Annual Sacred Harp Singings
1996 Directory
Based on Directory and Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings 1995
and 1996, compiled by Shelbie Sheppard, Jeff Sheppard, and
David Ivey. Unless otherwise noted all singings are in the 1991
Edition of The Sacred Harp.
Please send corrections, updated directions, or other information regarding
singing dates and locations to: Shelbie Sheppard, P.O. Box 5246,
Glencoe, AL 35905.
- January 1--New Years Day Singing, Walnut Hills Christian Church,
1438 East McMillan, Cincinnati OH. Info: John Bealle (513) 861-1137.
- Saturday before First Sunday--William Walker Memorial--Wofford College,
Spartanburg SC (Christian Harmony and 1991 Edition).
- First Sunday--West Georgia College, Food Service Building Z-6,
Carrollton GA.
- Saturday Night before Second Sunday--Alvin Keeton, Irene Jackson
and Robert Harper Memorial,
Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetery), 1 1/2 miles east of New Flatwoods Church on
Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill AL.
- Saturday Night before Second Sunday--Mrs. Luther Calvert and Mrs. Jim
Woodley Memorial, Pleasant Grove Church, Boldo, Hwy 69, 6 miles east of
Jasper AL.
- Second Sunday--Uncle Jack Kerr and Henry Kerr Memorial, Camp Ground
Methodist Church, CR 49 north of Fruithurst AL. Dutch Treat Singing.
Meals served at church at very reasonable cost.
- Second Sunday--Old Town School Anniversary Singing, Irish American
Heritage Center, 4632 N. Knox, just off I-94, Wilson exit, Chicago IL.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--All-California Convention, Angels
Gate Cultural Center, Building H, San Pedro CA.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Fohs Hall, North Walker St., Marion
KY (1991 Edition and Southern Harmony).
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Cowen Hall, Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Fort Worth TX. Info: William Reynolds (817) 923-1921,
ext. 2180.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Bay Minette City Hall, Bay
Minette AL (Cooper Revision).
- First Sunday--Uncle Bob Burnham Memorial, Recreation Center,
Jacksonville AL. (Lunch is shared by all. Please bring a covered dish to
share.)
- First Sunday--Mount Hope Baptist Church, 4 miles northeast of Sipsey
on highway from Sipsey to Wilburn (Bug Tussle) AL.
- First Sunday--Lincoln's Birthday Singing, Ida Noyes Hall, University
of Chicago, Chicago IL. Info: Ted Mercer (312) 486-7400.
- Saturday Night before Second Sunday--Oralee Burns Memorial, Shady Grove (Keeton
Cemetery), 1 1/2 miles east of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy 11, Nauvoo to
Carbon Hill, AL.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--Ohio State Convention, Saturday,
Ebenezer Mennonite Schoolhouse, near Bluffton OH; Sunday, ONU Chapel, Ada OH.
Info: John Bayer (513) 835-3323 or John Bealle (513) 861-1137.
- Third Sunday--Sanders Memorial, Cordova Senior Citizens Center,
Cordova AL.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Winston County Courthouse,
Double Springs AL.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Texas State Convention,
College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Dr., College Station
TX. Info: Charles Whitmer (713) 367-6260.
- Fourth Sunday--University of Georgia--Visitor Center, Callaway
Building Botanical Gardens--Athens, GA, Turn right at intersection of Hwy 129
and 441 (Milledge Av. Extension), 1 mile to Botanical Gardens sign, turn
right. (Social Harp and Sacred Harp)
- Fourth Sunday--Pacific Northwest Convention, Sunset Hill Community
Club, 3003 NW 66th St, Seattle WA. Info: Karen Willard (360) 897-9545.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Bethel Primitive Baptist Church,
off U.S. 27 on Armstrong Mill Rd., 2 miles south of Carroll-Heard County
Line between Carrollton and Franklin GA.
- First Sunday--Martha Harper Nix and Lewis Keeton Memorial--New Flatwoods Church, 3 miles
south of Nauvoo, AL, just east of Hwy 11 (Nauvoo to Carbon Hill).
- First Sunday--Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Memorial, Ephesus School
Auditorium, Ephesus GA.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Smith County Convention, New
Harmony Community Center, on FM 724 in the New Harmony Community, between
State Hwys. 64 and 110, northwest of Tyler, TX. Info: Myrl Jones (903)
593-0955 or Myra Palmer (214) 223-4617. (Cooper Revision).
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Missouri Convention, St. Louis MO,
location to be announced; info: Karen Isbell (314) 664-1411.
