Charlottesville Sacred Harp Singers

Here is our May Schedule in Charlottesville–

We will sing twice this month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St. Details below.

Thr. 5/10/12 from 7:30–9 pm (2nd Thursday. Note that we will *not* meet on the 2nd Thursdays in June, July and August)

Sat. 5/26/12 from 4-7:30 pm (4th Saturday of each month) With a Pot-luck dinnner at around 6 pm

Shape Note Workshop at the Frontier Culture Museum has been cancelled.

The Workshop that was take place 4/21 has been cancelled.

There is going to be a Shape Note Singing workshop at the Museum of Frontier Culture in Staunton, VA this Saturday.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 21 at noon. As a part of their Wool Days agricultural event, which will include lots of awesome old timey things, Frontier Culture Museum near Staunton is hosting a shape note workshop, led by John del Re and Kelly Macklin. It is geared toward interested beginners, with a focus on the Civil War era, and all are encouraged to come and round out the sound. The sing will be in an original farm house from the 1820s, so what better way to get back to the roots of shape noting?

Museum of Frontier Culture website: http://www.frontiermuseum.org/index.html

Event will be at 1820′s American Farm at noon.

Please email Leyland (leyland.delre@gmail.com) or Adrienne Robertson (adrienne.e.robertson@gmail.com)

Here is our April Schedule in Charlottesville–

We will sing twice this month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St. Details below.

Thr. 4/12/12 from 7:30–9 pm (2nd Thursday of each month)

Sat. 4/28/12 from 4-7:30 pm (4th Saturday of each month)

Here is our March Schedule in Charlottesville and the nearby area–

We will sing twice this month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St. Details below.

Thr. 3/8/12 from 7:30–9 pm (2nd Thursday of each month)

Sat. 3/24/12 from 4-7:30 pm (4th Saturday of each month)

In addition, there are two other opportunities this month:

Sat. 3/17/12. Richmond.

Sat. and Sun. 3/31 and 4/1. Potomac River Shape Note Convention.

We will sing twice this month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St.  Details below.

Thr. 2/9/12 from 7:30–9 pm (2nd Thursday of each month)

Sat. 2/25/12 from 4-7:30 pm (4th Saturday of each month)

Here is our January Schedule in Charlottesville–

We will sing twice this month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St.  Details below.

Thr. 1/12/12 from 7:30–9 pm (2nd Thursday of each month)

Sat. 1/28/12 from 4-7:30 pm (4th Saturday of each month)

Here is our October Schedule in Charlottesville–

We will sing two times this month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St.  Details below.

Thr. 10/13 from 7:30–9 pm (2nd Thursday of each month)
Sat. 10/22 from 4–7:30 pm (4th Saturday of each month) With a pot-luck dinner at around 6:15.

And for those who want to look ahead, there will be an all day sing in Richmond on November 12, so mark your calendars!

September will be a great month for us in Charlottesville!

Sat. 9/10 All-Day Sing from 9-4 at the Friends Meeting House.
Sun. 9/11 Folklife Festival.   John Alexander and Diane Ober will be named as Apprentices as part of the Folklife Apprenticeship program, studying for the next year with Master Shape Note Singers John del Re and Kelly Macklin.  We will sing for two sessions:  (We’ll be singing in a hollow square in the central tent at the Festival.  John and Kelly have invited so strong singers in the region, so this will be a lot of fun!)

11-12:00 Open singing from the Sacred Harp
12-12:45 Singing School from the new hymnbook that John del Re and Kelly Macklin are developing.  Experienced singers are signing up to teach specific songs to the class from the hymnal that is being developed.  Note that many of these hymns were written by singers in this area.  The songs are being selected from out of print hymnals that were in use in this area in the early 1800s.

You can see more about the Folklife Festival at the Virginia Foundation’s website:

http://virginiafolklife.org/

During the summer, we plan to sing once ea. month locally at the Friends Meeting House at 1104 Forest St. Details below.

Sat 8/27 from 4:00–7:30 (4th Saturday of each month).
Note: Meet at 3:30 to help plan for our upcoming all day sing in September.
Please bring a pot luck dish to share.  We’ll break for refreshments around 5 and for dinner around 6.

In addition, Leyland del Re is organizing an event in Richmond: (If anyone is interested, please email to the list to coordinate rides.)

Sat 8/13 from 6-? w/ a potluck meal at 7.  They’ll be learning and singing from a new collection of Shape Note songs that are not in our Sacred Harp hymnal.

Mark you Calendars/Save the Dates in September!

Sat. 9/10 All-Day Sing from 9-4 at the Friends Meeting House.
Sun. 9/11 Folklife Festival. Details forthcoming.  Note that John Alexander and Diane Ober will be named as Apprentices as part of the Folklife Apprenticeship program, studying for the next year with Master Shape Note Singers John del Re and Kelly Macklin.