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The idea of the Chattahoochee Convention odgin.ted at an alternoon cOdlfDunily singing at the home of Oliver

and Nancy Bradfield in the fall of 1851. Oliver Bradfield and his friends decided to call a meeting the followingJuly to organize a Sacred Harp convention in the Ityle of the SOU/hem Nuskll CDn"ention. Tbe result: TheChattahoochee Sacred Hup Mu;ical Convention. The fint Inlion of the convention met on Thurday, Friday, andSaturday before the fint Sunday in August at Macedonia Baptist Church in Coweta County, Georgia. The firstofficerl "ere S. P. Barnett, Pre;ident: Oliver Bradfield, Vice-Pretidenl; and Mut: Wynn, Secretary and Treasurer.The B. F. White Original Sacred Harp Wat adopted at the official boot. The Chattahoochee Convention has met everyyear lince 1852 with tot:en sessions being held during the Civil War.

Nine counties throughout Georgia have lerved as hosl for the convention. In 1937 M. H. Wilson of CrossPlains, Georgia completed a building which he built himself for the Chattahoochee Convention. This became knownat Wilson's Chapel. The 1938 session of the convention met there. Since this time, the Wilson family has dedicatedmuch errort for the support of the convention. More sessions have probably been held ill Wilson's Chapel than anyother place. Wilson's Chapel is located in Canol! County "'hich has hosted more conventions than any othercounty,The Cantenial celebration wu held at West GA CoIIBRe August 4, & S, 1952 "'ith a large number inattendance.

Today the Chattahoochee Convention continu" on by the untiring labor of many families and supporters ofthe convention. This year'. session "'ill meet Ihe 1st Sunday & Saturday before in August at Wilson's Chapellocated off Highway 16/27A, iuS( oul of Curolllon, Georgia in the Cross Plains Community.

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mIll:ll'll'rDJmW rDJll' ~rDJW(!jj !l\(DJ(DJI!: llJlA\m'll' llll Ill,. m.IL,. ~Jl,1mlIllBIn 1881. .5 yean nIter n. F. White's death. J. L. Wbite and B. F. White, Jr. compiled Thft "New S"u'ed Harp 5th

Edit jon; CQtlectiofi or Hymn t\lnes. Anthems. and Popular SoOKS. The music in this new edition was printed in the7 shaped-note form and contained music composed in the gospel style. According to Joo S. JameUhe looi book:was never published because J. L. and B. F. Jr. decided to leave their father', original work alone.

In 1902 a revision of the Sacred Harp was poblished by W. M. Cooper of Dothan Alabama.He entitled his book~B. E. White Sacred HarD as Revhet1 &. jmnroyed by W. M, Cooner and otMrLlt !Ieems Mr. Cooper toot it uponhimself to transpose songs into lower keys. re-title songs using the first line of the 50ng • for example: ·Wells·became known as "Life ls the Time to Serve the Lord", and add new gospel style songs with the lIupporting partsbejn(l: les" melOOic. However. the major chilflge liM the addition of iUl alto line to 11 majority of the songs.

In areas where the Sacred Harp had long been eltablished. the 1869 B. P. White edition was still being used.Mr. Cooper's book: Wlt!: reVised in 1907. 1909. 1927. 1950. & 1960.

On April 30. 1909. a 5th edition of the Sacred Harp "as once again released by J. L. White. on the front coverit Mnounced: Fittll Edition lfntirrtly H1JJIfnldl!ff IlI1d l/11pro~ All of the Ifongs through page 308 remainedunchangod from the 1~b9 edition hOl.'6Ver some Ilona! were left out and others were given new Plaie numberl. J. L.White then re-numbered the pages beginning with page one and installed a new S'lt of rudiments consisting oftwen!.y-t~o !lag~.The r1!Giment !:l:::thm "U fol1O'f/ed by !Ii~ty-three of the ilIUM song~ in the !for.! d the ntn}k . Thedifference was tho sixty-three "old" songs had been re-written in close harmony nearly destroying any melodic!'..armony that oxistedl A Rfea.t number of new GOnp were also added includini: "Love At Home" • "Rock of Aaes- &"Just As I Am".The 1909 edition Will!: not accepted by the United Musical Association and WitS considered a failurf!.