- Second Sunday--Old Clear Creek Church, near Boaz AL. From
Birmingham, Hwy 75 north to Douglas turn right on Hwy 168 east (Douglas to
Boaz Hwy) Go approx. 5 miles, church will be on right. (Note: You will pass
Friendship church on right before you get to Old Clear Creek Church.)
- Second Sunday--Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church, Centerville
GA, on Hwy 96. Exit off I-75 at Houser's Mill exit, go east on Hwy 96 for four
miles. Church on right.
- Second Sunday--Oxford City Hall, on the square, Oxford MS.
- Saturday Night before Third Sunday--Stephenson-Wall Memorial,
Pleasant Grove Baptist Primitive Baptist Church, Boldo AL, 6 miles
northeast of Jasper AL on Hwy 69.
- Third Sunday--Glencoe Senior Citizens Center, Pineview Ave., Glencoe AL.
Hwy 431 south (from Gadsden, 6 miles from Coosa River Bridge, go past
Glencoe First Baptist Church which is on the right, go to Pineview Ave. and
turn left. If you are coming 431 north, turn right on Pineview Ave. before
you get to First Baptist Church, Glencoe.)
- Third Sunday--Log Cabin Singing, near Double Springs AL. Turn onto
CR 53 off Hwy 278, take next road to left, go about 1/2 mile.
- Third Sunday--Garrison Memorial, Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church,
Birmingham-Hopewell Road, Alpharetta GA (Cooper Revision).
- Third Sunday Night--Leona Horton and Maude Adams Memorial, Shady
Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 195, 3 miles north of Double Springs AL.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Georgia State
Convention, Old Courthouse, Decatur GA.
[First Fifth Sunday]
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Southwest Texas Convention,
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, on FM 713, McMahan, Texas, between Bastrop
and Luling. Info: Tom Owen (512) 398-6075 or Curtis Owen (512) 398-2017
(Cooper Revision).
- Fifth Sunday--Parker-Hollis-Putnam Memorial, Liberty (McCormick),
2 1/2 miles southwest of Sumiton AL. North of New Hwy 78 or South of Old
Hwy 78.
- Fifth Sunday--Liberty Church, 2 miles north of Henagar AL on Liberty
Road; from Henagar Crossing, take Hwy 40 west to the Farmers Telephone
Cooperative. Turn right and go to dead end. Turn right, take first left past
Henagar Methodist Church (Liberty Rd.). Church is on right, approximately
1.5 miles.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Easter Singing, Mt. Ararat Primitive
Baptist Church, US 79, 6 miles east of Henderson TX. More info: Ed and Alcie
Craig (903) 678-3379 (Cooper Revision).
- First Sunday--Old Enon Church, north of Lynn AL.
- First Sunday--Edwardsville Baptist Church, Edwardsville, AL, 6
miles east of Heflin just off Hwy 78.
- First Sunday--Liberty Hill Church, Hwy 36, about 7 miles west of
I-75; take either High Falls exit 65 or Barnesville-Jackson exit 66 and go
west towards Barnesville, GA.
- First Sunday--Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 9, one mile north
of Bruce MS.
- First Sunday Night--Berry Memorial, Friendship Primitive Baptist
Church, near Haleyville AL.
- Friday Night before Second Sunday (April 12)--Antioch Baptist Church, south
of Tallapoosa GA on Old Hwy 100.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--State Line Baptist Church, Cleburne
County, AL. From the west, take Hwy 78, go to the GA State Line,
immediately turn around and come back to first road to the right,
go to the next road which will be dirt and turn right; go approx. 500 yards
and church will be on left. If you are coming from the east, go to GA State
Line and follow the same directions.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Harrods Creek Baptist Church,
Brownsboro KY. From Louisville take I-71 North to Exit 14 (Hwy
329); turn left on Hwy 329 about 1 1/2 miles, past Christian Church on the
right (1991 Edition and Southern Harmony). (Note: Singing is the first
Saturday after Easter each year.)
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Priestly Miller Memorial,
Free Will Baptist Bible College,
3606 West End Avenue, Nashville. From I-440 take exit 1, West End
Avenue west, College is on the right past the first stop light (Bowling
Avenue). (Note: Singing is the first Saturday after Easter each year,
and was formerly held at Harpeth Presbyterian Church.)
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Brazos River Singing--Star of the
Republic Museum, Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, Washington, TX.
Info: Gaylon Powell (512) 258-7080 (Cooper Revision). Donation and RSVP
requested for catered picnic or bring a picnic lunch.)
