~ Twenty-third Annual Minnesota Cooper Book All-Day Singing ~
Saturday, February 8, 2025.
Olivet Congregational Church 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
1850 Iglehart Avenue, Saint Paul (near Fairview & Marshall)
THE SACRED HARP is part of 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.
SINGERS SIT IN A HOLLOW SQUARE facing the center and sing four parts, a cappella.
THE MUSIC has a distinctive open and modal sound, and the singing is exuberant, rhythmic, and full of feeling
VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED to join in the singing, or they are welcome to just listen
TUNEBOOKS available for loan or purchase at the singing
Noontime Potluck “Dinner on the Grounds” provided by local host singers. All are welcome to attend this free event. No previous singing experience is needed.
THE SACRED HARP tune books (2012 Cooper Edition ”Blue Book”) will be available for loan or purchase.
~ MORE INFORMATION is available at http://mnfasola.org/
~ COME TO THE REGULAR WEEKLY SINGINGS
~Every Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Hamline United Methodist Church, 1514 Englewood Ave., St. Paul,
~Every Tuesday, 5:30 to &:30 pm, University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis
~2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Sundays, 4-6 pm, University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis
● Our community fully includes people of diverse backgrounds, identities, and perspectives and we are committed to affirming and including all of them. We strive to recognize and address bias based on race, ethnicity, religion, income, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, geography, points of view, and all other forms of identity.
● We are all called to actively contribute to creating a safe and welcoming environment and a culture of mutual respect and understanding. We do our best to treat everyone with respect and we expect everyone who sings with us to do the same.