Atlanta Sacred Harp Singing Update March 2025
John Plunkett
Atlanta Sacred Harp Singing Update March 2025
Mark your calendars!!
Note a new ‘local’ singing here in the Atlanta area!!
Information for the singing schools and Atlanta All-Day in April
April 3rd (with David Ivey), 10th (with Sasha Hsuczyk), & 17th (with Andy Ditzler), three Thursday nights, 7 PM to 9 PM—Atlanta Sacred Harp Singing For Beginners Workshop at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, 340 Chester Ave SE, 100 yards south of Memorial Dr in the Reynoldstown neighborhood of Atlanta. Three singing school instructors on three Thursday nights in a format geared for beginners. Area singers are warmly invited to participate in singing. Please invite family and friends, and publicize the event. Directions and info at: atlantasacredharp.org/events/singingschool2025.html
Please note that the First Thursday singing usually held at Emory Presbyterian Church will be moved for one month only on April 3rd to the Georgia Center for Nonprofits to support the singing school.
April 26th, Sat before the 4th Sun, 10 AM—Atlanta All-Day Sacred Harp Singing at the First Existentialist Congregation (singers may recall this excellent venue from the singing held there in June, the day before the Holly Springs Revision singing), 470 Candler Park Dr NE, Atlanta 30307. Doors open at 9:30 for 10:00 AM singing. Dinner on the grounds at noon. Singing from the 1991 Revision until about 2:30 PM. Chair: Andy Ditzler. Info: atlantasacredharp.org/events/aad.html
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Mar 2, 1st Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Memorial, Ephesus School Auditorium, Roopville, GA. The singing will start at 10:00 A.M. at Ephesus Elementary School on Highway 100 between Bowdon and Franklin, GA. The address of the school is 24414 Highway 100; Roopville, GA 30170. Contact: Karen Rollins, krollins1040 at gmail dot com.
Mar 6, 1st Thursday - First Thursday, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Come join Atlanta's First Thursday Singing! We'll meet Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 pm at Emory Presbyterian Church - 1886 N. Decatur Rd, Atlanta, GA 30307. Park behind the church and enter the Fellowship Hall. We will sing from The Sacred Harp and the Eclectic Harmony. Loaner books available.
Info: Jim Neal at jim_neal-at-bellsouth-dot-net.
Mar 15, Saturday before 3rd Sunday, Hoboken Singing (Cooper Book), Hoboken, GA - Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church. We will start singing at 9:00 AM, have dinner on the grounds at 12, then sing on until 2:30-3:00 PM. The church address is 12540 Central Avenue Extension Hoboken, GA 31542. There will be a Lloyd Hymnbook sing that evening from 7-9:00 PM at the church. Refreshments will be served.Contact: Riley Lee, rc.lee-at-hotmail-dot-com.
Mar 15, Saturday before the Third Sunday, 29th South Carolina State Singing in Memory of William Walker, SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 438 N Church Street, Spartanburg, SC (across from Wofford College). Free parking available across College Street from the church. 10:00 AM to 3 PM, Books: The Sacred Harp and The Christian Harmony (2010) Sacred Harp and Christian Harmony books will be available for loan or sale. Lunch: on your own, many walk across the street to eat in the cafeteria at Wofford College. Following the singing (weather permitting), a group may walk to Mr. Walker's gravesite to sing a song or two for him. CONTACT: Dave Farmer at davefarmer-at-charter-dot-net or Frances Carnell, 864-862-4373, email: carnelllh-at-att-dot-net
**Mar 20, 3rd Thursday - 7pm-9pm. Come join us to sing from the Sacred Harp in Pine Lake, GA, at the Clubhouse on Thursday evening, March 20th! We will sing from 7-9 with a break in the middle, and the option to sing for an extra half hour if we want. Bring a snack to share if you are inclined! The Clubhouse has a kitchen facility you can use if needed. This singing is a good opportunity for the local Atlanta Sacred Harp community to gather in Pine Lake to test out the clubhouse building and see if we like it. (There is another building in Pine Lake on the lakefront that we would like to test out for singing, as well, so depending on how March 20th goes we can see about trying the other building and comparing the two.) This is also an opportunity for some local Pine Lake residents to see and try out Sacred Harp singing. Pine Lake is known for its love of arts, culture, and community-building, so hopefully some locals will take an interest and maybe join us to sing elsewhere around Atlanta, or in April for some of the singing schools and all-day singing.
Details below:
Pine Lake Sacred Harp singing, third Thursday of the month, March 20th, 2025, 7-9 pm, Pine Lake Clubhouse, 62468 West Clubhouse Circle, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
https://maps.app.goo.gl/J4wJ99XuFNGWUEDm7
(NOTE: If you put "Pine Lake Clubhouse" into Google Maps it will bring up the wrong building. Please put the above address in your GPS to find the right building.) Parking: There is a parking lot at the clubhouse as well as street parking along the adjacent streets. Contact Shasha at protectorofthesmall at gmail dot com.
Mar 22 and 23, 4th Sunday and Saturday before, 10:00 am, 61st session of the Georgia State Sacred Harp Convention, Holly Springs Church, Bremen, GA Covered dish at noon. Directions: Take I-20W to exit 11 Carrollton/Bremen. Turn left (towards Carrollton) and at the top of the hill, you’ll see a BP Station. Make a U-turn and then turn right on the 1st road. It will dead end into Holly Springs Road….turn left and when the road ends, turn left into the church parking lot.
Mar 29, Saturday before the 1st 5th Sunday - Georgian Harmony singing. 10:00am - 3:00pm. - Sweetwater Memorial Chapel,1000 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, GA. https://sweetwatermemorialch.wixsite.com/sweetwater-memorial/directions Dinner on the grounds at noon. If able, please bring a covered dish to share. Contact: John Plunkett - bildad12-at-hotmail-dot-com or Oscar McGuire . 478-955-6135 (text preferred)
Mar 30, 1st 5th Sunday - Ivey Memorial, Liberty Baptist Church, Henegar, AL. Info: DavidIveyUSA at gmail dot com
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
April 4th & 5th - an event at Emory University/Pitts Theological Library from the Sounding Spirit program. This will include a singing school with David Ivey on Friday, April 4th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm. Details, including program schedule here: https://soundingspirit.org/singing-school/
April 5th (Sat) - 3rd annual Dahlonega all-day Sacred Harp singing at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Dahlonega, GA.
April 19th (Sat) - Middle Georgia Sacred Harp Singing, Union Primitive Baptist Church, Goggans, GA.
April 26th, Sat before the 4th Sun, 10 AM—Atlanta All-Day Sacred Harp Singing, First Existentialist Congregation 470 Candler Park Dr NE, Atlanta 30307.
Details for these in the April Singing reminder.