Annual Sacred Harp Singings
2000 Directory
Based on Sacred Harp Singings 1999
and 2000, compiled by Shelbie Sheppard and
David Ivey, and Minutes and Directory of Annual Sacred Harp
Singings and Conventions in East Central Alabama, 1999-2000,
compiled by Jenny Gurley Acton. 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.
- January 1--New Years Day Singing, Pine Ridge Dunkard Brethren
Church, near Collins MS. Info: Andrew Albers (601) 765-9432.
- First Sunday--Dutch Treat Singing--Shady Grove Church, 3 miles
noth of Double Springs AL.
- First Sunday--State University of West Georgia, Food Service
Building Z-6, Carrollton GA.
- Saturday Night before Second Sunday--Alvin Keeton, Irene Jackson
and Robert Harper Memorial, Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetery), 1.5 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,
San Francisco. Saturday, All Saints Episcopal Church, 1350 Waller;
Sunday, Synergy School, 1387 Valencia Street. Info: Chris Thorman
(chris@thorman.com), Carolyn Deacy (415) 585-4773.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Fohs Hall, North Walker St., Marion
KY (1991 Edition and Southern Harmony). Info: William Paris (502)
545-3920.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Baldwin County Convention--
Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, Pine and First Street, Bay Minette
AL. Info: Bill Hogan (334)342-4137 (Cooper Revision).
- 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. Info: Parnell
Berry (205) 486-5853.
[First Fifth Sunday]
- Saturday before Fifth Sunday--Cowden Hall, Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Fort Worth TX. Info:
David Music, (817) 923-1921, ext. 6420. (1991 Revision/Dutch Treat)
- 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. Info: Velton Chafin (205)387-7380
- 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. Info: David Ivey (256)881-5291, iveyd@usa.net.
- Fifth Sunday--Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 7900 Bethlehem
Rd., Mulberry FL. Info: Lane Albritton (813)737-2249.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Rotunda Singing,
Capitol Building, Bainbridge St. at Dexter Ave., Montgomery AL
(Sacred Harp 1991 and Cooper revisions, Christian Harmony, Colored
Sacred Harp). (Bring a sack lunch.) Info: Jim Carnes (334)264-0286 (days).
- First Sunday--Uncle Bob Burnham Memorial, Recreation Center,
Jacksonville AL. (Lunch is shared by all. Please bring a covered dish to
share.) Info: Ruth Brown (256)831-2227.
- 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. 1:00 PM. Info: Ted Mercer (773) 486-7400.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Provine Chapel, Mississippi College,
Clinton MS. Info: Regina Glass, 601-269-3635, or e-mail Mark Davis,
Horn4@aol.com.
- Saturday Before Second Sunday--Merriam-Lexington Presbyterian
Church, 203 N. Howell St, St. Paul, MN (Cooper Revision).
- Saturday Before Second Sunday--Pennick Academic Complex, Union
University, Jackson, TN. Info: Michael Penney, 901 664-5075.
- 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.
- Second Sunday--Roy Avery Memorial, Rocky Mount Primitive
Baptist Church, 3 miles southwest of Daviston AL. Preaching at 11:00.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Alabama Collegiate Singing--Wesley
Foundation Student Center, corner of 9th St. & Hackberry Lane,
Tuscaloosa, AL. Info: Tim Cook, (205)344-5376.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--Ohio State Convention,
Saturday: Ebenezer Mennonite Schoolhouse, Bluffton; Sunday, Sacred Heart[!]
Catholic Church, Cygnet. Info: Fred Todt (614)291-0282 or John Bealle
(513)861-1137.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--Keystone Singing
Convention--Saturday: Haverford Friends Meeting, Lancaster Avenue and
Buck Lane, Haverford; Sunday: The Franklin Inn Club 205 S. Camac Street,
Philadelphia. Info: Gabriel Kastelle (215)602-8330 or Doron Henkin
(215)656-4206.