In 1911. J. l. White attempted another revision which he entitled it The Sacred Harp 4th Edition Ei1hSupplement. The 1911 edition used the 1870 plates from B. f. White's edition however the "supplement" containedseventy-three "ospsl style songs from J L. White'lI fifth edition. He aillo included his new sat of rudimenta k.nownlUi "the 1dncing school dep1U"tment".The 4th edition with supplement wu used throughout Mississippi and NorthAlabama but eventually became scarce and "as replaced by the Denson book. The only active ulle now exist aroundDecatur. Georgia..

Also in t 91 t Joe S. James published a volumo of the Sacred Harp. This was the lengthiest volume of the SacredHarp with 580 Kongs (the information in tho front of the JameK' book is incorrect---listed as 609 songs). The1911 James book. entitled Q.r.lliinal Sacred Harp cOflymhted by loe S. lames 1911,11as almost idontical to the1869 B. f. White edition however. eighty-lWo songs and ffiMy alto parts were itddfld. W. M. Cooper launched acourt baltic with James over cla.im to the songs and alto parts. Cooper insisted Janteg copied the alto parts fromhis boot. Cooper lost the ca.t;/t.

The James boot lias reproduced many times including 1921 and 1929 however no changss in song content weremade. tn 1934 James sold the copyrights 10 Whit Denson.

In tho early part of 1934 the Sacred Harp Publishing Company was organized and incorpof1\ted. S. Whitt Denlonwas elected Prellident. afld Paine Denson was elected Executive SecretotrY_ A Board of Directors was elected totransact the businoSR of the company.

In 1934. the worlt of revising the book was Startl'Jd tiy T. J. Denson. He died in 1935 ...hile the wort was inprogrMS. Paine De!\SUfl. the older son cf T, J. Dens

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BIRMINGHAM. AiL .- "Therefore with joy ahall ya draw water out of the wells of salvation.·the sign at Samford University read. followed by the ,..ords. "Sacred Harp Sing,' wd an arrow poiming left.

To the left. in the Fine Arts Center auditorium. more than 250 people from 11 s;U.~es ...ere singin&. Theywere singing about n.lntion and dea,h and J~us. but the songs didn't sound like hymns. They were too fut forhymns. and the voices weren't sweet but loud and ra.... and there "as no ortan. only thumping feet lor accompanimentThe joy in the voices was so strong I could feel it in my chest as I walked in.

These people of various ages and denomina.tions had come to the a.nnual National Sacred Harp SinainaCoovention. to tint for three da.ys rraa:: an oblong book titled 'Ori'iinill Sacred Harp.·

The music and its traditions are lit:e no other.The singers seat themselves in a square with a hollow middle in which a leader stands: and beats time with

one arm. The leader calls out a p~e number. and everybody sines the !lOfl~ on that page of tile "Orijfinal Sacred Ibtp.The notes: are in Shapes and the shapes have names: triangles are fa, ovals are sol. squares are tao and diamonds aretIli. The sin2ers sin~ a sonR with the fa-sol-lil syllables first. to familiarize themselves with the tune. then sing itagain with the words.

They start singina promptly at 9:30am. Uke an hour's break at noon for an enormous potluck lunch of friedchid:fln. ufJiled greens. fried okra.. chess pie, Ina other Southern dishes. and then sma again until jpm.

There is no audience. This is music to be sun~. not to be listened to."When I first heard it. I t..hougnt, oh Lord, this is awful: said AI\dy Davis of Bruce. Miss. 'Then I got a book

and started sinaing and it 'Nasn·t so bad:'We just open our mouth5 and tet it fly: explained Rosa. Hughes of Birminghll.lll.The sonp can be Iightning-Quict: and joyful. with tbe sin::ers practically shoulina. the words: "All hail the

power of Jesus namel" Other songs ilfe mournful. with crawline: tempos: -And am I born to die?" Still other songs,oddly enoullh. combine mournful words il11d joyous tempos: "Your joys on earth lIBl soon be gone. your flesh in dustbe laid.-

Sacred harp is: democratic. distinctly American music. A singinz has no one leader: anyone who want! tolead a sung can. and nearly everyone does. because the sound of the feur parts converging in the middle iii; likenothing on earth.

