Thanks to all 18 young folks, old folks, singers and
visitors who spent some of their time with
the Shiloh Singers on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, April
14th. We enjoyed meeting all
the first-time singers and visitors
and hope you'll sing with us again.
Dan Brittain gave a brief report
on his recent visit to Ireland to attend a singing school and the 3rd Annual Ireland
Sacred Harp Convention. Several asked
if any video from the singing was
available. You can get a small taste of the singing and
surroundings at Cork's St Fin
Barre's Cathedral at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FPyQi2mBWg
Photo: Alexis
Walker leads the Shiloh Singers
during the brief
program at the Culpepper Assisted
Living Center in
Springdale on
4/14/2013.
A little before three
o'clock, the singers
drove over to the Culpepper Assisted
Living's Springdale facility, a
short distance from the museum, for a brief
program for their residents and
guests. Bill Caldwell gave a short
introduction about Sacred Harp Singing and
several tunes were sung. All the seniors
present seemed to enjoy the singing. The Culpepper presentation was
followed with pie, coffee and
fellowship at Denny's before the
drive home.
NEXT
SINGING EVENT
- Don't forget
the Northwest
Arkansas
Sacred Harp
Singing
Convention on
May 4th in
Harrison at
St. John's
Episcopal
Church.
Details and
flyers are
available on
our website
at: http://shilohsingersnwa.blogspot.com/.
We'll enjoy a good singing with friends from around the region and a
pot-luck lunch so please bring your favorite dish or dessert. A kitchen is available if you need to
keep your dish cool or warm
something in the oven.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
April and May events scheduled and March singings reports
March, April and May are always a busy time of the year
The first item on the list of reminders is our regular 2nd Sunday Singing on April 14th Singing in the Country Store at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale at 1:30 P.M. If you're on our email list, Syd Caldwell sent out a note about an invitation from the Culpepper Assisted Living Center to sing at their facility on Jones Ave. in Springdale.
The basic plan is to conduct our regular singing at the museum country store from 1:30 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. Then those that wish to participate can drive over to the Culpepper Assisted Living facility at 672 Jones Road in Springdale. I'll have a few maps for any out-of-towners like myself but center is only about 10 -12 minutes away and very easy to find. The idea is to sing a few songs there for the seniors. Then as many as wish to join us can adjourn to the northern Denny's next to I-540 on Hwy 412/W. Sunset which we'll pass on the way to Culpepper for pie and coffee before driving back home.
We had so much fun and fellowship at Denny's after the Wiggins event, I thought I'd add the Denny's option for anyone who wished to take part. Sometimes we're so busy singing that we don't have enough time to enjoy each others company.
Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Harrison, May 4th
While we're together at the museum on Sunday, we'll need to take a few minutes for Dan to discuss the regional singing in Harrison at St. Johns Episcopal Church from 9:30 A.M. until 3:30 P.M. with a pot-luck "dinner on the grounds" at noon. Dan has already prepared a flyer that can be viewed or downloaded here.
Photo: Singers at the NW Arkansas Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Harrison on May 5, 2012
The Harrison Convention always includes a splendid collection of casseroles and other dishes plus delicious desserts. We can talk more about who can bring what on Sunday too.
Wiggins Memorial UMC Concert helped raise funds
Eleven singers from our Shiloh group were just one of the local individuals and groups that participated in the Palm Sunday afternoon concert at Wiggins Memorial United Methodist Church on March 24th. Our thanks also include those who wanted to join us but were frustrated by weather conditions or events already scheduled but who helped with ideas, moral support and I suspect a few prayers as well. As I opened the morning's emails the next morning, I found one of several thank-you notes had already been written:
St. Louis Shaped Note Singers hosted another wonderful Missouri State Singing Convention March 9th and 10th
Photo: Bill Caldwell and Mary Ellen Wilkinson sing from the Missouri Harmony during the Missouri State Sacred Harp Convention.
