan.org.