Check out the great article on Sacred Harp singing in LEO this week by Joe Manning. (If you look at page 17, I am on the right side of the photo, holding my daughter.) I have been singing shape note for a dozen or so years and I think Joe captured the essence of the music beautifully. Here is more info on our 2009 convention. We would love to see some of you HotBytes folks!!!
The Ohio Valley Shape Note Singers, part of VSBC, proudly hosts the 2009 Harrods Creek Shape Note Convention. Activities this year include a Friday Fish Fry, a special documentary presentation on Shape Note music, and the 14th Session of the Harrods Creek Convention.
On Friday, April 24th, VSBC will host Convention activities at their building. Beginning at 5:30p, a community Fish Fry will welcome out of town guests and local residents alike. At 7:00p, the documentary, Awake My Soul, The Story of the Sacred Harp, will be shown in its entirety. Film directors and producers, Matt and Erica Hinton, will be at this presentation and will host an informal question and answer session afterward.
Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th is the weekend’s main event: The 14th Session of the Harrods Creek Convention. Hosted at Harrods Creek Baptist Church in Brownsboro KY, people of all ages and backgrounds gather to sing old style a capella hymns from three different tunebooks.