Events

Updated March 2, 2026  

For all events listed below, all are welcome, no experience necessary, and song books will be available for loan or purchase.

• Tuesdays, 6pm – 8pm: Weekly Practice Singing at the home of Dean and Rachel in Oviedo. We often do some singing-school-style instruction and slow practice of parts especially for new singers. We sing from a variety of shape-note tunebooks including The Christian Harmony, 2010 (DoReMi, 7 shapes), and 4-shape books including The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition, The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012, The Shenandoah Harmony, and The Valley Pocket Harmonist. Please feel free to invite friends and let me know if you plan to come, would like weekly email or text-message reminders, need our address, or have any questions. RSVP to Rachel at 301.943.0515 as we occasionally cancel or shift the date/time to accommodate singers' other commitments. 

• Saturday, March 7, 2nd Annual Jacksonville All-Day Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. 10am-3pm with dinner on the grounds. RSVP (optional) at https://www.facebook.com/events/1980465026081246

• Sunday, March 8, Orlando Monthly Singing at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 4917 Eli St, Orlando, FL 32804. We sing from both The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition and The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012. RSVP (optional): https://www.facebook.com/events/1308754667977521 

• Saturday, March 14, Hoboken All-Day Singing at Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012  Starting at 9:00 AM, dinner on the grounds at 12, then sing on until 2:30-3:00 PM. The church's address is 12540 Central Avenue Extension Hoboken, GA 31542. There will be a Lloyd Hymnbook sing that evening from 7-9:00 PM at the church. RSVP (optional): https://www.facebook.com/events/927239433048850 

• Sunday, March 15, Burnt Church All-Day Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012 starting at 10am, with dinner on the grounds. More info & RSVP (optional):  https://www.facebook.com/events/1245708040850506

• Sunday, March 15, 3:30pm – 5:30pm: Sweetwater Monthly Singing at Church of the Mediator, 501 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, FL. Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition, every 3rd Sunday of the month except December. Sweetwater Sacred Harp Singers

• Sunday, March 22, 1:00 – 3:00pm: Jacksonville Monthly Singing at St John's Lutheran Church, 1950 Silver St, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida. Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. Every 4th Sunday of the month. RSVP (optional): https://www.facebook.com/events/2076736219845864 for March; Group page: Jacksonville Sacred Harp Singing 

• Sunday, March 29, 10am – 2:30pm: Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 17385 Bethlehem Road, Lithia (Old Chicora), Florida. Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012, every Fifth Sunday. Please bring food to share for a potluck lunch. For more information, contact Claudia at mscdm1967@gmail.com

Farther along, mark your calendars for:

• Saturday, April 11, Sweetwater All-Day Singing at Church of the Mediator, 501 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, FL. Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition 10 am - 3pm. Please bring food to share for dinner on the grounds. 

• Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16: Tallahassee Singing from The Shenandoah Harmony on Friday evening and from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012 on Saturday.

• Friday through Sunday, May 22-24, Florida Folk Festival at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida.  I will share the performance schedule as soon as I receive it, likely in April.

• Monday, June 29–Friday, July 3, 2026, Camp Fasola at Camp Lee in Anniston, Alabama. Registration is now open at https://campfasola.org/

• Saturday, August 15, Cocoa Beach All-Day Singing, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, at 525 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

General reminders: 

• • If you're interested in carpooling to singings, please post on the facebook event pages or contact Rachel - respeer@gmail.com or 301.943.0515

  • Regular monthly singings in Tallahassee: 1st Friday - Denson book singing and 3rd Friday - Cooper book singing. Both held at Quaker Meeting House, 2001 S. Magnolia Drive, Tallahassee, from 7 - 9 pm with a break for snacks. Loaner books are available.  For Tallahassee Sacred Harp Singing event reminders, please email Marja at mjkatma@gmail.com to be added to their email list. 

  • For Cooper Book singings in the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama, see http://www.sacredharpbook.com/calendar-of-singings/

  • For the most complete listing of shape-note singing events throughout the US & around the world, see https://shapenotesingings.com/ 

  • As always, please check https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrlandoFaSoLa for updates on singing in the Orlando area. 

  • Feel free to share this message with others, and let me know if you would like to receive monthly email reminders.

Hope to sing with you soon! 

Rachel