Copyright Laura Densmore 2009
Welcome to the Pennsylvania Sacred Harp web page.
This site contains information about Shape Note and Sacred Harp activities in the Keystone state.
For more information or to get involved, please contact the site manager at PASacredHarp@gmail.com
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MAIDENCREEK ALL-DAY SACRED HARP SINGING
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Maidencreek Friends Meetinghouse
27 West Shore Drive, Hamburg Pa., 19526
10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Registration begins at 9:30 AM
There will be a social in the evening at a nearby location.
We will be singing from The 1991 Sacred Harp (red book.) Loaners available.
Please bring food to share. The meetinghouse has no electricity nor running water.
Plan your food contribution accordingly.
If you have any cold or flu-like symptoms, please refrain from participating out of consideration for fellow singers and their families.
For directions please consult the Maidencreek Flyer 2024 PDF
For more information contact Hollie Long at teach1hollie [at] gmail.com
To request hospitality, contact Elizabeth Patton at sacredharp.lanc.pa [at] gmail.com
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BIRMINGHAM SINGING 2024
Sunday August 1, 2024
Birmingham Friends Meeting
1245 Birmingham Road
West Chester, PA 19382
We will sing 5 songs for the opening exercise before Quaker Meeting.
At around noon, after the Meeting has left, we will sing from the Red and Blue books as well as from a looseleaf of relate material.
Noon until 4 PM
Lunch will be provided.
Local singers please bring a dish to pass.
For information:
Laura Densmore
FaSoLaura4@gmail,com
610 405-2485
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41st ANNUAL YOUNG PEOPLE’S SINGING 2024
Saturday and Sunday
September 28th and 29th, 2024
Mennonite Heritage Center
NYCE Barn
565 Yoder Rd
Harleysville, PA 19438
Registration will open at 9:30 AM
Singing begins at 10 AM
Saturday we will sing from the 1991 Denson edition of The Sacred Harp
Sunday we will be singing from The Christian Harmony (2010 edition)
There will be a social/barn dance following the Saturday singing.
Loaner books will be available both days
If you are traveling from out of town and require housing, please contact housing chair Maddy Smith (
madeleine611@gmail.com)
COVID POLICY: Testing and masking are encouraged. Both rapid tests and masks will be available at registration. Please do not attend the singing if you are unwell or have COVID-like symptoms. If you develop symptoms following the singing, please contact Sophie Sokolov (
sophiegsokolov@gmail.com) ASAP. Your information will be kept anonymous.
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COVID Update for LOCAL SINGINGS
Some area local singings are starting to resume, please see the local singings page for updated information.
Please be advised that some locations will require all singers in attendance to be fully vaccinated.
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