ALARMS AND DIVERSIONS

SACRED HARP SINGERS OF THE SOUTHLAND-
FA SOL LA 

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          There is very little information out there about this Sacred Harp crew aside from what's written on the back of this record.  I'm not going to reprint it or anything, but here's a little taste:

             "The Chattahooche Sacred Harp Singing Convention was organized at                      Macedonia Church, in Coweta County, Georgia, on the first Sunday in                    August, 1852... the Chattahooche Convention is one of the very few                            Sacred Harp Singing Conventions whose activities are conducted to an                  established procedure laid down in a written constitution, and so far as we          know, it is the only convention having a recorded membership list     dating  from the first session in 1852 to the last session in 1965."  

          This is a sterling example of the form.  Spiraling exhalations and crowded shouts on high, echoing in a chamber of stained glass, and printed pages.  

      

SACRED HARP SINGERS OF THE SOUTHLAND

"During the War Between the States, only token sessions were held..."

-Mrs. Ruth Denson Edwards