- Second Sunday--Old County Line Church, 9 miles west of Warrior AL
near Corner, off Miller Road.
- Second Sunday--
Antioch Baptist Church, near Ider AL. Take Hwy 75, go north
approx. 5 miles north of Ider, turn left onto County Road 141 at Hartline
Grocery, go approx. 3 miles, church will be on left.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church,
3 miles east of Arab AL on Hwy 69 (Arab to Guntersville).
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Seed and Feed Sacred Harp Singing,
Atlanta Friends Meeting House, near downtown Decatur GA.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Columbus-Cincinnati Singing, Friends
Meeting House, Yellow Springs OH. Info: John Bealle (513) 861-1137.
- Third Sunday--Old Union Primitive Baptist Church, 5 miles southwest
of Guin AL on Hwy 107.
- Third Sunday--Old Harmony Church, approx. 10 miles east of Heflin AL.
Take Abernathy exit off I-20, take first road on right and go l mile, church
on right.
- Third Sunday--Pine Grove Church, Lookout Mountain, near Collinsville,
Dekalb County, AL. Take I-59 and turn east on AL 68 (exit 205); follow signs
to US 11, go south on 11, look for sign to church between mile marker 212
and 213.
- Third Sunday--Enon Primitive Baptist Church, South of Hwy 8, 8
miles east of Houston, MS.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Tyler County Singing, Cherokee Church,
Heritage Village Museum, 2 miles west of the US 190-US 69 intersection on US
190, Woodville, TX. Info: John and Joella Thompkins (409) 837-4412
(Cooper Revision). Dutch Treat.
- Fourth Sunday and and Saturday before--Potomac River
Convention, Washington DC and suburban Virginia. Saturday, Pohick Church,
9301 Richmond Hwy, Lorton VA; Sunday, Hearst Hall, National Cathedral
School, Wisconsin Av. NW, Washington DC. Info: call (301) 897-5274.
(Note: 1996 only. Usual dates are weekend of First Sunday. Friday night
singing school precedes convention.)
- Fourth Sunday--Friendship Primitive Baptist Church, 8 miles southeast
of Haleyville AL on Hwy 195, turn south at church sign; two miles, church on
left. Going north, look for church sign, south 2 miles.
- Fourth Sunday--Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 75, 5 miles
south of Sneads Crossroads AL.
- Fourth Sunday--St. Michael's Church, Fruithurst AL. Take US 78 to
Fruithurst, turn north at Post Office, go to County Rd. 49, go approx. 3
miles, turn right and follow signs to Mt. Paran Church, pass
church to dead end, turn right, church on right.
- Fourth Sunday--Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Birmingham-Hopewell
Road, north of Alpharetta GA.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Burritt Museum, 3101 Burritt Drive on
Monte Sano, Huntsville, AL. Take US 431 south (Governors Drive) to top of
Monte Sano; turn north onto Monte Sano Blvd. Turn left onto Burritt Drive.
- First Sunday--Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetery), near Nauvoo AL,
1 1/2 miles east of New Flatwoods Church off Hwy 11 (Nauvoo to Carbon Hill).
- First Sunday--Emmaus Church, near Carrollton GA. Take Hwy 27 south
through Carrollton; go 2 miles and turn right on Oak Grove Church Road. Take
first left.
- First Sunday--Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Hwy 341 south of Reid
(Calhoun County) MS.
- First Sunday, North Carolina Convention, Unitarian-Universalist
Fellowship, Raleigh NC.
- Second Sunday--Old Flatwoods Primitive Baptist Church, 3 miles
south of Nauvoo AL, and just west of Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Mattox Memorial, Harmony Church,
3 miles north of Lawrenceburg TN. Hwy 43, turn left onto Flatwood Rd, go 1
mile, cross railroad, church on right.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Southern California Singing,
San Pedro CA. Info: Carla Smith (619) 533-3178 (days) or (619) 544-3178
(evenings).
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Kentucky State Convention, Pisgah
Presbyterian Church, Versailles KY.
- Saturday Before Third Sunday--Garden State Convention, Upper
Montclair NJ. Info: George and Jean Seiler (201) 746-0940. (Friday night
singing school preceeds convention.)
- Third Sunday--Cane Creek Church, 3 1/2 miles east of Heflin AL on
Hwy 78.
- Third Sunday--New Canaan Church, near Empire AL. On road to
fork of River.
- Third Sunday--Bethlehem Church, Heard Ave. Macon GA.