As Hugh McGraw. the president and. lifeblood of the Sacred Harp Singers of America, says, "Ain't nothinglike that hollow square:

The music is in four parts -- treble. alto, tenor, and bas..,s n The melod.y. which has roots in British folt song,is found in the tenor part. instead of its usual place in chord music. the soprano. The harmony has a distinctlyhollow sound tnat comes from an abundaJlce of open Jourths and fifths.

80th men and women sing; tenor. md men often sing; treble. in hilth. falseltolike voices that ring out likechurch beJJs.

The sacred-harp tradition is centered in the rural South, mostly among white people. althouth there were afew bli\Ck singers at Ule convention. Blacle singers ha.ve· their own songbook, "The Colored Sacred Harp: published byJ Jackson in 1934 after "Sacred Harp· rejected h'is liongs' because he was Mact, according to his son. H.J. Jack:son.

The ~Ora.inal Sacred Harp~ is just one of several shaped-nOte son2books that were published in the 19thCentury with the purpose of teaching people to sing. Shapf:d~note singing began in New England, but traveted soulhwhen New Enllaoden developed a prcfererice for Eurotlean classics such as Handel's "Messiah. - Itinerant sinaina.schoolmuten toot.: the songbook:s to the Carolinas, Tennessee, Md Kentucky and taught whole towns to sing inexchanl&e for their rcom and board.

One singing master was Benjamin Pranklin White. who taught himself music. fathered 11 Children. publishedII. newspaper. and served as c!ert. of the superior court ~f Hurifl C6unlY. Ga... and mayor of Hamilton. Ga.. -- amongother accomplishments. In 18044, he pUblished -A Collection of Psalm wd Hymn Tunes. Odes ,and Anthems; Selectedfrom the Molt Eminent Authors: and called it 'Sacred Harp- -- usin~ -hllfp' as a teneral word for music rather thana relerence to the stringed instrument. The boole hu never been out of print and still sells about 3.000 copies a,year. silys McGraw. who is Executive Secretary ef the Sacred Harp Publi5hi~ Comtllny.

This was I. national singing convf!Otion. but there are ncred-hatp singings of 20 to 300 tleople everyweekend in the South. primarily in Geortia and Alabama. but alao in Mississippi, Florida. TMlnessee. and Texu. NewEngland hOSlS a singing convention every fall: t.~is year it will be at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Conn., Oct... and 5. There ue even sma!! montbly s:in~ings in New Jersey (in Pluckemin. in Somenet County -- call Tom Johnsonat 658-

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Once sacred harp takes hold, it doesn't let go. Most of the old-timers have been singing sacred harpsince they were old enough to hold a songbook. they said.

Yankee newcomers to the music seem equally smitten. Andrew Albers of Kokomo. Ind .. recalled the[irst time he sang the music: "It just grabbed me, and 1 thought. this is the music I've been waiting for all my life.

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AUGUST 2-Alicia Parsons'-Mrs. Josie McAlpin9-Helene Beard

t a-Margie Smith15-CarI Hughes16-0anny Griffin19-Rev. David S. Homan23-Elder J.J Aderhold27-Mn. J-J. Aderhold30-Lavoy Smith

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to-Clayton C. O'Maryt "i-Donald S. Clart15-Sue Kitchens17-Grady Albright22-H851er Creel23-John WhiUemnre28· Janke Paulk

4-Ruth Brown6· Tom Owen

IO-Mildred PattersonIS-Ron Harper16-Faith Way Shine18-1.V. McWhorter22-Mack Wootten2~-Margie Lacy29-Ma.ry Florence Smith

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J." 'oil','[Ill',The June singing at the Poppy Gregory house celebrated the second anniversary of the marriage of

Cindy Wood and Jim Bean. who actually met and courted at this Sacred Harp siniini. Another couple who iive thissingins credit (some) for their happy union is Peter and Mary Alice Amidon. They now have two beautiful childrenand are performing and teaching American folk music regularly.

