Regular Local Singings

Compiled by Robert Hall and Ella Wilcox

Revised March 6, 1996

We add and correct listings as we receive them. The updated list will be printed annually in our newsletter, Shape Notes. Copies of the updated list may be requested by writing us at the address below. Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed evelope. Versions of the list will also be available on the fasola Internet mailing list maintained by Keith Willard, and on Warren Steel's World Wide Web page.

If we have left out a singing, or if any information is incorrect, please notify us. Our address is 7025 Jefferson Ave., Falls Church, VA, 22042-1839. Our e-mail address is rahall@ibm.net. You can call us most conveniently between the hours of 9 AM and noon Eastern Time by calling Ella Wilcox at 1-800-336-3768. Our home telephone number is 703-204-1532. Please call before 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

Listings marked with an asterisk (*) represent places where no singing exists, but there is a desire to start one.

Tunebooks used by the singings in this list are designated by the following codes:

• CH Christian Harmony, Deason-Parris Revision
• HS Harmonia Sacra
• NHC New Harp of Columbia
• NH Northern Harmony
• NH95 Northern Harmony, 1995 Edition
• NHH Northampton Harmony
• CSH Sacred Harp, Cooper Revision
• 1991 Sacred Harp, 1991 Revision
• SHC Sacred Harper's Companion

Alabama

• Carbon Hill: 1991, Saturday Night before the second Sunday in each month, Shady Grove (Keetons), Walker County, 1 1/2 miles east of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill. Call Travis and Margaret Keeton, (205) 697-5268. Note: Saturday night before second Sunday in January each year (January 13) is a Memorial for Alvin Keeton, Irene Jackson and Robert Harper; Saturday before the second Sunday in February (February 10) is a memorial for Oralee Burns.

• Cullman: 1991, except CSH every fourth month, First Wednesday of each month, Jones Chapel Community Center. Hwy 278 West of Turn south at light, one block. Call Henry Guthery, (205) 737-9277, or Eron White, (205) 747-2419. In July Memorial.

• Fayette: 1991, Second Sunday night 6 PM, Mt. Lebanon Church, on Bluff Rd., 10 miles northwest of Fayette. Hwy 107. Call Larry Ballinger, (205) 932-3858.

• Haleyville: 1991. First Sunday night in each month, 6 PM, Friendship Primitive Baptist Church, eight miles southeast of Haleyville on Hwy 195, south at church sign, two miles. In April, Idella Berry Memorial Singing. Call Josie Hyde, (205) 486-5625.

• Henagar: 1991, First Sunday night, October through April at Liberty Church. Contact David Ivey, (205) 971-7422, e-mail: ivey@asc.edu.

• Huntsville: 1991, First Friday Night of February, April, August, November. Burritt Museum, 3101 Burritt Dr., on Monte Sano Mt. 7:00-8:30 p.m. Following Museum signs, take U.S. 431 south (Governors Drive) to top of Monte Sano Mountain. Turn north onto Monte Sano Blvd. Turn onto Burritt Dr. Contact David Ivey, (205) 881-5291, e-mail: ivey@asc.edu; or Linton Ballinger, (205) 830-5301.

• Ider: 1991, Second Sunday night, October through March at Antioch Church, 5 miles morth of Ider, left on Hwy 75. Call Terry Wootten, (205) 632-3830.

• Troy: CSH, Third Thursday, 6:30 PM at Pike Pioneer Museum. Call Kennon A. Smith, (205) 774-5018, email: SMITH12@RUCKER-EMH3.ARMY.MIL; or Stanley Smith, 205-774-0055.

Alaska

• Fairbanks: 1991 (sometimes CSH). Sundays, 7 PM. Contact William Walters, (907) 479-3796, or Robert Sullivan, rsrbs@aurora.alaska.edu

Arkansas

• Big Fork: 1991. First Sunday, 2:30-5 PM. Contact Verla Huckaby, 501-394-6135, e-mail: EddieVerla@aol.com, or Flora Burns, 501-394-5730.

