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This website contains information about shape note (Sacred Harp) singing in Hyde Park and throughout the Chicagoland area.
Upcoming Singings:
(This area is for the next annual singing and/or special workshops and such. For our regular weekly and monthly singings, please click the Calendar of local singings link below. For a list of all our annual singings, please click the Calendar of annual singings link below.)
2024 Hyde Park All-Day Singing
Saturday, November 2, 2024
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM, with potluck dinner on the grounds at noon
Quaker House (the 57th Street Meeting of Friends)
5615 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
1991 Sacred Harp (red book) and 2005 Missouri Harmony (green book)
There will be loaner books available.
Locals, please bring a large dish to share.
A free-will donation will be taken.
All are welcome!
Buses: #55 Garfield (get off at Woodlawn and walk a block+ south); #6 Jackson Park Express (get off at 55th and get on the #55, or get off at 56th and walk about half a mile west on 56th to Woodlawn). Metra/South Shore Line: Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th street station, then walk west to Woodlawn.
Street parking is usually available on Woodlawn on Saturdays.
Originally known as the University of Chicago Anniversary Singing, this year's singing is the 26th anniversary of its first appearance in the minutes. Come make a joyful noise with us!
Questions? Contact chair Ginny Landgraf at kaencat@sbcglobal.net.
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Thanks: University of Chicago (hosting), Will Fitzgerald (design), Jessica Beer (photography).