Toronto's Mariposa folk festinl holds a four-day teachins session every summer called N.rripos6 in/htWoods. About forty students take classes in various instruments. singing skills. and dance techniques. I havebeen asked to be an instructor at this year's session; one of the things I'll be teaching is Sacud Harp. In additionto small classes. each instructor is responsible for teaching one whole· group workshop. and again. Sacred Harp ismy topic. so by the end of the four days, everyone should have at least one Sacred Harp song under their belt and beprimed for learning more. uSHEJ.LEY POSEN, OTTAWA ONTARIO. CANADA

'....','"",WE APOLOGIZE If WE LEAVE OUT ANY SINGING (as we have done, Ozella. Sorry,), PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WECAN MAKE CORRECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. ALSO, IF YOUR BIRTHOA YIS LEFT OUTuSEND IT IN III

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Our Sympath.y to th.e family and friends of Minnil''E1trlke Sheppirl1:: wife or;J!'rry Sheppard. who passed aWIY June9, 1985 in Daviston, AlabllDlll, age 57.

Also our sympatby is extended to the family and friends of John Honry Phillips who died June 14. 1985. Opoonta,Ala.. age 83.

I WilDt to thank. each and everyone for the cards. flowers iUld prayers you seot to me while I was in the East Alabama.Medical Center hore·jn Opelika. I had t....o lolal knee joint replacements. Dr. Jim Whatley said I am doio6 fine. 1hope to be back with you at the sioll.inas as soon as it iii safo.--LOiS STANSON

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Two shut-ins whoiarc so gnto!ulJor our mlUlY frionds,!llI tho beautiful can!!, lottors, phone caI1', Md mpocillllythe Villitlli, WD cherish all of th.em. Loyd is about ttle SiUllC; good days and bad days. 1 am just riDC, iIJId thank Godfor letting me be able to,tare for the one I lovo. Just reDlCmbcr us in ,,"our prayers. Wo love every lone of you.

--LOYD & RUTH REDDING

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that John P Reese, who has 21 Ol"igioal soogs in our boot.. "'as run oyer by a 3 ...heel tricycle and, due to theinjury, died several daY5 lalor. The year- 1900.

that S.M. Drown of Haralson County, Georgia, hu' 4 songs' in our book·: 322, 3'79, 334. and 13ab. has a creek inHaralson County-named after him--Sam Br01r'Il Crook.,

that Truman S. Wetmo~. while ;ick with small pox. and pronounced by his physicians past recovery.lhis youngfriends, who were confined wah him in 'tIhat ~as termed tho pesl house. l~rormed him that he could nqt live anddesirod him to compotle il picco of music to be sung at his funOfill. He COOllocted., if they would furnish him withthe sl8ve.s;'and turn him on bis face. Thor did so, lind the r08ull 'tits the piece called. Florlde page 203. which is·Rung to this day, in all the/places of Met~odjst' worship, and also his\entire recovery. (From a dissertation writtenby Warren 5teol while il doctoral candhlate in MUSicOlogy'at the University of Michigan. He DOW lea.ch61 In OXford,Mississippi.)

®1lJ 'ii'IIJII IllIl)&.\iD•••Ricky H~l1eu from Miilflli, Fla. vi$ited hi$ mother and brother, Jewel and Tetry-Hullett, in Tilfrant City in

June.Loy(e Ind Mae Seymour spent a weck in Juno in the mounlltins of North Carolina and Tennessee. They also laW

the play, 'Unto These Hills' in Cherokee. ·We enjoyed spending the grandchildren's inheritance:Editlt Tato is planning more'tripsl! Since the July is!luO when she itnd her sister ventured to Florida, Edith hili

made another trip I.Q floridau-hor comment 'you\should see my back~. Eaith wJ1l shortly be visiting Utah.Mexico, Tox..>;, & CalifornJ",1I1 Sacrad HCli'P singors stay in the road all the lime Illl

Pearl McWhorter is visiting her daughter, Dixie Cavanaugh, in wiicago. IL,

1CmXlll~lE! IIlIllXlDll:1st Sun. Red OU Church--15 miles South of Andalusia AL on H"Y. 532nd Sun. &. saL beforehwt Texu Convention I 17th session Community Center Henderson TX2nd Sun. Sunny Hill Chapel 3 miles South of Waunu FLA Hwy. 772nd SUR. Ouy Ridge Church Sanford AL3rd SUR. Asbury Church 6 miles West of Ozark ALSAT. ONLY--before

