United Kingdom Sacred Harp & Shapenote Singing

Front row altosFront row treblesHugh McGraw with the tenor line at DerbySophie MacDougall at Letchworth 2004Front row tenorsFront row basses and altos

 
   
     
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Calendar 2010

All singings use the 1991 edition of The Sacred Harp,
unless otherwise specified

Friday 1 January 2010

10th Annual New Year's Day Sacred Harp Singing (also using Cooper book)

Mapperley Parish Church, Mapperley, Nr Ilkeston, Derbys.

11.15 am - 4.00 pm Pot luck lunch at 1 pm

Contact: Helen Brown  Tel:  01332 768274  Email

Download directions here

Saturday 30 January 2010
Liverpool Sacred Harp Singing Day
Sandymount House of Prayer,16 Burbo Bank Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool, L23 6TH
10.00 am - 4.00 pm, Singing School from 10.30 am.
Contact: Hannah Land Tel: 07740 198612 Email
               Catherine Rowe Tel: 07931544912 Email

Saturday  13 February 2010
Home Counties Winter Shapenote Singing Day (also using Northern and Norumbega Harmonies)
Oxted United Reformed Church,
21 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0AA
11.00 am - 4.30 pm

Contact: Tony Singleton Tel: 01580 753431
Email
             Martin Williams Tel: 07721 451406 Email
Download flyer here Download directions here

Saturday 13 February 2010
Oldham Sacred Harp Singing Day
Oldham Baptist Church, Chaucer Street, Oldham, Lancs., OL1 1BA
10.00 am - 3.30 pm
Contact: Hannah Land
 Email
Download flyer here

Saturday 20 February 2010
South Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day
Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Church Street, Oughtibridge, Sheffield S35 0FW
10.30 am - 4.00 pm
Contact:
Dave Elliott   Tel: 07906 442804   Email
             Sarah West   Tel: 07815 638376   Email
Download flyer and map here
Saturday 27 February 2010
Sacred Harp workshop
with Babylon Lane
Friends Meeting House, Long Sutton, Somerset  TA10 9NB
11.00 am - 4.00 pm
Contact: Howard Wright
Email
Saturday 13 March 2010
Shapenote Exhibition and Workshop
Weedon Bec Village Hall, Northants.,
NN7 4QU
12.30 pm - 4.30 pm (workshop from 2.00 pm)
Contact: Mick Verrier      Tel:
07812 522937 Email
           Steve Fletcher  Email
Download flyer here and directions here
Saturday 20 March 2010
12th Sussex Shapenote Singing Day (also using an alternative booklet)
Village Hall, Staplefield, RH17 6ET
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Contact: Tony Singleton
Tel: 01580 753431 Email
                
Jill Thompson   Tel: 01273 623533/07718 655824
Download flyer and map here
Saturday 27 March 2010
Holmfirth Sacred Harp Singing Day

Wooldale Community Association, Robert Lane, Wooldale, Holmfirth, HD9 1XZ
10:30 am - 4.00 pm
Contact: Cath Ingham Tel: 01484 687227  Email  
Download flyer here
Sunday 28 March 2010
Palm Sunday Singing Day
Finstock Village Hall, Well Hill, Finstock, Oxon. OX7 3BU
10.30 am - 4.00 pm
Contact: Mandy Townsend Tel: 01865 714778
Email
!!! remember to change the email address from '-at-' to '@' to make it work !!!
Saturday 10 April 2010
Sing Oxted! Sacred Harp Singing Day
Oxted United Reformed Church, 21 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0AA
11.00 am - 4.30 pm

Contact: Michael Walker
Tel: 07770 210067/0208 450 5258  Email
             Martin Williams Tel: 07721 451406 Email
Download flyer here  Directions as for Home Counties sing 13 February
Saturday 10 April 2010
Teignmouth Sacred Harp workshop
Teignmouth Methodist Church Hall, Somerset Place, Teignmouth TQ14 8DZ
11.00 am - 4.30 pm
Contact:  Nikki Hillstead Tel: 01626 778071 Email
              Sheila and Edwin Macadam  Tel: 01865 865773   Email
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April 2010
East Midlands Sacred Harp Convention (also using Cooper Book)
Kegworth Village Hall, Kegworth, Leicestershire, DE74 2FH.  For further details of location, programme and accommodation, please send an sae to Helen Brown, 4 Valley Road, Littleover, Derby  DE23 6HQ
Contact: Ian West Tel: 0116 270 9702 
Email

