Calendar of Sacred Harp Singings in

Alabama and Florida {Cooper Revision}

Numbers in {} indicate contact person. See list at end of calendar.

 

JANUARY

 

1 st Saturday (1st)-New Years Sing- 1st Baptist Church, Collins, Mississippi {19}

 

2nd Sunday (9th)- Helms- Bayne Memorial-Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist (Carroll Church), Ozark, Alabama. {1,2}

 

3rd Sunday (l6th)- Faircloth Memorial-Union Hill Singing Hall, Millers Crossroads, Florida. {3}

 

4th Sunday and Saturday before (22nd & 23rd)- Baldwin County Convention­ Church of Christ Fellowship, Bay Minette, Ala{IO}

 

FEBRUARY

 

Saturday before the 1st Sunday (5th. )-Four book singing-State Capital Rotunda, Montgomery, Alabama {?}

1st Sunday (6th)- 117th session Central Music Convention, Traveler's Rest Church, Samson, Alabama.

{4} Saturday before 2nd Sunday {l2th)-Minnesota Convention (Cooper Book Session)St. Paul, Minnesota

 

MARCH

 

Saturday before the 1st Sunday (5th)- Arie & Mona Galloway Memorial-Travelers Rest Church, Samson, Alabama.

{4} 2nd Sunday (13th )-8th session Enon Church, 5 miles NE of Red Oak, Alabama {5}

 

 Saturday before 3rd Sunday (l9th), Hoboken Ga. {l5}

 

3rd Sunday (20th)- Robbins Memorial-II miles South of Opp on Highway 331, 1 mile West to Church, Opp, Alabama. {I3}

4th Sunday (27th)- Tom Woodham-Ezzie Hortzog Memorial-Union Hill Singing Hall, Millers Cross Road, Bonifay, Florida. {14}

APRIL

 

Saturday before theIst Sunday (2nd )-1 Oth session Jones Memorial-Cool Springs Church, Opp, Alabama.( 9)

Saturday before the 2nd Sunday (9th )-70th session Barfield Memorial- Wausau Methodist Church, Wausau, Florida. {1,3}

 

4th Sunday (24th )-State of Alabama Cooper Book Convention, Semi-Annual Session, Travelers Rest Church, Samson, Alabama. {4,7}

 

MAY

 

1 st Sunday & Saturday before (30 Apr. & 1st May )- Middle Creek Convention & Heath Memorial, Semi-Annual Session- Mabson Church, 5 miles East of Ozark,          Alabama. {1,2}

 

Saturday before the 2nd Sunday (7th )-Stockholders Meeting & J. W. Basset Memorial-Travelers Rest Church, Samson, Alabama. {4,7}

 

Saturday before the 3^rd Sunday (14^th)- Piney Grove Primative Baptist Church  Approx. 3 miles north of Headland, AL on  state road 173. {1, 2}

 

3rd Sunday (15th)-4th session Annual singing Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church, Hwy 94 off hwy 231 or 331 to Murphy store. From 231 turn left 1.7 miles. Church on right.

 

Saturday before the4th Sunday (21st )-102nd session Mt. Pisgah Church, U.S. Highway 431 14 miles north of Lafayette and 7 miles south of Roanoke, At Stroud, ( Chambers County) Alabama.{6}

 

4th Sunday (22nd )-Beda Church, 20 miles SW of Andalusia, on Highway 137 North of Wing, Alabama. {7}

5th Sunday (29th )-Zion Rest Primitive Baptist Church, Excel, Alabama {II}

 

JUNE

 

Saturday before the 1st Sunday(4th)- II th session Capital Sing, Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science 3945 Museum Drive, Tallahassee, Fl. {3 & 8}

 

Saturday before the I st Sunday (4th)-Annual Singing Shady Grave Primitive Church, Approx. 7 miles North of Elba, Alabama on Hwy 87. Church is on left side of road going north. {14}

 

1 st Sunday (5th) Home Coming Sing, shady Hill Church 17 miles south of Andalusia, AI. {19}

 

3rd Sunday (J9th)-Pleasant Home Church, 15 miles SW of Andalusia, Alabama, Between Ala. 137 & U.S. Highway 290n hwy. 14 or Eagle Road. {9}

 

JULY

2nd Sunday (10th )-4th of July Sing and Retherford Memorial, Union Hill Singing Hall, Millers Cross Road, Bonifay, Florida. {16}

 

Saturday Night before the 3rd Sunday (1 6th )-11 th session Moon Memorial, Dorsey Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Highway 69 Cullman County, Alabama. {17}

 

4th Sunday (24th)- Valley Grove Church, 10 miles North of Opp on Highway 331, Opp, Alabama {9}

AUGUST

 

1 st Sunday (7th)-1 02nd session Bulger, Cockcroft Memorial-Red Oak Church, Highway 55 between Andalusia and Florala, Alabama {5}

 

2nd Sunday & Saturday (l3th & 14th)- East Texas Convention, Henderson, Texas 3rd Sunday

(21 st)-Ramah Church, Lenox, Alabama. {II}

4th Sunday (28th)- Hopeful Primitive Baptist Church, Will McSwean Road, (County 21) 6 miles SW of Ozark, Alabama. {2, I}

 

SEPTEMBER

 

Saturday before the 1st Sunday (3rd)- 11 5th session Pleasant Home Church, 15 miles SW of Andalusia, Alabama, Between Ala. 137 & U.S. Highway 29, on hwy.l4 or Eagle Road. {9}

 

Saturday before the 3rd Sunday (17th )-1O5th session Middle Creek Convention, Annual Session, Pleasant Grove Primitive Church (Carroll Church), Ozark, Alabama. {1,2}

 

Saturday before the 4th Sunday (24th )-13 8th session West Florida Convention, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 4 miles East of Glendale, Florida. {3}

 

OCTOBER

 

Saturday before the 1st Sunday (2nd )-Shady Grove Church, Highway 71 Dutton, Alabama {18}

 

Saturday before the 2nd Sunday(8th) 132nd session, Holmes Valley Convention, Union Hill Singing Hall, Millers Cross Roads, Bonifay, Florida.

