NO 4th Sunday Damariscotta Area Singing

[Ames / Haskell]

 

 

Dear Singers,

The 4th Sunday Damariscotta area Sacred Harp singing will be not be held in December.  We will resume 4th Sunday Singing on Sunday, January 22.

 

If you are in need of Sacred Harp Singing during this holiday season, don't forget  to sing on New Year's Day at the first Sunday Portland Singing and also Bobbie Goodell's 

12th Annual Holiday Shape Note Singing and Pot Luck on Friday, December 30 at

32 Westbrook Street, South Thomaston, Maine

Singing 3pm ; pot luck supper at 6, followed by more singing.

Singing from The Sacred Harp (Denson) -- books available for loan and purchase.
If you'd like to sing other tunes please bring at least 16 copies.

Westbrook Street runs E-W from rt. 73 to rt. 131; #32 is four houses west of rt. 73, on the south side. Parking: in front of house, also just beyond on same side by the pond.
207-594-5743; ar...@roadrunner.com.

 

 

If you need inspiration for tunes to call during this holiday season, check out the following list:

IAdvent, Christmas and other Sacred Harp tunes of the season [1]

If angels sung a Savior's birth, we well may imitate their mirth.

Tune name	Denson	Cooper
Anthem on the Beginning	553	-	"In the beginning was the Word."
Anthem on the Savior	355	-	"He ... was born of the Virgin Mary, and was cradled in a manger."
Bridgewater	276	276	More angelic praise, perhaps
Chester	479	-	"Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise"
Christmas Anthem	225	225	"Angelic armies tune their harps..."
Cleburne	314	-	Perhaps sung by angel choirs.
Cookham	81	-	"'Hark!' the herald angels sing..."
Coronation	63	-	Perhaps sung by angel choirs.
Glory Shone Around	-	98	"While shepherds watched their flocks by night..."
Golden Harp, The	274	274	The Golden Harp Someday we'll join with the angel chorus
Green Street	198	-	Definitely sung by angel choirs. [5]
Hallelujah	146	146	Perhaps sung by angel choirs
Joyful News	-	244	"Joy to the world! The Lord is come!"
Jubilee	144	144	"Glory, honor and salvation: Christ, the Lord is come to reign"
Messiah	131t	131t	"He comes, He comes!"
Milford	273	-	"If angels sung a Savior's birth...we well may imitate their mirth," [2]
Nativity	350	-	A Christmas title
New Agatite	485	-	Perhaps sung by angel choirs.
New Hosanna	412	412	"Hail the morn for unto us a Savior's born."
New Lebanon	202	202	God's intelligent design of "a thousand starry beauties"
Newburgh	182	182	The lights of heaven "shine to [their] maker's praise"
Northfield	155	155	"How long must this bright hour delay?"
Old Hundred	49	49	Perhaps sung by angel choirs
Oxford	306	306	"Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes..."
Peace and Joy	532	-	A Christmas title with Easter words
Plenary	162	162	"Auld Lang Syne" is often sung to this tune
Portuguese Hymn	223	223	"Haste with songs of triumph, to Bethlehem haste... "
Present Joys	318	[3]	Grateful for "present joys, for blessings past, and for the hope of heaven at last"
Raymond	441	[4]	"Hark, the glad sound! the Savior comes..."
Rejoice	-	433	"Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes..."
Royal Band, The	360	360	"The angels in glory repeat the glad story..."
Shepherds Rejoice	152	291	"Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes..."
Sherburne	186	186	"While shepherds watched their flocks by night..."
Shining Star	461	461	"While shepherds watched their flocks by night..."
Silver Street	311	311	Come, sound his praise abroad"--another angelic song, perhaps
Sky, The	-	389	"Join the full chorus of the sky."
Star in the East	-	175	"Go worship the Babe in the manger"
Westford	280	280	"I want a visit, Lord, from Thee"
Winter	38	-	A Winter/Spring text
Wonder, The	-	292	A meditation on "The love of God unspeakable--'tis a wonder"
Wondrous Love	159	159	"When I was sinking down, Christ laid aside his crown for my soul."

Many contributors, witting or not, including Chris Brown, Paul Figura, Tammy Heinsohn, Berkley Moore, Peter Ross, Terre Schill, Samuel Sommers, Jenna Faith Strizak and Matthew Wojcik. Any and all errors are mine, of course. And Samuel Sommers notes:

Nearly all the songs in your Advent and Christmas list are Christmas songs. The three Advent songs I notice are 131, 144, and 441. Other Advent songs would include 49b, 117, 130, 149, 151, 232, 250, 291, 421, 438, 495, 502, 567, and 572. Other advent hymns might include 102, 121, and 299. But when you consider that traditional sermon topics for Sundays in Advent are the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven and hell) one must grope to find a Sacred Harp tune which isn't an Advent song.

--Will Fitzgerald, Christmas, 2005 (revised, Nov. 2006)