- Third Sunday--Sanders Memorial, Cordova Senior Citizens Center,
Cordova AL.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--St. Alban's Chapel Parish Hall,
Darymple and Highland Street, Baton Rouge LA. Info: Wallace McKenzie
(225)924-0321 or Brad Pope (225)344-9648.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Hardeman Church, 1965 Glenwood Rd.,
Decatur GA (J.L. White edition). Info: John Plunkett (404)371-1057,
Laura Akerman (404)373-8241.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--St. John the Baptist Parish Centre,
Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, England. Info: Ian West
(01_tag@compuserve.com).
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday before--Pacific Northwest Convention,
Sunset Hill Community Club, 3003 NW 66th St, Ballard WA.
Info: Karen Willard (360) 897-9545.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Vestal Public Library, 320 Vestal
Parkway East, Vestal, NY. Info: Dennis Leipold (607)724-8784,
e-mail: dleipold@pronetisp.net
- 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)
- Saturday before First Sunday--Duke Memorial--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.
- Saturday before First Sunday--North Carolina Convention,
Saturday: AMity Methodist Church, Chapel Hill; Sunday, Page Walker Hotel,
Cary. Info: Lynda Hambourger, email nhsslhh@gwgate.bas.ncsu.edu.
- 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.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Gilliland-Brothers Memorial--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 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--Western Massachusetts Sacred
Harp Convention, Northampton, place to be announced.
Info: Catherine Oss (413) 529-7160 email wmshc@aol.com.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Missouri Convention, St. John's
United Church of Christ, Pinckney MO, hwy 94, 11.5 miles west of
Marthasville. Info: Karen Isbell (314) 664-1411.
- 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--Hoboken Elementary School
Auditorium, Church St., Hoboken GA. From US 82 eastbound, turn north on
Kelly (at the flashing caution light). Cross Railroad tracks. Turn left on
Chicago and enter the parking lot of the school on the right. Info: David
Lee (912) 458-2493 (Cooper Revision).
- 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--Wall Memorial--George Wallace Senior Citizens Center,
Hollingsworth Drive, Glencoe AL.
- Third Sunday--Garrison Memorial, Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church,
Birmingham-Hopewell Road, Alpharetta GA (Cooper Revision).
- Third Sunday Night--Godsey Sisters Memorial, Shady
Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 195, 3 miles north of Double Springs AL.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Vermont State Convention--Burlington,
place to be announced. Info: Larry Gordon (802)426-3210.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Georgia State
Convention, Old DeKalb County Courthouse, Decatur, GA.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118
West Johnson Ave., Springdale, AR. Contact Susan Young at (501)750-8165,
syoung@springdaleark.org. Singing school taught by Hugh McGraw,
Tuesday-Friday evening before the singing.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Grace Lutheran Church, 1326 South
26th Street Omaha NE. Info:Kathy Wood (402)397-4673, khwood@omnilinx.net.
- Saturday before First Sunday--William Walker Memorial--Burwell
Building, Wofford College, Spartanburg SC (Christian Harmony and 1991
Edition).
- Saturday before First Sunday--Higher Ground Singing--United
Ministry Center, Terre Haute IN. Info:Janet Fraembs (217)345-6873,
Marlen Rust (812)336-2792.
- First Sunday and and Saturday before--Potomac River
Convention, Washington DC and suburban Virginia.
Saturday, Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Hwy, Lorton VA; Sunday,
Great Falls Grange, 9818 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls VA.
"New Traditions Singing" on Friday night preceding the convention.
Info: Steven Sabol (301) 897-5274.
- First Sunday and Saturday before--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, Cooper Book, and Southern Harmony). Info: Robert
Meek (502)893-2190.
- 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--Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 9, one mile north
of Bruce MS.
- First Sunday--Providence Primitive Baptist Church,
six miles southeast of Ashland AL. Preaching at 11:00.
- First Sunday Night--Berry Memorial, Friendship Primitive Baptist
Church, near Haleyville AL.
- Friday Night before Second Sunday (April 11)--Antioch Baptist
Church, south of Tallapoosa GA on Old Hwy 100, 6:30 EDT.