The weather was a little colder and wetter that I expected but those who made the trip enjoyed the good singing, the good cooking, the fellowship of good friends at the Missouri State Sacred Harp Singing Convention this year. Dan, Bill, Syd and his family, Mary Ellen and her daughter Mary Alice, Katy and I made the trip. If you couldn't make the trip this year, you can mark next year's event on your calendar and reserve the dates: the 2nd Sunday in March and the Saturday before works out to be March 8-9, 2014. Those who can attend always have a good time - rain or shine.
Now that tax season and several other projects are winding down, I still have some video of the Missouri Convention I hope to edit and post on the site. It's just been a busy time of the year!
The first item on the list of reminders is our regular 2nd Sunday Singing on April 14th Singing in the Country Store at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale at 1:30 P.M. If you're on our email list, Syd Caldwell sent out a note about an invitation from the Culpepper Assisted Living Center to sing at their facility on Jones Ave. in Springdale.
The basic plan is to conduct our regular singing at the museum country store from 1:30 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. Then those that wish to participate can drive over to the Culpepper Assisted Living facility at 672 Jones Road in Springdale. I'll have a few maps for any out-of-towners like myself but center is only about 10 -12 minutes away and very easy to find. The idea is to sing a few songs there for the seniors. Then as many as wish to join us can adjourn to the northern Denny's next to I-540 on Hwy 412/W. Sunset which we'll pass on the way to Culpepper for pie and coffee before driving back home.
We had so much fun and fellowship at Denny's after the Wiggins event, I thought I'd add the Denny's option for anyone who wished to take part. Sometimes we're so busy singing that we don't have enough time to enjoy each others company.
Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Harrison, May 4th
While we're together at the museum on Sunday, we'll need to take a few minutes for Dan to discuss the regional singing in Harrison at St. Johns Episcopal Church from 9:30 A.M. until 3:30 P.M. with a pot-luck "dinner on the grounds" at noon. Dan has already prepared a flyer that can be viewed or downloaded here.
Photo: Singers at the NW Arkansas Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Harrison on May 5, 2012
The Harrison Convention always includes a splendid collection of casseroles and other dishes plus delicious desserts. We can talk more about who can bring what on Sunday too.
Wiggins Memorial UMC Concert helped raise funds
Eleven singers from our Shiloh group were just one of the local individuals and groups that participated in the Palm Sunday afternoon concert at Wiggins Memorial United Methodist Church on March 24th. Our thanks also include those who wanted to join us but were frustrated by weather conditions or events already scheduled but who helped with ideas, moral support and I suspect a few prayers as well. As I opened the morning's emails the next morning, I found one of several thank-you notes had already been written:
good morning !! i just wanted to thank-you all again for singing for us yesterday . it was wonderful and we raised over $500 for our church !! what a blessing !! we will see you all again for singing at shiloh . we look forward to that. thank-you again and i hope you all have a happy easter !! lea criss wiggins churchThose singers who didn't have to hurry back home for a church program or to get back before the weather closed in, gathered at Denny's next to I-540 on the south side of Fayetteville for coffee and pie. We had such a good time, that was the catalyst for getting together after the short Culpepper Singing this month.
St. Louis Shaped Note Singers hosted another wonderful Missouri State Singing Convention March 9th and 10th
Photo: Bill Caldwell and Mary Ellen Wilkinson sing from the Missouri Harmony during the Missouri State Sacred Harp Convention.
The weather was a little colder and wetter that I expected but those who made the trip enjoyed the good singing, the good cooking, the fellowship of good friends at the Missouri State Sacred Harp Singing Convention this year. Dan, Bill, Syd and his family, Mary Ellen and her daughter Mary Alice, Katy and I made the trip. If you couldn't make the trip this year, you can mark next year's event on your calendar and reserve the dates: the 2nd Sunday in March and the Saturday before works out to be March 8-9, 2014. Those who can attend always have a good time - rain or shine.
Now that tax season and several other projects are winding down, I still have some video of the Missouri Convention I hope to edit and post on the site. It's just been a busy time of the year!
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