- Third Sunday--Concord Baptist Church, West of Hwy 32 at Ellard
(Calhoun County) MS. Dinner, followed by singing at 1 pm.
- Third Sunday--New Prospect Presbyterian Church--Off FM 124 on CR 212,
east of Beckville TX. Info: Ed and Alcie Craig (903) 678-3379. (Cooper Revision).
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Mount Pisgah Church, Chambers County,
AL, 6 miles south of Roanoke at Stroud, just off Hwy 431. (Cooper Revision).
- Fourth Sunday--Gum Pond Church, near Eva AL, 18 miles northeast of
Cullman.
- Fourth Sunday--Doss Memorial, Sardis Church, 3 miles west of
Hwy 31 at Morris, AL.
- Fourth Sunday--Sullins School House, 8 miles northeast of Hamilton
AL, Hwy 49.
- Fourth Sunday--Poplar Springs Baptist Church, 4 miles north of
Tallapoosa GA off Hwy 100.
- Fourth Sunday--Big Singing Day, Marshall County Courthouse,
Benton KY (Southern Harmony).
- First Sunday--Liberty Church, 2 miles north of Henagar AL on Liberty
Road; from Henagar Crossing, take Hwy 40 west to the Farmers Telephone
Cooperative. Turn right and go to dead end. Turn right, take first left past
Henagar Methodist Church (Liberty Rd.). Church is on right, approximately
1.5 miles.
- First Sunday--Pine Tucky Church, 5 miles south of Double Springs, AL and
1 mile east of Hwy 195.
- First Sunday--Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, 5 miles east of Steens MS.
- First Sunday and Saturday Before--Holly Springs Primitive
Baptist Church, 2 miles south of Bremen off Hwy 27. Exit 3 off I-20;
turn south on Hwy 27, go to top of hill at Amoco service station and turn
left, go to dead end and turn left.
- First Sunday--Hill Roane Memorial, Sherman Baptist Church, Hwy 32, 10
miles west of Bruce MS.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Northern Shenandoah Singing,
Berryville VA.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Hopewell Homecoming, Hopewell
Primitive Baptist Church, 6 miles east of Oneonta AL, 1 mile east of
Oneonta airport.
- Second Sunday--Mount Vernon Primitive Baptist Church, 13 miles
northeast of Cullman AL on Hwy 69 (Cullman to Arab).
- Second Sunday--Aldridge Memorial, Pleasant Hill Church (Johnson
School House), Fayette County AL, on Hwy 44, Old Fayette Road.
- Second Sunday--New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, 1 mile east of
Villa Rica GA, just off Hwy 78.
- Second Sunday--Municipal Auditorium, Alpharetta GA.
- Second Sunday--Oak Springs Church, 3 miles north of Derma MS.
- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before Third Sunday
(June 13-15)--National
Sacred Harp Convention, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1400 Oxmoor
Road, Homewood, Birmingham AL, near I-65 and Hwy 31.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Addingston Chapel, 15 miles southwest of
Cullman AL, 4 miles off Hwy 69 at Wilburn AL (Bug Tussle).
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Zion Hill Baptist Church--Off FM 840
on CR 368, southeast of Henderson TX. Info: John and Emmie Morris (903)
898-2150. (Cooper Revision).
- Third Sunday--Kings School House, 3 miles northwest of Lynn AL,
just off Hwy 278.
- Third Sunday--Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church, Oaky Hollow
Rd. near Empire AL.
- Third Sunday--Macedonia Church, 4 miles south of Section AL, 7
miles northwest of Fyffe on Hwy to Section.
- Third Sunday--Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church, near Ephesus
GA. Take GA 100 south to Ephesus School, go 2 1/2 miles on Ephesus and
Roosterville Rd.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Shady Grove Primitive Baptist
Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs AL on Hwy 195.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Altamont Fairgrounds, near
Albany NY. (Mornings only.)
- Fourth Sunday--Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 8 miles northwest of
Fayette AL, just off Hwy 107.
- Fourth Sunday--New Hope Church, 5 miles south of Jones Chapel AL
on Hwy 278, county road from Jones Chapel to Crane Hill.
- Fourth Sunday--DeLong Memorial, Ebenezer Church, Dunwoody GA. Exit
Hwy 400 North at Northridge. Go straight across on Roberts Drive.
Church is at corner of Roberts and Spalding Drive. (approx. 1 mile
from GA 400.)
[Second Fifth Sunday]
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Midwest Convention,
Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox, Chicago IL.