• Mena: 1991. Second and Fourth Thursdays, 6:30-8 PM. Contact Verla Huckaby, 501-394-6135, e-mail: EddieVerla@aol.com, or Flora Burns, 501-394-5730.

California

• Berkeley/Oakland: 1991. First Sunday, 4:30-6:30 PM, potluck dinner following. Call Vicki Solomon, (510) 763-7688 or Alice Sharp, (510) 843-8259.

• Los Angeles: 1991, First Sunday, 3:30 - 6:00 PM at a singer's home. Potluck dinner in September, December, March, and June. Contact Stephen and Mary Rose O'Leary, (213) 254-7707, email: soleary@alnitak.usc.edu.

• Los Angeles (Mar Vista): 1991, Third Sunday, 3:30 - 6:00 PM at a singer's home. Call Sue Jones at (310) 390-4165.

• Palo Alto: Usually 2nd and 4th Sundays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, hosted lunch following. Call Paul and Lisa Ralston, (415) 948-4112.

• Paso Robles: 1991. Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 PM. Contact John Warren, (805) 237-9227/238-4510; e-mail: kokopeli01@aol.com.

• Sacramento/Davis: First Sunday, 1:00 potluck, singing 2-4:30 pm., Contact Susan Jones and David Wright, (916) 641-6744, e-mail davesue@calweb.com or Andy Alexis, (916) 457-7752, e-mail: araalex@dbserv2.teale.ca.gov

• San Diego: Sunday, 4-6 PM, potluck supper on last Sunday. San Diego Shape Note Society. Call Carla Smith and Jerry Schreiber at (619) 544-0432, Jerry's e-mail: drxox@aol.com, Carla by day: (619) 533-3178.

• San Francisco: Third Sundays, 4:30-6:30 PM, hosted dinner follows. Contact Carolyn Deacy, (415) 585-4773, e-mail: deacy@netcom.com; or Chris Thorman, (415) 431-7664, e-mail: thorman@netcom.com.

• Santa Cruz: Tuesdays, 7:30-9 PM, potluck at 6 PM. Call Shelly Phillips, (408) 464-8327, or Tammy Heinsohn, e-mail: TammyH@eworld.com.

• Yuba City/Marysville: 1991. Fourth Sunday, 5 - 8:30 PM (including potluck). Contact Anneliese Blanchard (916) 751-1415, e-mail: 102075.3265@compuserve.com; or Cheryl Harling, (916) 671-1988, e-mail: 73631.2462@compuserve.com

Colorado

• Boulder: 1991. Second Friday, 7 - 9 PM. Call Mary Lou Van Laanen, (303) 447-9379.

• Denver: Fourth or Fifth Sunday, 3:30-5:30 PM. Call John or Jean Schaffer, (303) 234-1729, or Elaine Cullor, (303) 860-0662.

• Fort Collins: First Friday, 7-9 PM at Seventh Day Adventist Church. Contact Sandy or Donald Klein, (970) 493-2012, dakspk@lamar.colostate.edu

• Loveland: 1991. Sunday after third Friday, 3 - 5 PM. Contact Sandy Hill, (970) 669-6450, e-mail: sandy@frii.com

Connecticut

• Middletown: 1991, NH, original compositions. First Sunday, 7-9 PM. Call Phyllis or Neely Bruce, (203) 347-3003, e-mail: nbruce@wesleyan.edu.

• Newtown, other places: 1991. 3 PM. potluck 6 PM. Sunday, monthly. Connecticut Valley Harmony. Call Susan Garber, (860) 583-0841.

District of Columbia

• Metropolitan area: 1991, CH, NH. Fourth Sunday, 4-8:30 PM. Occasional singing school, 3 PM. Potluck, 6 PM. Contact Steven Sabol (301) 897-5274 e-mail: sabol@his.com, or Nancy Bailey at (703) 532-7520, LEZY84A@prodigy.com.

• Metropolitan area: SHC, 1991. Every other month on Saturday or Sunday, 4-8 PM. Call Bob Hall or Ella Wilcox, (703) 204-1532 before 9 PM, e-mail: rahall@ibm.net.