- 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--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--Leach Memorial--Rocky Mount Primitive
Baptist Church, 3 miles east of Arab AL on Hwy 69 (Arab to Guntersville).
- Saturday before Third Sunday--New York State Regional Singing,
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fairport NY.
Info: Laura Densmore (716) 688-2001.
- 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.
- Third Sunday--Jackson Memorial--Union Grove Baptist Church,
Ozark AL.
- Third Sunday--Smyrna Primitive Baptist Church, 2 miles east of
Goodwater AL, south of Hwy 86. Preaching at 11:00.
- Third Sunday--Palm Sunday Singing--Finstock Village Hall, England,
Info:Bernard Collard, gm22@dial.pipex.com.
- Tuesday night, April 20--New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary, Sellers Music Building, 3939 Gentilly Blvd.,
New Orleans LA. Info: Harry Eskew (504)282-4455, ext. 3277.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Birmingham-Hopewell
Road, north of Alpharetta GA.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Easter Singing, Henderson Primitive
Baptist Church, six miles east of Henderson TX on US 79. Info: John or
Emmie Morris (903)898-2510 (Cooper Revision).
- 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--Pine Grove Church--Henderson, TX. Info: John or
Emmie Morris (903)898-2510 (Cooper Revision)
- Fourth Sunday--Alewine Memorial--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.
[Second Fifth Sunday]
- Saturday before Fifth Sunday--Priestly Miller Memorial,
Johnson Academic Building, 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 Fifth Sunday--Friends Meeting House-Yellow
Springs, OH. Info: Fred Todt (614)291-0282 or John Bealle (513)861-1137.
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Midwest Convention,
Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago IL. Info: Ted Mercer
(312) 862-6477 or 486-7400.
- 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--Mount Pisgah Church, 10 miles southwest of Sylvester GA.
- Fifth Sunday--Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 7900 Bethlehem
Rd., Mulberry Florida. Info: Lane Albritton (813)737-2249.
- 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--Old Shady Grove Church, 3 miles south
of Dutton AL just off Hwy 71 between Section and Dutton.
- First Sunday--Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church, 6 miles
southeast of Ashland AL, on CR 5. Preaching at 11:00.
- Saturday before Second 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.
(Normally on Saturday before the First Sunday in May.)
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Herring Pavilion, Furman
University, Greenville SC (Sacred Harp and Christian Harmony).
- 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, City Administration
Building, Lawrenceburg TN.
- 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--Federated Church, High Street, Arrow
Rock MO. Info: Richard/Susan Green (913) 831-3912.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--Garden State Convention, Montclair
Friends Meeting House, 289 Park St., Upper Montclair NJ.
Info: Gina Balestracci (973) 509-2165 or e-mail
balestracci@saturn.montclair.edu. Friday night singing school
precedes convention.
- Third Sunday--Cane Creek Church, 3 1/2 miles east of Heflin AL on
Hwy 78.
- Third Sunday--Liberty Hill Church, near Barnesville GA. On Hwy 36
5.0 miles west of I-75.
- Third Sunday--Concord Baptist Church, West of Hwy 32 at Ellard
(Calhoun County) MS. Dinner, followed by singing at 1:00 pm.
- Third Sunday--Rocky Mount Homecoming--Primitive Baptist Church,
6 miles southwest of Daviston AL.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist
Church, 6 miles south of Roanoke AL 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).
- Saturday before First Sunday--Northern Shenandoah Singing,
Berryville VA. Info: John DelRe (606) 268-0998.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown NY;
One mile north of Cooperstown on Route 80. Info: Margaret/Ron Bornick
(315) 853-6282, RMBornick@compuserve.com or Barbara Swetman (315) 853-5723
bswetman@hamilton.edu.
- 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--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--Hill Roane Memorial, Sherman Baptist Church, Hwy 32, 10
miles west of Bruce MS.