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(by state or country)-ISl Monday in each month. Estes Nuning Home. 6pm. TU!lcatOO!lil-1st friday night in each month, 7pm. Highlands United Methodist Church. Huntsville. moreinformiltion--Cllil David Ivey / 205-881-529 i-Saturday night before 2nd Sunday in each month, Shady Grove (Keeton Cemetary), Walker CountyI 1/2 miles East of New Flatwoods Church on Hwy 11, Nauvoo to Carbon Hill-1st Sunday night in each month. friendship Church. 8 miles Southeast of HalflyYille on Hwy 195South at church sign. 2 miles-1st SURd!)' night in tach month. Gum Pond Mef£M County, 18 miles Northeast of Cullman-4th Sunday night in each month. Old flatwoods Church. 3 miles South of Nauvoo Just Weal offHwy 11-2nd Sunday night in each month. Me Lebanon Church. 10 miles Northeast of fayette on Bluff Rd.-2nd Sunday night in each month. Rice School House. Arab; also. every 5th Sunday night~ 1st Wednesday in each month. Jones Chapel Community Center. Hwy 278 West of Cullman

-Every Friday evening, 6:30pm at Corinth Baptist Church. 12 miles South of Magnolia. for moreinformation call Nesbit Souter 1 501-696-3598

~Every Tuesday. 7:30pm. Ottawa. Ontario. call Sheldon Posen for location 1613-235-9947

-Monthly, more informl\tion Cl\!l AJrr6d Saussotte 1 303-665-H55

-2nd Sunday of ellCh month. Connecticut Valley Harmony meets at Memorial Chapel. WesleyanUniversity. Middletown. 7-9pm. Call Susan 1 203-583-0841: also. last Sunday of each month.3-5pm

-Once a month on Sunday. Chicago; call Milfcia Johnson 1 312-878-3661

-1st and 3rd Sundays, 7:00pm at the home of Patric~ Hauck. 1201 N. Windsor. Indianopolil317-636-2466

-2nd Friday~ 7:30pm. Tokoma Part.. call Bob £Sty 1 301-434-4737

- 1st and 3rd Sundays. 2:30pm. St. Louis. cat! Karen Isbelt.ror location at 314-644-5422 or EHiottRibner at 311-535-6138

-2nd Sunday in each month. Person Hall. University of NC. more information call Dan Patterson914-962-4065-3rd Sunday in each mont:~. 3:00li-'M. Wachovia Arbor Moravian Church on Arbor Rd .•Winston-Salem. more information call Gene Anderson at 919-274-5943

-Sunday afternoons. 2-5pm. monthly at' Pluc~emin. more information call Tom and Louise Johnson.200 Washington Valley Rd. 1 20J-658-'i120

-Monthly in Eugene. call or write for detaill: Mary Fulton. 2976 Mill Rd .. Eugene. Ore. 97405 ph.503-344-8521 or Dorothy Jackson. 2680 Riverview Dr.. Eugene. Ore. 974031 ph. 503-345-3153-ConaIlil Folk.lore Society. Conallis. call Frank. Hull ror time and place 1503-725-1303

PENNSYLVANIA -Philadelphia Sacred Harp Singers. August 18th and September 29th. more information callBarbara Benton 1215-726-5671

TENNESSEE

VERMONT

WISCOSIN

-New Harp of Columbia Boole. each Sunday at 8:00pm. 1638 Highland. Knoxville. Nn lingerswelcome and taught. coffee and cookies during breaks. for ruther information call Ronald Petenon1615-688-5119 -

-Monthly singing at Brattleboro. for time and place contact Peter Amidon. 6 Willow St.Brattleboro. VT 0530 I. ph. 802-257-1006

-1st and 3rd Sundays of each month at 3:00pm at S1. Francil HOUle. 1001 UniY8f1lity Aye.•Madison. call 608-651-2897 or 609-255-3245

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