Info: Ted Mercer (312) 862-6477 or 486-7400.
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Altamont Fair--Tricounty
Fairgrounds, Near Albany NY. (Always the last Saturday and Sunday in June.)
- Fifth Sunday--Mount Pisgah Church, 10 miles southwest of Sylvester GA.
- July 4--Independence Day Singing, Muscadine Methodist Church,
Muscadine, AL, Take Hwy 78 to Muscadine, turn south on County Rd. 49,
go 1 mile, church on right.
- July 4--Independence Day Singing, Mount Herman Primitive Baptist
Church, New Liberty Community, north of Hwy 8, 3 miles west of Vardaman MS.
- First Sunday and Saturday Before--Henagar Union Convention,
Liberty Church, 2 miles north of Henagar AL on Liberty
Road; from Henagar Crossing, take Hwy 40 west to the Farmers Telephone
Cooperative. Turn right and go to dead end. Turn right, take first left past
Henagar Methodist Church (Liberty Rd.). Church is on right, approximately
1.5 miles.
- First Sunday--Dutton-Green Memorial, New Flatwoods Church, 3 miles
south of Nauvoo, AL, just east of Hwy 11 (Nauvoo to Carbon Hill).
- First Sunday--Cross Roads Baptist Church, Take Hwy 100 north from
Tallapoosa GA, turn left onto Steadman Road, church is on right.
- First Sunday--Pleasant Hill Church, Warner Robbins GA. One mile
southwest of Watson Blvd. on South Pleasant Hill Rd. (No lunch. Singing
begins at 1PM.)
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Cullman County Courthouse,
Cullman AL.
- Second Sunday--Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Oak Grove
Community, between Childersburg and Sylacauga AL on Hwy 280.
- Second Sunday--Hardeman Church, Glenwood Rd., Decatur GA
(J.L. White edition).
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Walker County Convention, Zion Rest
Primitive Baptist Church, Jasper AL.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Mount Oak Church, 5 miles northwest
of Arab AL.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Michiana Singing, New Testament
Baptist Church, near Goshen IN. Info: Samuel Sommers (219) 294-6180.
- Third Sunday--Chafin-Harbison-Hollis Singing, New Prospect
Church. From Cullman AL, take Hwy 69 south, go past landfill, take
County Road 8 south, go 1 mile (lst paved road), take left and go 0.6 miles.
- Third Sunday--Mount Zion Church, near Fyffe, AL.
- Thursday before Fourth Sunday (July 20)--Capital City Singing,
Montgomery AL (Sacred Harp 1991 and Cooper revisions, Christian Harmony,
Colored Sacred Harp).
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Cotaco Convention, Gum Pond
Church, near Eva AL, 18 miles northeast of Cullman.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Mount Zion Methodist
Church, Mt. Zion GA, 8 1/2 miles west of Carrollton on Hwy 16.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday before--Connecticut Convention,
First Church, 190 Court Street, Middletown.
- Fourth Sunday--Marion County Courthouse, Hamilton AL.
- Fourth Sunday--Dorsey Creek Church, 15 miles southwest of
Cullman AL on Hwy 69.
- Fourth Sunday--Chickasaw County Convention, Enon Primitive
Baptist Church, south of Hwy 8, eight miles east of Houston, MS.
- First Sunday and Saturday before--Warrior River-Clear Creek
Convention, Old Clear Creek Church, near Boaz AL.
- First Sunday and Saturday before--Chattahoochee Musical
Convention, Wilson Chapel, Southeast of Carrollton GA. Turn left
off Hwy A-27 at Cross Plains Rd. to church.
- First Sunday--Fayette County Convention, Bevill Junior
College, Fayette AL.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Calhoun County Musical
Association, Mount Herman Primitive Baptist Church, New Liberty
Community, north of Hwy 8, 3 miles west of Vardaman MS.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--East Texas Convention,
Henderson Community Center, South High St., Henderson TX. Info:
Don and Diane Ross, (903) 657-8085, or John and Emmie Morris (903)
898-2150 (Cooper Revision).
- Second Sunday--Macedonia Baptist Church, 6 1/2 miles east of
Haleyville AL, and 4 miles south of Needmore, Hwy 195, on Farm to Market Rd.
- Second Sunday--Lamar-Pickens Convention, Zion Church, 8
miles north of Gordo AL, 1/4 miles west of Hwy 159.
- Second Sunday--Tennessee River Convention, Second Creek
Church. Take Hwy 98 to Five Points TN. Turn west on Liberty Grove-Five
Points Rd., go about 1 mile and turn left; then go about 1 mile on paved
road to church on right.
