The Baltimore Sacred Harp Singers MD
            Second Sunday, 4 ~ 8 PM, September ~ June, singing from The Sacred Harp (1991 Revision). Potluck at 6 PM.
For information, please contact Liz Cusick at lizcusick at aol dot com or 410-235-6627.
For location and directions, contact Sharon McKinley at smckinley at loc dot gov or 410-740-3250.
 
Northern Shenandoah Valley Sacred Harp and Shape Note Singers VA. Website domain name: NorthernShenandoah.com
 
           images of the Northern Shenandoah All Day Singing 2007   images of the Northern Shenandoah All Day Singing 2008
 
The Potomac River Sacred Harp Singers DC, MD, VA
            Current Events in the Potomac River Area, including short-notice Shape-Note Concerts and Singings!
 
           images of local singers   images of the 2007 Potomac River Convention
  images of the 2008 Potomac River Convention
 
The Richmond Sacred Harp Singers VA
            Regular singings are held from 2 to 5 PM on the third Saturday of each month except November, usually at St. Johns Church, 2401 E Broad ST, Richmond VA 23223. Venue changes, so please check their web site. The next RSHS singing will be 1 PM - 4 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at the Meadow Farm/Crump Park Visitor Center, 3400 Mountain Rd., Glen Allen. More information will follow as the date approaches. For information about the Richmond Sacred Harp Singers, singings or directions contact: Pat Temple (804)798-6642
 
           images of the James River Sacred Harp Convention 2007
 
Rivanna River Sacred Harp Singers VA
            The Rivanna River Sacred Harp Singers meet the second Saturday of each month at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Unitarian Universalist, Charlottesville, Virginia from 9:30 ~ 11:30 a.m. We also gather on the fourth Thursday (note new day) of each month at the Friends Meeting House on Forest St., 7:30-9:00 pm.
Please contact Diane Ober at mdwo at comcast dot net (note new email address) or John Alexander at 434-296-9124 for more information.
Rivanna River Sacred Harp Shape Note All-Day Sing
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 10 AM to 4pm
The Friends Meetinghouse, 1104 Forest Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Potluck lunch.
            "Directions from US 29 in Charlottesville, turn east onto Barracks Road. Follow on Barracks, which becomes Preston, for about one mile uphill and down, to the intersection with Forest (one short block after the light at Rose Hill). Go left onto Forest about four blocks. The Meeting House is at the end of the street on right. Park in the adjoining Murray School lot. Directions from I-64 take Exit 120 onto 5th Street towards Charlottesville. (5th St. becomes Ridge St.) At bottom of hill in downtown Charlottesville, turn left onto Preston Ave., then right onto Forrest (one short block before the light at Rose Hill). The Meeting House is at the end of Forest on right. Park in Murray School lot."
I am so sorry if you missed this Singing because I forgot to send my updated page to my web site. ~ Miriam A. Kilmer
 
Sandy Spring Sacred Harp Singers MD (between DC and Baltimore)
            Regular singings are planned from 4 to 6 PM on the second Sunday of each month, but please email Kent Beck kent dot beck at ssfs dot org, or call Kent Beck 301-774-3183 before coming to make sure the singing has not been canceled.
Location: 17801 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, MD, 20860-1022; about 11 miles West of the I-95 South (Howard County) rest area; about 10.5 miles West from I-95 North exit 33B (near Laurel).
 
Model Release Form ~ Word document (large file)

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