Florida

• Tallahassee: CSH. Friday Night before Third Sunday, 7 PM except June, July, August, and December. Contact Alice Hochstetler, (904) 877-6783, or Elizabeth Lobato, e-mail: edlrml@freenet.scri.fsu.edu
• Gainesville: 1991. Third Sunday, 3:30-5:30 PM. Call Pat Morse at (904) 377-8061.

Georgia

• Alpharetta: 1991. Friday before the third Sunday except June, July, August and December, 7:30 PM-9:30 PM at Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Hwy 120 east of Alpharetta. Exit Hwy 400 at Statebridge Rd., turn east. Call Faye Pettis, (404) 889-1703.

• Athens: 1991. First Friday night of each month (except July and August), 7:30-9:30 PM at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 800 Westlake Dr. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Info: Lee Rogers, (706) 795-5472.

• Decatur: 1991. Second Tuesday, 7:30-9:30 PM. Contact Doug Allison, (404) 321-4992, e-mail: dallison@mindspring.com

Illinois

• Charleston-Mattoon: 1991. Thursdays except holidays at 7:45 PM. Call Don Bardsley, (217) 348-8295 or Doris Steinmetz, (217) 345-6150.

• Chicago: 1991. Sundays twice monthly from 4-6 PM. Call the "Harp Line", (312) 276-HARP. or Ted Mercer, (312) 486-7400; or Connie Karduck, 312-463-3637.

Indiana

• Bloomington: 1991. Second and fourth Sundays, 2-4 PM, at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 100 Hwy 46 Bypass. Call Marlen Rust, (812) 336-2792.

Kansas

• Hesston: 1991, HS. Contact Ken Rodgers, (316) 327-4516, e-mail: KenR@hesston.edu.

• Lawrence: 1991. First Sunday, 1:30-4:00 PM. Call Susan or Richard Green, (913) 831-3912, or Joe Casad, (913) 832-8615.

Kentucky

• Lexington: 1991. Second Sunday, September-May, 3-5 PM, Contact Keith MacAdam, (606) 268-0998, e-mail: phy156@pop.uky.edu; or Mary Brinkman, (606) 272-3895, e-mail: mlbrin00@pop.uky.edu.

Maine

• Ellsworth, etc: 1991, Usually monthly, near middle of the month. Travels around state: Waterville, Ellsworth, New Sharon, Pittsfield, among other places. Call Joe Kucera, (207) 285-7358.

Maryland

• Baltimore: 1991, Second Sunday, 4-8 PM, potluck at 6 PM. Contact Liz Cusick, (410) 235-6627.

• Metropolitan Washington, DC: See District of Columbia.

Massachusetts

• Amherst: 1991, NH, NHH. First Sunday, 1:30-4:30 PM. Call Ruth and Richard Hooke (413) 549-3587.

• Boston: 1991. Second Monday, 7:45-10:00 PM at Noyes Hall, Andover Newton Theological School. Contact Bob Parr, (617) 648-1009, e-mail: parr@ll.mit.edu; or Ginnie Ely (508) 664-4246, e-mail: ely@star.enet.dec.com.

Michigan

• Ann Arbor: 1991. Every other Sunday, 3-5 PM, at the Ark, Call David Siglin, (313) 761-1800.

Minnesota

• Minneapolis: 1991. Fourth Sunday, 5-7 PM. Call Keith and Jenny Willard, (612-699-2040, e-mail: keithw@medinfo.labmed.umn.edu; or Jeff Bell, (612) 823-4090.

• Saint Paul: 1991. Second Sunday, 5-7 PM. Call Keith and Jenny Willard, (612-699-2040, e-mail: keithw@medinfo.labmed.umn.edu; or Jeff Bell, (612) 823-4090.

Mississippi

• Bruce: 1991. Third Sundays, November through March, 1-3 PM at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. Contact Hugh Bill McGuire, (601) 983-2376, or Warren Steel, e-mail: mudws@mail.olemiss.edu.