- Wednesday after Second Sunday (August 14)--Elmore Center,
3 miles south of Gordo AL on CR 9 and 21. (This singing is reputed to
have begun in 1845.)
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Rock Creek-Mountain Home
and Ryan's Creek Convention, Senior Citizens Center, Jones Chapel AL.
(Class voted to hold this
convention at Jones Chapel on Saturday before the third Sunday in August.)
- Third Sunday--Emma and Belton Beasley Memorial, Concord Primitive
Baptist Church, south of CR 14, Winfield AL. From Hwy 78 in
Winfield, take Hwy 129. Turn west on CR 14 then left at Church sign. Church
is 0.7 mile on right. Info: John Beasley (205) 487-3916.
- Third Sunday--Cleburne County Convention, Cane Creek Church,
3 1/2 miles east of Heflin AL on Hwy 78.
- Third Sunday--Cedar Creek Church, 9 miles southwest of Cordele GA,
off Cordele-Albany highway.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Bear Creek Convention, Shady
Grove Primitive Baptist Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs AL on Hwy 195.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Lookout Mountain
Convention, Pine Grove Church, near Collinsville AL. Take I-59 and turn
east on Hwy 68 (exit 205); follow signs to US 11, go south on 11 and look
for sign to church between mile markers 212 and 213.
- Fourth Sunday--Cherry Tree Singing, James Creek Primitive
Baptist Church, 4 miles south of Hwy 78 on State Line Road east of
Tremont MS.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Mississippi State
Convention, Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 21 between Forest and
Sebastopol MS. Info: Mark Davis, (601) 932-6939.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Pleasant Grove Singing
Convention, Calhoun County, MS, location to be announced.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Mulberry River Convention,
Liberty Primitive Baptist Church (McCormick), 2 1/2 miles southwest of
Sumiton AL, north of new Hwy 78 or south of old Hwy 78.
- First Sunday--Clear Creek (West) Convention, Pleasant Hill
Church (Johnson School House), Fayette County AL, on Hwy 44, old
Fayette Road.
- First Sunday--Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church, 3 miles
east of Bremen GA.
- First Sunday--Haynes Creek Church, west of Loganville GA.
on Hwy 79 (Grayson-Conyers Rd.).
- September 2--Labor Day Singing, Shoal Creek
Church, Talladega National Forest. Take Hwy 78 east to Heflin AL,
go past Edwardsville and watch for signs to enter the Forest, turn left
and follow signs in the Forest to church.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Southeast Texas Singing,
Robinson Road Community Center, 1/2 miles east of I-45 on Robinson Road at
Hanna, near The Woodlands, Oak Ridge TX. Info: Charles Whitmer (713)
367-6260.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--
United Sacred Harp
Musical Association, Old Shady Grove Church, 3 miles south
of Dutton AL between Section and Dutton.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Black Mississippi State
Convention, location to be announced.
- Second Sunday--Mountain Home Church, 3 miles southwest of Bear
Creek AL on Hwy 241 south.
- Second Sunday--County Line Primitive Church--7 miles north of
TX 105-FM 1484 intersection in Cut and Shoot TX on FM 3081 in the County
Line Community. Go north on FM 1484 4 1/2 miles, take the right fork onto
Browder-Taylor Rd., turn right on Willis-County Line Rd. immediately on
the left after crossing the Peach Creek Bridge. Info: Charles Whitmer
(713) 367-6260 (Cooper Revision).
- Third Sunday and Saturday Before--Calhoun County Convention,
Four Mile Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, Four Mile Community, near
Anniston AL. Take Hwy 21 from Anniston to Jacksonville, go to mile
marker 215 and turn right, church is at the bottom of hill.
- Third Sunday and Saturday Before--Minnesota State Convention,
Minneapolis MN, location to be announced.
- Third Sunday--Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetery), 1 1/2 miles east of
New Flatwoods Church on Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill AL.
- Third Sunday--Hardeman Church, Glenwood Rd., Decatur GA
(J.L. White edition).
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Liberty Hill Church, 9 miles east
of Boaz AL, top of Horton's Gap, just off Sardis Farm to Market blacktop
road. Info: Lawrence Underwood, (205) 593-2006.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Mississippi College, Clinton MS.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--St. Francis Episcopal Church,
1101 Rock Prairie Rd., College Station TX. Info: Greg Economides,
(409) 846-7213.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Illinois State Convention,
Mattoon IL, Revival Center, corner of Lafayette and 14th. Info:
Don Bardsley, (217) 348-8295.
