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to Sacred Harp? If you're new to Sacred Harp singing, or if you want to learn more about it than is contained on this site, we suggest you start by following this link to http://fasola.org, where you can read all about it. Then plan to attend a singing and join in - these are not concerts or performances, but community events where all who attend are welcome and encouraged to sing (of course, listeners are most welcome too... but you'll have more fun if you sing!). No previous musical experience is required. Sacred Harp events are free and open to the public. NEW: Click here or scroll down near the bottom of this page for a link to some excellent advice on preparing and carrying food for dinner on the grounds at a large Sacred Harp singing (and why you shouldn't need to worry about refrigeration or reheating facilities). Upcoming Monthly, Annual and Special Singings in the Chicago Area
Singings in Hyde Park Neighborhood of Chicago Singings are scheduled to be held in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago most Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. The singing rotates among the homes of singers. Singing is from the Denson book, plus other shape note sources, including the Missouri Harmony. If there are songs you'd like to sing from other shape note sources, please bring around a dozen copies of them to share. For further information, contact Cathryn at bcathryn@netscape.net, tel. (773) 752-5419, cell (773) 398-5398.
Singings on North Side of Chicago Singings are scheduled to be held on the second and fourth (or sometimes other) Sundays of each month from 3-5 p.m. on the North Side of Chicago. Contact Susan Geil at srgeil@yahoo.com for more information. There is a Yahoo group for this singing at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShapeNoteChicago/
Singings in the Western Suburbs Singings are scheduled to be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. in Geneva, IL unless otherwise specified at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 102 South Second Street, Geneva. Singings are also held at the Durant House, LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, on Dean Street (one mile west of Randall Road) in St. Charles on various Sundays from 1-4 p.m. Contact Ryan Wheeler at rwheelerfasola@yahoo.com for more information, or call him at (630) 208-0530. There is a Yahoo group for this singing at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FasolaFoxValley/
Singings in the Southern Suburbs Singings are scheduled to be held from 4-6 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchinson Road, Flossmoor, IL.
The 24th Annual Midwest Sacred Harp Singing Convention The 24th Annual Midwest Sacred Harp Singing Convention will take place Saturday 30 May and Sunday 31 May 2009 (the weekend following Memorial Day). Co-chairs for this singing are Debbie and David Barford. Details will be posted when they become available. Out-of-town Singings For the Next Two Weekends If you will be traveling this coming weekend or the next (or want to), bear these events in mind (6-7 and 13-14 December 2008) - check links at http://fasola.org for further information (information below is taken from the Fasola website and from postings to the singings list at http://fasola.org/community/lists/). Singing is from the Sacred Harp 1991 Denson Revision unless otherwise indicated: Weekend of 6-7 December:
 A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each CD goes to support the Lookout Mountain Sacred Harp Convention (see above). The CD has attracted many rave reviews from Sacred Harp singers who have purchased it. If you have any questions about this CD, please e-mail us at squirrelhill-AT-pipeline.com To hear samples of the tracks on this CD, click here.  New Year's Eve at the Iveys' 1972 is the second CD from Squirrel Hill Recordings! Its 26 tracks are compiled from a recording made on a portable tape recorder by Marie Ivey at a singing held at the home of Marie and her husband Coy in Henagar on Sand Mountain in Alabama on New Year's Eve in 1972, consisting of songs from the 1971 edition of the Sacred Harp (all of which are in the 1991 edition as well), sung by a group that includes some legendary singers that are sadly no longer with us, such as Eulas and Helen Ivey, Andrew Ivey, and Bonard Wilks. The New Year's Eve singing, which was begun in 1962 by Eloise Ivey Wootten and Brenda Wootten Carroll, has since outgrown private homes and is now held every year at Antioch Baptist Church in Ider, AL. To hear samples of the tracks from this CD, click here. While the quality of the recording is not that of a professional studio product, the singing is strong, moving and well worth the occasional noise (including a ringing phone!) that may crop up... $3 from the sale of each copy of New Year's Eve at the Iveys' 1972 will be donated to the Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association, which you can read about at http://fasola.org/shmha/ TO ORDER: The CDs listed above can be purchased for $10 (within the USA) or $12.20 (outside the USA) for each copy, shipment included, pre-paid. Please send a check payable in US funds and made out to Jerry Enright to: Jerry Enright, 1127 Geringer Road, Algonquin, IL 60102-1813 and include your name and mailing address. You may also pay via  : click
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to send payment to fasolaman@pipeline.com Please
specify which CD you are ordering, as well as how many copies of each.NEW: Squirrel Hill Records blasts belatedly into the 21st century! Mp3 downloads of both CDs are available from cdbaby.com and from other fine purveyors of digital music!!!! For other recordings of Sacred Harp singing, visit http://www.morningtrumpet.com/.
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