- 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 15-17)--National Sacred Harp Convention,
Trinity United Methodist Church, 1400 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, Birmingham AL,
near I-65 and Hwy 31.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Moore, Graves, and Calvert
Memorial--Addingston Chapel, 15 miles southwest of
Cullman AL, 4 miles off Hwy 69 at Wilburn AL (Bug Tussle).
- Third Sunday--Clifford Wakefield Memorial--King 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.
- Third Sunday--Zion Hill Baptist Church, CR 368, southeast of
Henderson TX, Info: John Morris, (903) 898-2150 (Cooper Revision).
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Shady Grove Primitive Baptist
Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs AL on Hwy 195.
- 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.)
- 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--Ag Center, Perry GA. (No lunch. Singing
begins at 1PM.)
- July 4--Independence Day Singing, Mount Herman Primitive Baptist
Church, New Liberty Community, north of Hwy 8, 3 miles west of Vardaman MS.
- July 4--Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church, 6 miles
southeast of Ashland AL, on CR 5.
- 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.
- Wednesday, July 5--Jones Chapel Senior Citizens Center, Jones
Chapel AL. From Hwy 278, turn south at light, one block. (First Wednesday
in July).
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Québec Convention,
Lennoxville, Qué.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--Cullman County Courthouse,
Cullman AL.
- Second Sunday--Lamar-Pickens Convention, Zion Church, 8
miles north of Gordo AL, 1/4 miles west of Hwy 159.
- 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).
- Thursday, July 13--Capital City Singing, Grange Hall, Old Alabama
Town, Montgomery AL (Sacred Harp 1991 and Cooper revisions,
Christian Harmony, Colored Sacred Harp). (Bring a sack lunch.)
- 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 night before Third Sunday--Moon Memorial--Dorsey Creek Primitive
Baptist Church, Bremen, AL; on hwy 69 (Cooper Revision).
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Michiana Singing--New Testament
Baptist Church, near Goshen IN. Info: Samuel Sommers (219) 294-6180.
- Third Sunday--Wesley Foundation, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo MI. Info: Bill/Martha Beverly (616) 382-4288 beverly@net-link.net.
- 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 one mile (first paved road), take left and
go 0.6 miles.
- Third Sunday--Hillabee Convention, Rocky Mount Primitive
Baptist Church, 3 miles southwest of Daviston AL.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Cotaco Convention, Gum Pond
Church, near Eva AL, 18 miles northeast of Cullman.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Connecticut Convention, Info:
Susan Garber SusanGarber@aol.com.
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Marilu Jolly Memorial, Old Poway
Park, Poway CA. Info: Carla Smith (619) 533-3178 (days) or (619) 544-3178
(evenings).
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Mount Zion Methodist
Church, Mt. Zion GA, 8 1/2 miles west of Carrollton on Hwy 16.
- Fourth Sunday--Marion County Courthouse, Hamilton AL.
- Fourth Sunday--Chickasaw County Convention, Enon Primitive
Baptist Church, south of Hwy 8, eight miles east of Houston, MS.
[Third Fifth Sunday]
- Saturday before Fifth Sunday--Young Peoples United Singing,
Northamption MA. Info: Kelly House (401) 831-5879.
- Fifth Sunday and Saturday Before--Union Musical Convention,
Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Alpharetta GA.
- 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--Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 7900 Bethlehem
Rd., Mulberry Florida. Info: Lane Albritton (813)737-2249.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Warrior River-Clear Creek
Convention, Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, Fridays Crossing, 10.0
miles north of Oneonta AL.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Eugene OR, location to be announced.
Info: Jim Brock (511) 345-9652, jbrock@pacinfo.com.
- 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.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Holy Cross Episcopal Church,
Kingston NY. Info: Jim Ulrich, (914)657-8314, e-mail: ulrich@ulster.net.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Good Shepherd Church, 85780 McBeth
Road, near Eugene OR; take Lorane Road south, turn left onto McBeth at the
Spencer Creek Grange). Info: Marcia Cutler, (541) 687-2559, e-mail:
mar_c@efn.org
- 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--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.
