Atlanta Sacred Harp June 2025 Newsletter
John Plunkett
Atlanta Sacred Harp June 2025 Newsletter
Camp FASOLA - June 30th-July4th. Camp Lee, Anniston, AL. Details and online registration is available at CampFasola.org. You can also register by mail by downloading the registration form from the website. Please let us know if you have questions: ca...@fasola.org Y'all come! David Ivey
Camp DoReMi 2025 will be August 21-24, 2025 at Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC. Contact Jane Cannon for registration - crvjanecannon at gmail dot com.
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May 31, Saturday before the 1st Sunday. Please note that the annual singing at Holly Springs will again be SATURDAY ONLY this year. 10:00 am. Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church, near Bremen. Take exit #11 from I-20, turn south on Hwy. 27, go just past the top of the hill, follow the road markings to make a U-turn, immediately turn right beside the BP service station, turn left on Holly Springs Road, go to the dead end and turn left into the churchyard. Info Philip Langley - charlie5186 -at- yahoo-dot-com
June 5, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, First Thursday, 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Singing from The Sacred Harp and The Eclectic Harmony. Emory Presbyterian Church, 1886 North Decatur Rd, Atlanta GA 30307. Park behind the church, off Westminster Way. Info: Jim Neal at jim_neal-at-bellsouth-dot-net.
June 7, Saturday before the 2nd Sunday, 10:00 am, Raymond Hamrick Memorial Georgian Harmony Singing, Roberta Civic Center, Roberta GA. Dinner on the grounds at noon. Directions: From Atlanta, I-75 South to I-475 South. Turn right/west onto Hwy 80W (Eisenhower Parkway) to Roberta. Or, from Macon, take Hwy 80W to Roberta. In Roberta, turn left/south on N. Mathews Street. It becomes S. Mathews Street when you cross over Agency Street. The Civic Center (an old wooden church with good acoustics), is located at 93 South Mathews Street, just south of the old part of the town, next to the recycling center. S Mathews St is one block east of Highway 341. Contact info: Oscar McGuire . 478-955-6135 (text preferred) -
June 8, 2nd Sunday, 10:00 am, the 157th annual "June Singing" in Alpharetta, Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, GA 30009. Singing will be in the Rotunda. Covered dish at noon. Parking is in front and to the side of the building and there is also a free parking deck. Directions: Take Ga. 400/U.S. 19 North to Exit 9, Haynes Bridge Road. Turn left onto Haynes Bridge Road. Cross over Old Milton Parkway, go around the traffic circle and then bear left. Parking deck on the left and City Hall/municipal building will be on the right. Info: Faye Holbrook, fholbrook218-@-gmail-dot-.com
June 8, 2nd Sunday, Please join us for the first Magic City All-Day Sacred Harp Singing in Birmingham, AL. This inaugural singing will be in honor of Joan Aldridge and Buell Cobb. Birmingham AL (UAB Campus), 9:30 AM (doors open for registration and coffee at 9:00 AM). Singing from the 1991 Edition, Dinner on the Grounds at Noon. Singing venue: AEIVA (Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts), 1221 10th Ave S, Birmingham AL 35294, Abundant Free Parking, directly behind the venue:GPS: 33.4960, -86.8069 Contact: Bridge Hill Kennedy via Messenger
June 14, Saturday before the 3rd Sunday, 10:30 am, Christian Harmony (2010….also uses their church hymnal). Blue Ridge Primitive Baptist Church, 134 Hyden Tyler Road, Chatsworth, Georgia. Covered dish lunch at noon. Contact info - Greg Smith - gsmith.gsmith-at-outlook-dot-com
June 15, 3rd Sunday, 10:00 am, Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church, near Ephesus, GA. You are cordially invited to sing with us at Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church; 2227 Hopewell Road; Roopville, GA. This will be the 158th session. Take Georgia Hwy 100 (Exit 5 from I-20) south to Ephesus. Turn left onto Ephesus/ Roosterville Road, go 2.5 miles, turn right. We start at 10 AM. Contact: Karen Rollins - krollins1040 at gmail dot com.
June 29/30, 5th Sunday and Saturday before, Union Sacred Harp Musical Convention, Sweetwater Memorial Chapel,1000 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, GA. https://sweetwatermemorialch.wixsite.com/sweetwater-memorial/directions 10:00am - 3:00pm, Dinner on the grounds at noon. If able, please bring a covered dish to share. Contact: Lauren Bock - FaSoLauren at gmail dot com or Shawn Taylor: shawn at mapsandapps dot net
Coming in July
July 12th - 30th annual Shapenote Singing at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC (Christian Harmony and Sacred Harp)
July 27th - Swannanoa Gathering - Morris Pavilion (outdoors), Swannanoa, NC
July 28th - Mt. Zion Singing, Mt. Zion UMC, Mt. Zion, GA
John