- Fourth Sunday--Winston County Convention, Shady Grove Primitive
Baptist Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs, AL on Hwy 195.
- Fourth Sunday--Emmaus Primitive Baptist Church, Thomaston GA.
- Fourth Sunday--Loosascoona
Primitive Baptist Church, Air Mount, north of Hwy 330, 11 miles west of
Bruce, MS.
[Third Fifth Sunday]
- Saturday before Fifth Sunday--Young Peoples United Singing,
Burritt Museum, 3101 Burritt Drive on Monte Sano, Huntsville, AL. Take US
431 south (Governors Drive) to top of Monte Sano; turn north onto Monte Sano
Blvd. Turn left onto Burritt Drive.
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Union Musical Convention,
Simpsonwood Methodist Conference and Retreat Center, 4511 Jones
Bridge Circle NW, Norcross GA.
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Rocky Mountain Convention,
Old Adobe Church, Corrales NM, near Albuquerque. Info: Alice and
Harlan Van Camp, (505) 867-6539 or David MacPherson (dmac@unm.edu).
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Southwest Texas Convention,
Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church, 915 E. 52nd St., Austin TX, between
Airport Blvd. and IH-35. Info: Gaylon Powell, (512) 258-7080 or B. E.
Matthews, (512) 898-5110 (Cooper Revision).
- Fifth Sunday--Moon-Guthrie Memorial, Liberty (McCormick)
Church, 2 1/2 miles southeast of Sumiton AL, north of new Hwy 78 or
south of old Hwy 78.
- Fifth Sunday--Lacy's Chapel, 2 1/2 miles west of Henagar AL on
Hwy 40.
- Fifth Sunday--Taylor United Methodist Church, Taylor MS, 8 miles
south of Oxford.
- Friday and Saturday before First Sunday (October 4-5)--New
England Convention--Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA.
Friday evening, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm, Saturday, 9:30 am-4:00 pm. Info:
Ginnie Ely, (508) 664-1344.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Smyrna Baptist Church, FM 2496,
5 miles west of Mount Enterprise TX. Info: Robert Vaughn, (903) 863-5379
(Cooper Revision).
- First Sunday--Alexander-Hullett-Lowe-Brothers Memorial,
Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church, 6 miles east of Oneonta AL, and 1
mile east of Oneonta airport.
- First Sunday--Old Sardis Church No. 1--3 miles north of Lynn, AL.
- Second Sunday--Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, 3 miles south of
Ider AL, junction Hwy 117.
- First Sunday--Sandy Creek Church, 1 mile south of Flovilla GA.
- Second Sunday--Walker Cates and H.H. Brown Singing, Muscadine
Methodist Church, Muscadine AL. Take Hwy 78 east to County Road 49,
take right, go 1 mile, church on right.
- Second Sunday--Second Creek Church. Take Hwy 98 to Five Points TN.
Turn west on Liberty Grove-Five Points Rd., go about 1 mile and turn left;
then go about 1 mile on paved road to church on right.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--New York State Convention,
Bethel Grove Community Center, Ithaca NY.
- Third Sunday--McWhorter Memorial, Mars Hill Church, Hwy
78 to Fruithurst AL, CR 35 to 49 to 65, 5 miles on left.
- Third Sunday--Reid Memorial, Old County Line Church, 9 miles
west of Warrior AL near Corner, off Miller Road.
- Third Sunday--Andrews Schoolhouse, 6.1 miles south of Thomaston
GA on Hwy 74. Turn right on The Rock Road to first stop sign, bear left,
1 mile to school.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Coy Putman Memorial, Rocky Mount
Church, 3 miles east of Arab AL on Hwy 69 (Arab/Guntersville).
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Cincinnati-Columbus Singing, Friends
Meeting House, Yellow Springs OH.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Joe Myers-W.A. Parker Memorial, New
Hope Primitive Baptist Church, 12 miles northeast of Jasper AL,1 mile south
of Hwy 69 on Sipsey Road.
- Fourth Sunday--Jordan's Chapel, Newell AL, Hwy 431 to Hwy 82,
Morrison Cross Road, 2 miles, turn left to church.
- Fourth Sunday--Mount Moriah Church, 5 miles south of Sneads
Crossroads AL.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Bethel Primitive Baptist Church,
Off US 27 on Armstrong Mill Road, 2 miles south of Carroll-Heard County
Line, between Carrollton and Franklin GA.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Western Ohio Singing--Mennonite
Schoolhouse, Bluffton OH.
