A Little Singing School

Bannerman Dance Camp, Blue Ridge Assembly
Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Friday, November 24, 2017

Guy Bankes offered a small singing school during the Dance Camp weekend.

Selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 2015 Folk Heritage reprint), unless otherwise noted.

After a brief introduction to shapes and scales, we sang, going over each part and then putting them all together.
59t, Mear
77b, Cambridge
143t, Coleshill
89b, Northfield
55b, Idumea
327 (SH), Invitation, an example from The Sacred Harp
137, Antioch, in honor of the upcoming season

After the class, several of us stayed and continued to sing.

From The Georgian Harmony, 2nd ed., 2012
54, John 3:37
25, Humility
51, Pilgrim

From The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition
444, All Saints New
311, Silver Street
534, New Georgia
543, Thou Art God
545, The Pilgrim's Way

Notes - Mary Baumeister