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The Potomac River Sacred Harp Singers
 

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Tim Ericson Shape Note Singing School
         Monthly Singings in the Greater Washington DC area are sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Admission is always free. Listeners are welcome, but we encourage active participation. We sing primarily from The Sacred Harp (1991 Edition), Christian Harmony (Deason-Parris revision), and An Eclectic Harmony. Other shape-note tune books, such as Northern Harmony and The Colored Sacred Harp, and contemporary shape-note compositions are occasionally used.
Upcoming FSGW-sponsored Singing
Ordinarily, the Potomac River Sacred Harp Singers adhere to the following routine:
 
We meet on the Fourth Sunday of each month except December. Details
There is also aspecial big singing on New Year's Day 3:00 ~ 8:00 PM, with a potluck supper break at 6:00, at our usual venue, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4250 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia.
Singing, 4:00 ~ 8:00 PM, with a potluck supper break at 6:00.
 
Usual Place: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4250 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia
The church is half a mile south of Chain Bridge, the northernmost bridge from Washington to Virginia. Crossing from Washington, the church is on your right. Going toward the bridge on the Virginia side, it's on your left. St. Peter's is not visible from Glebe Rd. Turn on Tazewell St. to get to the parking lot. Singing's in the sanctuary. You can get to Chain Bridge from D.C. or Maryland via MacArthur Blvd. or Canal Rd. (take Clara Barton/Cabin John Parkway from the Beltway). However, returning to Maryland you can't take a left on Canal Rd. Instead, go right and then left on Arizona to MacArthur. There's no Glebe Rd. exit from the George Washington Parkway. From I- 66, exit at Glebe and head north; the church will be on the left shortly after passing Walker Chapel and its Civil War graveyard on the right. If you must take the GW Parkway, take the Rt. 123 exit going toward Chain Bridge, then turn right on Glebe at the river. Before coming to a singing, please check the FSGW web site, or email shapenotes at risingdove dot com.
My Early Experience With Sacred Harp
 
By Dottie Hurley
 
Present Joys/Blessings Past
Two-CD Recording of The Ninth Annual Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention
 
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Singing Sacred Harp

           I love to sing Sacred Harp. Something moves me; when the sound swells and the harmony is awe-inspiring and the poetry speaks with great power, I know I am moved by the Spirit.
         I know many of us define the Spirit differently, as Al Frank [remarked]. There is mystery here, and grace, and love. Whether we define the Spirit within one of the many Christian traditions, or simply feel it as the music speaks through us, we are joined at those moments in the Sacred Harp tradition, and the Spirit moves through us, by the meaning of the poetry, or the grace of God, the unfathomable mystery of the music, or the sharing of tradition in community. We each bring a unique experience of Sacred Harp music to the hollow square, and together our individual experiences join to build a community of enormous power and joy.
And when from death I'm free, I'll sing and joyful be;
Throughout eternity, I'll sing on.
- "Wondrous Love"
lyrics from Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1811
- Anne Pratt

 
Potomac River Sacred Harp Singings and Schools of the Past

In 1995 our Convention coincided with the peak of the cherry blossoms.
National Cathedral at Cherry Blossom Time
 
       
 
    
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