- First Sunday and Saturday Before--Little Hope Primitive Baptist
Church, 4 miles on FM 1669 out of Huntington TX. Info: Louie Smith (409)
422-4502 (Cooper Revision).
- First Sunday--Memorial Singing--Mount Ebron Missionary Baptist
Church, 3 miles west of Double Springs AL on Hwy 25, Double Springs to Lynn.
- First Sunday--Pilgrims Rest Primitive Bapist Church, south of
Attalla AL, Hwy 11.
- First Sunday--South Georgia Convention, Lebanon Primitive
Baptist Church, 9 miles south of Cordele GA.
- First Sunday--Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church, 2 miles
south of Bremen off Hwy 27. Exit 3 off I-20; turn south on Hwy 27, go to
top of hill at Amoco service station and turn left, go to dead end and
turn left.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Immanuel Baptist Church, 222 Belle
Meade Blvd., Nashville TN, between Harding Road US 70 and Harding Place.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Dallas County Singing--
First Primitive Baptist Church, 1920 Gross Rd., Dallas TX. Info: Bruce
and Beverly Coates (214) 227-7976.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Southern Wisconsin Singing,
Sauk County, WI, location to be announced.
- Second Sunday--Oak Hill Baptist Church, 2 miles south of Oxford AL.
- Second Sunday--Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Birmingham-Hopewell
Road, Alpharetta GA.
- Second Sunday--Carey Springs Baptist Church, Randolph MS, 9 miles
southwest of Pontotoc.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Zion's Rest Primitive Baptist Church,
Huffsmith-Kohrville Rd., Tomball TX. Info: Bobbie Rainoshek (713) 946-1006
(Cooper Revision).
- Saturday Night before Third Sunday--Cross Roads Church, take Hwy
100 north from Tallapoosa GA, turn left onto Steadman Road, church is on
right.
- Third Sunday and Saturday Before--James River Convention, Richmond VA.
Saturday, Christ Ascension Episcopal Church; Sunday, Dorey Recreation
Center, Richmond VA. Info: Stephen McMaster (804) 288-1503, e-mail:
SLMDARIEN@aol.com.
- Third Sunday--Jones Chapel Senior Citizens Center, Jones Chapel AL.
From Hwy 278, turn south at light, one block.
- Third Sunday--Harmony Primitive Baptist Church, Calhoun GA. Turn right
off Hwy 156 (Red Bud Rd.) 100 yards east off I-75, Exit 1.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Alabama State Sacred
Harp Musical Convention, Mount Pleasant Home Primitive Baptist
Church, north of Birmingham AL, I-65 Fultondale Exit, then Hwy 31 north.
Turn east to 57th Ave., 1/4 mile, look for signs.
- Fourth Sunday--Ganus Wakefield Memorial, King's School House (Mt.
Vernon), just off Hwy 278, 3 miles north of Lynn AL.
- First Sunday and Saturday Before--Central-South Florida Convention,
Holiday Inn, Panama City FL (Cooper Revision).
- First Sunday--Liberty Community Singing, Liberty Baptist Church,
5 miles south of Hwy 278 at Stephenson and 1 mile west of Hwy 77,
near Helicon AL.
- Second Sunday--Joe Beasley Memorial, Concord Primitive Baptist
Church, south of CR 14, Winfield AL. From Hwy 78 in
Winfield, take Hwy 129. Turn west on CR 14 then left at Church sign. Church
is 0.7 mile on right. Info: John Beasley (205) 487-3916.
- Thursday before Third Sunday (December 12)--Little Branch Primitive Baptist
Church, Albertville AL, 4 blocks west of Courthouse, junction of
Hwys 75 and 431.
[Fourth Fifth Sunday]
- Saturday before Fifth Sunday--Louisiana State Convention--Bethel
Primitive Baptist Church, 8576 Hopper Rd., Baton Rouge LA. Info: Jim
Fields, (504) 446-5877 or Nancy Van Dan Akker, (504) 283-5161.
- Saturday before Fifth Sunday--Monastery of the Four Evangelists,
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 3011 Roe, Houston TX. Info: Bishop Makarios
(713) 645-0843 or Charles Whitmer (713) 367-6260. (Note: This singing
is canceled in 1996.)
- Fifth Sunday--Martin Blackmon Memorial, New Hope Primitive Baptist
Church, one mile east of Villa Rica GA, just off Hwy 78.
Further information
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