Shape-Note Singing

Past event
Dec 1, 2019, 1 to 3 PM

SHAPE NOTE SINGING.  Sunday, December 1, 2019, 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Mitchell Green Lounge, McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Road, Middlebury College.

GIVING THANKS? Join us this Sunday to sing "Hallelujah" with "A Thankful Heart" (#146 & #475 in the Sacred Harp Song Book). We sing early American shape note tunes from the Sacred Harp Song Book. In Vermont, Justin Morgan and Jeremiah Ingalls wrote and sang some of these songs 200 years ago, and we are still going strong today.

The music is traditional, a cappella, 4-part community harmony singing. Free and open to all ages, all voices, and all levels of musical experience. Loaner books available.

DIRECTIONS: Enter Old Chapel Road from Rte. 125/College St. or Rte. 30/S. Main St.
SPONSORS: Middlebury College Music Dep't., Scott Center for Religious & Spiritual Life.
FACEBOOK: Middlebury Shape Note Singers. EMAIL: middleburyshapenote@gmail.com.

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