• Houston: 1991. First Sundays, December through March, 1-3 PM, Enon Primitive Baptist Church, Call Elder Charles Porter, (601) 456-3879; or Mark Davis, e-mail: Horn4@aol.com.

Missouri

• Kansas City: 1991. Third Sunday, starting at 1:30 PM. Call Susan or Richard Green, (913) 831-3912.

• Saint Louis: 1991. First, third, and fifth Mondays, 7:30 PM. Call Dave Ressler, 314-776-7477, or contact Kathryn Smith, e-mail: ksmith@library2.websteruniv.edu.

Nebraska

• Omaha: 1991. Last Saturday, 8 PM. Contact Jean Carhart, 402-558-8377, or Sandra Squires, e-mail: squires@cwis.unomaha.edu.

New Jersey

• Upper Montclair: 1991. Fourth Sunday, 2-5:30 PM at Montclair Friends Meetinghouse. Contact George and Jean Seiler, (201) 746-0940; or Gina Balestracci at balestracci@saturn.montclair.edu.

• Woodcliff Lake: 1991 Second Sunday, 2-5 PM. 10 minutes from Tappan Zee Bridge. Call Carol Werba, (201) 391-2713.

New Mexico

• Albuquerque: 1991. Second and fourth Sundays, Winter: 1:30 - 4:30 PM, beginners, 1 - 1:30; summer 2 - 5 PM, beginners 1:30 - 2, at the Friend's Meeting House. Contact Alice or Harlan Van Camp, (505) 867-6539, or David McPherson, e-mail: DMAC@unm.edu

New York

• Binghamton (Vestal): 1991. Fourth Sunday 2-4 PM except summer months (or unless holiday, in which case Sunday before) at the Vestal Public Library. Contact Dennis Leipold 607-724-8784, e-mail: dleipold@spectra.net; or Stacy Greenberg, 607-748-8774.

• Clinton: 1991. Second Sunday, 3-5 PM. Contact Barbara Swetman, 315-853-5723, e-mail: bswetman@hamilton.edu; or Margaret or Ron Bornick, 315-853-6282.

• Ithaca: First, Third, and Fifth Sunday, 2-4 PM. Contact Jennifer Cook, 607-273-7076, e-mail: jc27@cornell.edu; or Eric Bean, 607-273-2766.

• New York City (Brooklyn): 1991. Third Sundays at 2 PM September - June, unless conflicts with nearby convention. Potluck at 7 PM; singing afterwards. Call Richard Schmeidler, 718-643-1524.

• New York City (Park Slope, Brooklyn): 1991. Second Sundays, 4 - 6 PM. Contact Sarah Wilson, 212-777-2041, or Diane Mennella, e-mail: 103073.3102@compuserve.com

• Rochester: 1991. Second Sunday, 2-5 PM in the Sampler Records Music Hall. Contact Chris Haller, 716-387-9570; or Nancy Crawford, 716-381-4279, e-mail: nlc.wbst129@xerox.com.

• *West Islip, Long Island: 1991. Call Frederick Rasenberger, 516-671-0459.

North Carolina

• Chapel Hill: 1991. Second Sunday, 2-4 PM in Person Hall on University of North Carolina campus. Call Matt Cartmill, 919-493-8519, e-mail: matt_cartmill@baa.mc.duke.edu.

• Raleigh: 1991. Fourth Sunday, 2-4 PM, usually in Mordecai Historic Park Chapel. Call Lynda Hambourger, 919-781-3596; or Becky Hart, e-mail: Becky_Hart@unc.edu.

• Winston-Salem: 1991. Most third Sundays, 2-4 PM at the Gemeinhaus, Historic Bethabara Park. Contact Cleve Callison, 910-760-2822, or e-mail: callison@wfu.edu

Ohio

• Ada: 1991. Fourth Sunday, 3-5 PM, Contact: Kathy and Charles Knecht, 419-634-4916, e-mail: k-knecht@onu.edu; or Kay Bieszczad, 313-856-6515, e-mail: KayHuBz@aol.com.