- Wednesday after Second Sunday (August 11)--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, Masonic Hall, Crane Hill AL, 10 miles south of
Jones Chapel on Hwy 22.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Chattanooga Primitive Baptist
Church, 811 Runyan Drive, Chattanooga TN. Info:Linda Sides (423) 875-8619,
linjanes@bellsouth.net.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--Santa Cruz CA--Saturday: Women's
Center, 303 Walnut Avenue; Sunday: Senior Citizens Opportunities, 222 Market
Street. Info:Kathleen Marie Pouls (831) 475-8885.
- Third Sunday--Emma and Belton Beasley and Philip Lee III 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 and Saturday before--Mississippi State Convention,
Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 21 between Forest and Sebastopol MS.
Info: Mark Davis, (601) 932-9188.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Pleasant Grove Singing
Convention, Calhoun County MS, location to be announced.
- Fourth Sunday--Cherry Tree Singing, James Creek Primitive
Baptist Church, 4 miles south of Hwy 78 on State Line Road east of
Tremont MS.
- 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.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Christ Church (Episcopal),
Oberlin OH, 162 Main Street. Info: Charles Wells, (440) 774-1926;
e-mail: charles@freude.com
- Saturday before First Sunday--Pennsylvania Regional
Singing--Maidencreek Friends Meeting House, near Leesport PA.
Info: Betty Hanf (610) 582-5924 or Doron Henkins (215) 656-4206.
[Saturday before Labor Day.]
- 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 4--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 Convention,
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 (281)
367-6260.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Central Louisiana Regional
Singing, Harmony Primitive Baptist Church, Dry Prong LA.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--United Sacred Harp
Musical Association, Old County Line Church, 9 miles west of
Warrior AL near Corner, off Miller Road. Info: David Ivey (256) 881-5291,
Harrison Creel (205)648-9750.
- Second Sunday and Saturday before--United Kingdom Sacred Harp
Convention--Beeston Youth and Community Centre, Beeston, Nottingham, England.
- 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.
- 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--Rocky Mountain
Convention--Saturday, Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, SR165, Placitas
NM; Sunday, Pinyon Canyon Camp, Tijeras NM. Info: Harlan Van Camp,
ganmaoli@m4.interserv.com.
- Third Sunday--Bennie Keeton Memorial--Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetery),
1.5 miles east of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill AL.
- Third Sunday--Smyrna Primitive Baptist Church, 2 miles east of
Goodwater AL, south of Hwy 86. Preaching at 11:00.
- Third Sunday--B.F. White Memorial--Hardeman Church, Glenwood Rd.,
Decatur GA (J.L. White edition).
- Tuesday night before Fourth Sunday (September 19)--New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA. Info: Dr. Harry
Eskew. 6:00 p.m.
- Fourth Sunday and Saturday Before--Illinois State Convention,
Charleston IL, location to be announced. Info: Karen Hojnacki (217) 235-6652
or Terry Hogg (217) 422-2363.
- Fourth Sunday--Winston County Convention, Shady Grove Primitive
Baptist Church, 3 miles north of Double Springs, AL on Hwy 195.
- Fourth Sunday--Loosascoona
Primitive Baptist Church, Air Mount, north of Hwy 330, 11 miles west of
Bruce, MS.
- Fourth Sunday--Gum Pond Primitive Baptist
Church, near Eva AL, 18 miles northeast of Cullman.
- Friday night and Saturday before First Sunday (September
29-30)--New England Convention--Middletown CT.
Info: Neely Bruce, Neely Bruce, (806) 347-3003, nbruce@wesleyan.edu.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Old Shady Grove Baptist Church, between
Dutton and Section (Jackson Co.), AL. Just off the north side of Hwy. 71
(Cooper Revision).
- Saturday before First Sunday--Smyrna Baptist Church, FM 2496,
5 miles west of Mount Enterprise TX. Info: Robert Vaughn, (903) 863-5379
(Cooper Revision).
- Saturday before First Sunday--Louisiana State Convention,
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, 8576 Hopper Rd., Baton Rouge LA. Info:
Nancy Van Dan Akker, (504) 283-5161.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Goleta CA, location to be announced.
