The 163rd Anniversary East Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Henderson Civic Center, 1500 Lake Forest Parkway. Singers from ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Throughout the 1800s, the hauntingly harmonious sounds of sacred harp a capella singing echoed in churches throughout the South. That style of singing never died out in Alabama ...

SHELBY COUNTY, Alabama --- More than 160 people attended the first day of the National Sacred Harp Singing Convention today at First Christian Church, 4954 Valleydale Road in North Shelby County.

The Raleigh Shape Note Singers meet every fourth Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 625 Tower St. The Durham Shape Note Singers meet every second Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the First ...

Newcomers to Sacred Harp may be in for a shock. Step into a "singing," such as those at the three-day national convention held annually in Birmingham (June 18-20), and you will be hit by a wall of ...

The East Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Henderson Civic Center. HENDERSON — David Rousseau stood, walked to the center of the hallowed square and took his ...

The sound defies mere singing, pulsing though the church sanctuary with sufficient force to put hell on alert. For three days this month singers from the United States, Canada and Britain gathered to ...

October means different things to different people: the World Series, Halloween, the start of basketball season, political surprises, elections, the last days of indian summer, harvest time, property ...

Hundreds of shape-note singers from all over the country will carry on a 150-year-old musical tradition this weekend when the Chicago Sacred Harp Singers hold their ninth annual Midwest Convention at ...