• Cincinnati: 1991. Second Sunday, 4:30-7:30 PM, with modest potluck, at Walnut Hills Christian Church, 1438 East McMillan. Contact John Bealle, 513-861-1137, e-mail: john.bealle@ccc-bbs.com.

• Columbus: First, Third, and Fifth Sundays, 4-6 PM Call Fred Todt, 614-291-0282, e-mail: todt@battelle.org; or Eric Conrad, 614-481-7637, e-mail: econrad@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu.

• Metropolitan Cleveland: 1991, Second and fourth Sundays. Contact Charles Wells at 216-774-1926, e-mail: cfw2@po.cwru.edu or Virginia Benade 216-752-9453, e-mail: vwb@po.cwru.edu.

Oregon

• Eugene: 1991. Second and fourth Thursdays. Call Jean Murphy, 503-342-4131, e-mail: murphyj@oregon.uoregon.edu.

• Portland: 1991. Second and Fifth Sundays, 3-5:30 PM. Call Kate Moore and John Kellermann, 503-230-2072, e-mail: jk@teleport.com.

Pennsylvania

• Harrisburg: 1991. Fourth Saturday, 3-5 PM. Harrisburg Shape Note Society. Call Jess Hayden at 717-932-2348, or Dave Walker at 717-566-5450.

• Philadelphia (Havertown): Second Fridays at 7:30-9:30 PM at St. James Church, Havertown. Call Marian McKenzie and Walter Smith at 610-896-1565, Marian's e-mail: mmckenzi@haverford.edu.

• Reading: 1991. Third Sundays, September through June, 7-9 PM. Contact Betty Hanf, 610-582-5924, or Doron Henkin, e-mail: DHenkin@aol.com.

• *Wilkes-Barre (Dallas): 1991. David Martin, 717-333-4007.

Tennessee

• Knoxville: NHC. Second and fifth Sundays at 7 PM, Contact Gideon Fryer at 423-577-2272; or Kathy Jones at 423-691-8678, e-mail: 70313.3627@compuserve.com; home page: http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~tkoosman/oldharp

• Nashville: 1991. First Sunday and third Thursday of each month. Call Timothy Reynolds, 615-646-6485; or David Carlton, carltodl@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu.

Texas

• Austin: 1991, CSH. Friday night before second and fourth Sundays Contact Gaylon Powell (512) 258-7080, e-mail: gaylon.powell@internetmci.com.

• Grand Prairie, near Dallas/Ft. Worth, 1991. Third Saturdays, 1-3 PM, Call Bruce or Beverly Coates, 214-476-9937.

Vermont

• Brattleboro: 1991, NH95. Monthly, usually on a Sunday, 1-5 PM. Contact Peter Amidon, 802-257-1006, e-mail: peteram@sover.net.

• Middletown Springs (Near Rutland): 1991. Second Wednesday, 7:30-9 PM. Call David Wright, 802-235-2376; or Beth Miller, 802-235-2734.

• Montpelier or Plainfield: 1991, NH95. Usually first Saturday, 3-5 PM. Contact Marek Pyka, 802-456-1120, or Kathleen Moore or Paul Bishop, 802-426-3432, or Larry Gordon, e-mail: lgordon@plainfield.bypass.com.

• Norwich: 1991. Third Thursday, potluck at 6 PM, singing 7-9:30 PM. Call Corlan Johnson, 802-649-5245.

• Springfield: 1991. Second, fourth and fifth Fridays, 7-10 PM. Contact Walt or Pat Colteryahn 802-885-9521, or Daniel Keebler, e-mail: keeblerd@vermontel.com.

Virginia

• Berryville-Winchester: 1991. First Saturday, 4 PM. Potluck at 6 PM. Contact John delRe and Kelly Macklin at 540-955-2660, or Robert Hall, e-mail: rahall@ibm.net.

• Richmond: 1991. Third Saturday, 2-5 PM. Contact Blake Morris, 804-288-8206; or Stephen McMaster, e-mail: slmdar91@us.net.

• Metropolitan Washington, DC: See District of Columbia.

Washington