 

Saturday before the 3rd Sunday (15th)-lOth session, Tri-State Convention, Pleasant Grove, (Carroll Church), Ozark, Alabama. {I, 2, 4, 7, or IS}

 

3rd Sunday (16th )- Rhodes Memorial, Darien Church, East of Luveme, Alabama, North of Highway 29 {9}

 

Saturday before the 4th Sunday (22nd )-112th session Spring Hill Convention, Union Hill Singing Hall, Miller's Cross Road Bonifay, Florida {3}

 

Saturday before the 4th Sunday (22nd )-Annual Singing, Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church, 3.2 miles S. Of exit 77 (Highway 13) fiom interstate 20, Morton, Mississippi.

 

5th Sunday (30th)-Zion Rest Primitive Baptist Church, Excel, Alabama. {11}

 

NOVEMBER

 

1st Sunday ( 6th)- 147th session Southeast Convention, Annual Session, Pleasant Grove, (Carroll Church), Ozark, Alabama. {2 }

 

2nd Sunday (13th )-77th session The Cooper Book Convention, Annual Session, Traveler's Rest Church, Samson, Alabama. {4}

 

DECEMBER

 

1 st Sunday & Saturday before (3rd & 4th Dec)-37th session Florida State Convention, Holiday Inn. Panama City. Florida Phone 1-850-769-0000 {1,3}

 

Dec continued

 

2nd Sunday (13th )-Honorarium for singers, singing 50 years or longer, Union Hill Singing Hall, Millers Cross Road, Bonifay, Florida {3}

 

SPECIAL SINGINGS

 

Every 5th Sunday of the year-Bethlehem Church, Exit 1-75 Sun City exit, go east on county road 674 past Ft. Lonesome, turn north on Bethlehem Road approx. 2 miles, Church on left side of road. Contact Milton & Faye Morris @1-813-986­4727, or Claudia McKenzie @ 1-863-285-9701

Friday Night before the 3rd Sunday each month-Tallahassee, Florida. 7 :00 PM. EST. For Information Call Alice Bejnar @1-850-656-2027.

 

Saturday before the 3rd Sunday. For information you may contact: David and Kathy Lee at Route 1, Box 40, Hoboken, Ga. 31542 Phone. 1- 912-458-2493: or Clarke and Julie Lee at Route 1 Box 317-0, Hoboken, Ga. 31542  Phone. 1-912-458-2268.

                                                           Contact people

 

1. Tommie Spurlock-334-774-5092

2  Stanley Smith-334-774-0055

3  Aubrey Barfield-850-897-3428

4  Bill Aplin-334-898-7253

5  Ford Bulger-334-858-3451

6  Don Clark-334-864-7851

7  John Etheridge-860-537-4613

8  Alice Bejnar-850-656-2027

9  Mike Jones-334-493-9363

10  JA Mosley-334-937-8468

11  Thurman Nall-334-248-2268

12  Bill Kelly-334-222-4643

13  Myrtle Richburg-334-493-6286

14  Chip Westbrook-334-897-5565

15  David Lee-912-458-2493

16  George Retherford-850­

17  Elsie Moon-205-631-5439

18  Syble Adams-205-657-4073

19  Andrew Albers-601-797-9422

20  Edd Bass-334-222-4597

 

SINGING LOCATED IN MISSISSIPPI

 

1 st Saturday January, I st Baptist Church, Church, Collins, Ms 1st Sunday in May, Pleasant Ridge Church, North of Hickory, MS. (Christian Harmony)

4th Sunday and Saturday before in June, Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church, Nortan, Mississippi (Christian Harmony)

 

4th Sunday & Saturday before in August, Mississippi State Convention, Antioc  Church, Forest, MS.

      4th Sunday in October, Morton, Mississippi

 

DENSON BOOK SINGS IN ALABAMA

 

5th Sunday in the 1st & 3rd Quarter, Liberty McCormick Church, Jefferson County, Hollis-Godwin Road, North of Highway 78.

 

Sunday and Saturday before the 1st in June, Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church, Hopewell Homecoming, 6 miles east of Oneonta,    Alabama. 1 mile east of Airport.

 

Saturday before 3rd Sunday in July, Walker County Convention, County Rd. 77 Approx. 1.5 miles S. ofhwy 69. New Hope Baptist Church. Jasper, Alabama.

 

3rd Sunday in July, Chafin-Harbinson-Hollis Singing. New Prospect Church, 3 miles east of Bremen, Alabama, South of Highway 69.

 

4th Sunday and Saturday before in August, Lookout Mountain Convention, Pine Grove Church Near Collinsville, Alabama

Saturday before 1st Sunday in October La State Convention, Baton Rouge, La. Information call Nancy 1-504-283-516l.

 

3rd Sunday October, Reid Memorial, Old County Line, Comers, Alabama

 

4th Sunday and Saturday before in November, Alabama Sacred Harp Convention, Mount Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church, North Binningham, Alabama. Exit 1-65 at Fultondale and Highway 31 exit.