Scottish All-Day Sacred Harp Singing
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The 2019 Scottish All-Day Singing will be in Edinburgh (for the first time ever) on Saturday 13 July from 10am to 4pm, chaired by Tom Gordon and Jan Geerts. The venue is the Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicholson St EH8 9ER.
09:30 Registration 10:00 SINGING 10:55 Break 11:10 SINGING – Treasurer/donations 11:55 Break 12:10 SINGING – Memorial, Sick & Housebound lessons 13:00 Lunch 14:00 SINGING 14:45 Break 15:00 SINGING 15:45 Closing remarks and notices The singing will be followed by an evening social from 6.30pm, Kilderkin, 67 Canongate EH8 8BT. At 11am on Friday 12th, Margaret Bradshaw will lead a quick walking tour showing off the city to our visitors. That evening from 7 to 9.30pm at the Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace EH1 2JL, Helen Brown will give a workshop on leading. On Sunday at 11am join us on the corner of Princes Street and The Mound and find somewhere to sing for fun! The Facebook event page (including transport advice) is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2189913424658218/
Poster (by Jan Geerts) right. Downloadable as PDF here.
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Previous annual singings
The 2018 all-day was on Saturday 18 August in Glasgow at Kelvinside Hillhead Church, chaired by Maureen Uney. The evening pub social was at Wintersgills, Great Western Rd. On Sunday morning the survivors gathered for brunch at Bank Street Bar and later sang some songs in places around Glasgow University.
The 2017 all-day was on 19 August at St Silas Church, Park Rd Glasgow. After the singing there was a social event at Dram! on Woodlands Rd. There was a workshop on Friday 18th led by Sandy Semeonoff and Harry Campbell. As has become traditional, on Sunday we sang some songs in the cloisters of Glasgow University.
The 2016 all-day was on 20 August at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, Glasgow G12 9AR, chaired by Jan Geerts.
There was a singing school (workshop) the day before, led by Matthew Parkinson at Hillhead Baptist Church Hall. Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1044069398991491/
There was a singing school (workshop) the day before, led by Matthew Parkinson at Hillhead Baptist Church Hall. Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1044069398991491/
The 2015 all-day was held on 15 August 2015 at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, Glasgow G12 9AR, co-chaired by Karen Turner and Jan Geerts. There were singers from England, Alabama, Minnesota and even Iceland. On the Friday there was a singing school led by Fynn Titford-Mock. Here is the poster, designed by Sandy Semeonoff.
The 2014 Glasgow All-Day Sacred Harp Singing was held on Saturday 9 August from 10am to 4pm, once again at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, with ancillary activities on Friday and Sunday. It was chaired by Karen Turner and Sandy Semeonoff. On the evening before the all-day singing, we watched the documentary film Awake my Soul, and this was followed by some singing. On the Sunday we had brunch at The 78 Cafe Bar and visited the Tall Ship and the cloisters of Glasgow University, where more singing took place. Here is the poster, designed by Sandy Semeonoff, and the schedule can be found here.
The 2013 all-day singing on 27 July was chaired by Harry Campbell with a singing school by Holly Ruth Gale. On Sunday 28 July Liz Meitzler led Scotland's first workshop and singing from the Shenandoah Harmony.
On 21 July 2012 there was an afternoon singing chaired by Ewan Paterson, preceded by a morning singing-school led by Cath Tyler.
On 21 July 2012 there was an afternoon singing chaired by Ewan Paterson, preceded by a morning singing-school led by Cath Tyler.
