Choices, choices!!
This Sunday, May 17, you have a choice of singing venues:
Sunday, May 17 - Waldoboro, The Open House of History, 908 Main St. Singing from 1-4pm from The Sacred Harp, 2025 ed. Loaners available.
AND
Sunday, May 17 - Bridgton, Pleasant Mountain Presbyterian Church, 30 N. High St. Singing from 1-4 pm from The Sacred Harp, 1991 ed. Loaners available.
Sunday, May 24 - Portland, The New Church, 302 Stevens Ave. Singing from 1-4pm from The Sacred Harp, 2025 ed. Loaners available.
Sunday, May 31 - Bar Harbor, Gazebo on the village green, across from the Congregational Church. Singing from 1-4pm from The Sacred Harp, 2025 ed. Loaners available.
Saturday, June 6 - Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village - Shaker Meetinghouse and Francis Bliss Memorial Singing, 707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester, ME 04260. We will sing from 1pm until 4:30pm, from the 2025 edition of The Sacred Harp. Loaners available, as well as copies for sale.
There will be a break, but no food
is allowed inside the meetinghouse. In the event of rain, we will sing
in the Winter Chapel inside the brick Dwelling house.
This
singing celebrates the birthday and honors the memory of our dear
friend, Francis Bliss, who passed away on March 16, 2016. This is an
opportunity for strangers, acquaintances and relatives to sing together
for an afternoon in a great space.
There
will be a potluck after the Saturday singing, so please bring a dish to
share. Please pack foods to keep them hot or cold as needed and mark
dishes and serving utensils with your name. Please have foods ready to
serve because the Shaker kitchen is not available.
After dinner, we will
head north on Rt 26 to the Poland Spring Inn, where we will sing from
6ish to 8ish in the rotunda of the Maine State Building,
http://www.polandspringps.org/maine_state_building.html
On
Sunday, June 7, you are welcome to join the Shaker community in worship
at 10am in the Winter Chapel in the Brick Dwelling House. Shaker
worship is filled with testimony and song.
From
1pm to 4pm we will sing at the historic Excelsior Grange #5 at 446
Harris Hill Road in Poland, just minutes from the Poland Spring Inn and
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village.
Sabbathday
Lake Shaker Village is the only active Shaker Community and they have
offered us this great opportunity to sing in a wonderful building. This
is a space that was built for singing. Some have even called it the
"Holy Grail" of singing spaces. If you would like to make a day of it,
you can bring a picnic lunch and enjoy it on the grounds or come earlier
to take a museum tour or visit their gift shop. For more info about the
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village check out their website:
www.maineshakers.com The first tour of the day starts at 10:30am and lasts approximately 75 minutes. Reservations are recommended.
A
discount is available for Singers interested in staying at the Poland
Spring Inn. This is not available for online reservations. Please call
the office at
(207)998-4351 and mention "Shaker" for special rates.
