Sacred Heart "sangers"

[Richard King]

Anybody see the PBS special on Sacred Harp singing this week?

It was fascinating. There were some really funny lines like one group who came with some folks from up north to learn about the shaped notes etc. Somebody asked them…do you want to sound like a bunch of uneducated southerners?
And they all shouted YES!!.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHUfHNEZDPc]YouTube - "Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp" Movie Trailer[/ame]

NPR : Preserving the Sacred Harp Singing Tradition

It is constantly amazing to me how pockets of people keep old ways going.

 

[panta dokimazete]

wow - I remember singing from shape-note hymnals at the Methodist-Protestant church I grew up in deep rural southern MS.

Brings a tear to my eye...thank you for the post.