Central Maine Sacred Harp Singing - January 15

[Peter Golden]

Singers

The monthly Central Maine Sacred Harp Singing will be held on Sunday, January 15, from 2-5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 1 Park Street, Waterville, Maine 04901.  The shapenote singing is a free, participatory  event, not a performance. No experience is necessary and  beginners are warmly welcomed.  Books are available for loan or purchase.

There will also be a potluck meal after the singing (from 5 to 6 pm) at the church, so please bring something to share.  There are kitchen facilities available at the church.

The singing is primarily from the The Sacred Harp, a shapenote tunebook that has  been in continuous publication with periodic revisions since 1844. The music consists of hymns, fuging tunes, anthems, and other songs in a style rooted in Colonial New England, popular in Maine up until the Civil War and in areas of the rural South and West up to the present day.  

For more information: call 873-4134 or send e-mail to Watervill...@Mainesacredharp.org or go 
to http://www.maineshapenotesinging.org/. 

Information about other nearby singings, flyers, and more can be found at the  Maine Sacred Harp Singings Google group: 
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-sacred-harp-singings?hl=en&lnk=srg