Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention

1990 ~ Twenty-Second Annual Minnesota State ~ 2011

Sacred Harp Singing Convention

SATURDAY – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 – 25, 2011

Town Hall, The Landing, Shakopee

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. both days

~ ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS FREE EVENT ~ ~ NO PREVIOUS SINGING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ~

~ TUNEBOOKS will be available on loan, or you may purchase a book for $20.00 ~

~ POTLUCK DINNER ON THE GROUNDS provided by local host singers both days ~ ~ CHILD CARE will be available ~

THE SACRED HARP continues a 200 year old American tradition

of singing non-denominational hymns and songs written with shaped note heads. Singers sit in a hollow square facing the center and sing four parts, a cappella, with uninhibited vigor.

~ THE LANDING-MINNESOTA RIVER HERITAGE PARK (formerly Murphy’s Landing)

is located at 2187 Highway 101, one mile east of Shakopee; enter at the far west gate, not the main gate.

~ MORE INFORMATION is available at http://freude.com/mnfasola/

~ JOIN US FOR OUR REGULAR SINGINGS ~

2nd Sundays: St. Sahag Armenian Church, 203 N. Howell St., Saint Paul, 5-7 p.m.

4th Sundays: University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays: University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 5:30-7:30 p.m.