Download initial flyer here
Saturday 8 May 2010
Goodshaw Sacred Harp Singing

Goodshaw Baptist Church, Chapel Street, Goodshaw, Rossendale, Lancs., BB4 8BS
10.30 am - 3.30 pm
Special Singing School with Aldo Ceresa (New York, USA) 10.30 am - 11 am. 
Please bring a plated dish of food to share for Dinner on the Grounds.
Contact: Chris Brown / Judy Whiting
Tel:01422 311736 /
07903 304303 / 07963 513685  Email/Email
Download flyer here
Thursday 20 May 2010
A showing of the documentary film Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp.  ' ... a stunning portrait of Sacred Harp singing and its legacy ...'
Star & Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle NE1 2NP
7.30 pm - admission £5 
Contact: Cath Tyler Tel:  0191 215 0138  Email  
Saturday 22 May 2010
Lewes Sacred Harp Singing Day

South Malling Parish Church, Church Lane, Lewes  BN7 2JA
10.00 am - 4 pm  
Contact: Rachel Jordan  Tel:  01273 476837  Email
Sunday 23 May 2010
Sacred Harp Singing School with Cath Tyler
Star & Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle NE1 2NP
2.00 pm - 5.00 pm 
Contact: Cath Tyler Tel:  0191 215 0138  Email  

Saturday 5 June 2010
Newcastle Sacred Harp Singing Day
St Bartholomew's Church Hall, Station Rd, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 9NQ

10.00 am - 4.30 pm
Contact:
Cath Tyler Tel:  0191 215 0138  Email
Website

Saturday 12 June 2010

Shapers New England and New Writings Day
Christchurch, Bedford Road, Hitchin SG5 1HF
11.00 am - 4.30 pm, doors and café open at 10.00 am.
Bring and share lunch, evening meal at a local restaurant.
Contact: Steve Fletcher Tel: 07976 605692  Email

Download flyer here

Friday 18 - Sunday 20 June 2010
Teignmouth Folk Festival
Sacred Harp workshops with
Babylon Lane
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam Tel: 01865 865773   Email
Festival website
Saturday 26 June 2010
12th Oxford Sacred Harp Singing Day
Seacourt Hall, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LS
10.00 am - 4.30 pm. There will be a brief Singing School with Steve Marini of Norumbega Harmony, Boston, for beginners and
new leaders at the start of the morning session.
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam  Tel: 01865 865773   Email

Download map here
Sunday 27 June 2010
Leigh Folk Festival, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Sacred Harp Singing School with Cath and Phil Tyler
1.30 pm - 3.00 pm at New Road Methodist Church

Contact: Cath Tyler Tel:  0191 215 0138  Email
Festival website  
!!! remember to change the email address from '-at-' to '@' to make it work !!!
Saturday 10  July 2010
Stour Estuary Singing Day
Bradfield Methodist Church, Bradfield, Essex CO11 2XD
Contact: Mick Verrier  Tel:
07812 522937 or 07855 756037 Email
             Steve Fletcher and Martin Williams  Tel: 01462 641787/07976 605692
Email
The organisers of the Stour Estuary Singing Day 2010 regret to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled.
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July 2010
Sacred Harp singing returns to Gwehelog Chapel ! 
All day Sacred Harp singing is returning to Gwehelog Methodist Chapel, near Usk, Mon., on Saturday, 17 July 10.30 am - 4 pm. Singing from The Sacred Harp (1991). Please bring a plated dish of cold food to share for Dinner on the Grounds.
Sunday 10.30 am - 12 noon Come and sing Moody & Sankey hymns accompanied by The Cwmbran Salvation Army Band (books of music and words will be available but please bring your own Moody & Sankey 1200 book if you have one).
Contact: Chris Brown and Judy Whiting 
Tel: 01422 311736/ 07963 513685 / 07903 304303 Email/Email 
Download flyer here
Saturday 24 July 2010
Shapenote Singing School with Tim Eriksen, as part of the Sage's SummerTyne Americana Festival
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
St Mary's Church,
Oakwellgate, Gateshead NE8 2AU
Entrance free, but ticketed: Festival website
Sunday 25 July 2010
Warwick Folk Festival
Shapenote Workshop
with Babylon Lane
Further information on venue and time to follow
Sidmouth Folk Week
Shapenote Workshops with Babylon Lane, Monday 2 - Thursday 5 August
and a special Singing School with Tim Eriksen on Monday 2 August, who, with Cordelia's Dad, will be at Sidmouth between Sunday 1 and Tuesday 3 August
For further information contact: Sheila Macadam
Tel: 01865 865773   Email
Whitby Folk Week
Sacred Harp Singing Schools with Cath Tyler Monday 23 - Friday 27 August
For further information contact
Cath Tyler Tel:  0191 215 0138 Email
Saturday 4 September 2010
Oxford Occasionals - 11th Annual Church Visitation in the
Diocese of Oxford
Walking tour of Oxford College Chapels
Singing from the Sacred Harp (1991) and the WGMA Psalter - Praise & Glory
Further information here
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam  Tel: 01865 865773   Email