Info: Tom/Victoria Ostwald (805) 965-4707.
- First Sunday and Saturday Before--Minnesota State Convention,
Minneapolis MN, location to be announced. Info: Christine Stevens
(651) 224-4173 or Kit Pfau (651) 642-1682.
- 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.
- First Sunday--Sandy Creek Church, 1 mile south of Flovilla GA.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Columbus-Cincinnati Singing, Friends
Meeting House, Yellow Springs OH. Info: Fred Todt (614) 291-0282.
- Second Sunday and Saturday night before--Tennessee State 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. (Cooper book on Saturday night.)
- Second Sunday--Taylor United Methodist Church, Taylor MS, 8 miles
south of Oxford.
- Second Sunday--Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, 3 miles south of
Ider AL, junction Hwy 117.
- Second Sunday--Harper Memorial--Old Flatwoods Church, Nauvoo AL.
Info: Pam Keeton (205) 221-4465.
- 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.
- Saturday before Third Sunday--Tri-State (GAF) Singing Convention,
Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Hoboken GA.
(Cooper Revision.) Info: David Lee (912) 458-2493.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--Pacific Northwest Convention,
Sellwood Community Center, 1436 Spokane Street, Portland OR.
- Third Sunday and Saturday before--New York State Convention--
Bethel Grove Community Center, 1825 Slaterville Road (Rte.79), Ithaca NY.
Info: Jennifer Cook (607) 273-7076, jc27@cornell.edu or Eric Bean,
gebean@aol.com.
- 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--Seed and Feed Sacred Harp
Singing-Embry Hills United Methodist Church-3304 Henderson Mill Rd.,
Atlanta GA. Info: Kelly Morris (404) 378-0595 or Bryan Black
(770) 938-0661 (days) 867-2253 (evenings).
- Saturday before Fourth Sunday--Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church,
Hwy 13, near Polkville MS (Cooper Revision).
- Fourth Sunday--Jordan's Chapel, Newell AL, Hwy 431 to Hwy 82,
Morrison Cross Road, 2 miles, turn left to church.
[Fourth Fifth Sunday]
- 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
Al Rogers (512)458-9667. (Cooper Revision).
- Fifth Sunday--Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 7900 Bethlehem
Rd., Mulberry Florida. Info: Lane Albritton (813)737-2249.
- 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. Info: Everett Denney (770) 854-4221.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Ebenezer Mennonite Schoolhouse,
Bluffton OH. Info: Kathryn Knecht (419) 634-4916.
- Saturday before First Sunday--Little Hope Primitive Baptist
Church, 4 miles on FM 1669 out of Huntington TX. Info: Burl Russell
(409) 624-2173 (Cooper Revision).
- Saturday before First Sunday--Brothers and Wood Memorial--Pilgrims
Rest Primitive Baptist Church, south of Attalla AL, Hwy 11.
- 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--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 (972) 227-7976.
- Saturday before Second Sunday--Southern Wisconsin Singing,
Sauk County, WI, location to be announced.
- Second Sunday and Saturday Before--James River Convention, Richmond VA.
Info: Stephen McMaster (804) 288-1503, e-mail: slmdarien@aol.com.
- Second Sunday--Oak Hill Baptist Church, 2 miles south of Oxford AL.
- 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.
- Saturday before Third Sunday---Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago,
Chicago IL. Info: Kiri Miller (773) 955-0428.
- Third Sunday--Harmony Primitive Baptist Church, Calhoun GA. Turn right
off Hwy 156 (Red Bud Rd.) 100 yards east off I-75, Exit 1.
- Third Sunday--Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church, 3 miles
southwest of Daviston AL.
- 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--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, 2001 Cove Blvd., Panama City FL (Cooper Revision).
- Second Sunday and Saturday Before--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.
- Second Sunday--Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church,
3 miles southwest of Daviston AL. Preaching at 11:00.
- Third Sunday and Saturday Before--Zion Hill Primitive Baptist
Church, near Snead Cross Roads AL.
Further information
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