Fourth session of the 2015 Midwest Sacred Harp Convention, Saturday

0:00 81t Beach Spring Virginia Landgraf 3:48 528 Showers of Blessings Lisa Grayson 6:15 344 Rainbow Jan May 8:46 327 Invitation Eleanor Haase 11:12 549 Phillips Farewell Donna Gunderson-Rogers 14:57 503 Lloyd Bruce Coates 17:33 506 The Ark Aldo Ceresa 19:37 464 Sheppard Presley Barker 21:46 560 My Home Jeff Bell 23:57 547 Granville Bill Beverly 27:15 Judy talking about Melanie Judy Hauff 32:25 421 Sweet Morning Judy Hauff 35:03 216 Delight Judy Hauff & Marcia Johnson 37:47 280 Westford Dick Patterson 40:14 200 Edom David Brodeur 42:38 141 Complainer Marian Mitchell 44:44 99 Gospel Trumpet Ray Cott-Meissel 48:10 Finance Committee Jim Helke & Gillian Inksetter 50:38 180 Vermont Gillian Inksetter & Jim Helke Sacred Harp singing is an old tradition carried on in the South, which has migrated to the North and around the world. It features old hymns with more complexity than most current hymns—in addition, it is printed with a system of four shapes that aid the singer in finding the correct notes to sing. The scale used is: Fa Sol La Fa Sol La Mi Fa We sing through the hymn once, using the shapes to aid in cementing the melody into our minds, and then wecsing the hymns as desired by the leader who chose the hymn (page) from "The Sacred Harp." It is glorious stuff.