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September 2010
15th UK Sacred Harp Convention

Weedon Bec Village Hall, Northants., NN7 4QU
Contact: Mick Verrier      Tel: 07812 522937 Email
Steve Fletcher 
Email     Martin Williams Email

Sheila and Edwin Macadam  Tel: 01865 865773   Email
Further details to follow
See Convention website

Saturday 25 September 2010

North West London Sacred Harp Singing Day
St Mary's Church, 18 Neasden Lane, Willesden, London  NW10 2TS

10.00 am - 4.00 pm 

Contact: Michael Walker  Tel: 07770 210067/0208 450 5258  Email or Email

!!! remember to change the email address from '-at-' to '@' to make it work !!!

Saturday 9 October 2010

Sheffield Sacred Harp Singing Day
Our Lady and St Thomas Church, Meadowhead, Woodseats, Sheffield  S8 7UD
11.00
am - 4.00 pm
Contact: Carmel Wood Tel: 07851 126589  Email

Saturday 16 October 2010

Shapers Sacred Harp Singing Day
Christchurch, Bedford Road, Hitchin SG5 1HF
11.00 am - 4.30 pm, doors and café open at 10.00 am.
Bring and share lunch, evening meal at a local restaurant.
Contact: Steve Fletcher Tel: 07976 605692  Email

Download flyer here

Saturday 6 November 2010
Sing Oxted! Sacred Harp Singing Day
Oxted United Reformed Church, 21 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0AA
Singing from the 1991 edition and a workshop on the Cooper Book with Dave Richardson, exploring the different style of song in these two editions.
Contact: Martin Williams Tel: 07721 451406 Email
Download flyer here  Download directions here

Saturday 13 November 2010

Stapleford Sacred Harp Singing Day
St. Luke's Church, Moorbridge Lane, Stapleford, Notts.
10.30 am - 4.30 pm. 

Contact: Helen Brown  Tel:  01332 768274   Email

Saturday 20 November 2010

West Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day

West Lane Methodist Chapel, Haworth, West Yorkshire, BD22 8EN  

10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Contact: Chris Brown/Judy Whiting Tel:01422 311736  Email/Email  
Further information to follow

Saturday 20 November 2010
Thanksgiving Sacred Harp Singing Day
Jordans Village Hall, Green Road West, Jordans, Bucks.
HP9 2SY
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam Tel: 01865 865773
Email
2011 Dates:
Saturday 1 January 2011
New Year's Day Sacred Harp Singing at Mapperley
Saturday 12 February 2011
Oldham Sacred Harp Singing Day
Saturday 12 February 2011
Home Counties Mid-Winter Singing Day at Mayflower Hall, Billericay, Essex
Saturday 26 February 2011
South Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day
Saturday 26 February 2011
Shapenote Singing School at Ash Vale Methodist Chapel, Surrey
Friday 4 - Sunday 6 March 2011
First Ireland Sacred Harp Convention in Cork City
Details
Saturday 12 March 2011
Sussex Shapenote Singing Day at Staplefield
Saturday 12 March 2011
Goodshaw Sacred Harp Singing Day at Goodshaw Baptist Church
Saturday 19 March 2011
Shapenote Singing School in Chard, Somerset - venue tbc
Saturday 26 March 2011
Holmfirth Sacred Harp Singing Day
Saturday 9 April 2011
Sacred Harp Singing Day at Oxted
Sunday 17 April 2011
Palm Sunday Singing Day at Finstock, Oxon.
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April 2011
East Midlands Sacred Harp Convention at Kegworth
Saturday 21 May 2011
Sussex Sacred Harp Singing Day at Lewes
Saturday 4 June 2011
Newcastle Sacred Harp Singing Day
Saturday 11 June 2011
Shapers New England and New Writings Day at Hitchin
Saturday 25 June 2011
Oxford Sacred Harp Singing Day at Seacourt Hall, Botley
Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July 2011
Sacred Harp and Sankey and Moody Singing Weekend at Gwehelog Chapel
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2011
(note change of timing of this annual event)
UK Sacred Harp Convention at the Lomas Hall, Stannington, S.Yorks.
Saturday 24 September 2011
North West London Sacred Harp Singing Day at Willesden
Saturday 8 October 2011
Sheffield Sacred Harp Singing Day
Saturday October 2011 date t.b.c.
Shapers Sacred Harp Singing Day at Hitchin
Saturday 5 November 2011
Oxted Singing Day
Saturday 12 November 2011
Stapleford Sacred Harp Singing Day
Saturday 19 November 2011
West Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day at Haworth
Saturday 26 November 2011
Thanksgiving Sacred Harp Singing Day at Jordans, Bucks.
 
   

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