Easton Monthly Shenandoah Singing
February, 2025
“Singing School” Workshop, 1-2:30pm,
Regular Sing, 3-5pm
This month, attend a special event in conjunction with the regular second-Saturday singing! On February 8th, we’ll host a “singing school” to introduce beginners and total newcomers alike to this interesting American living tradition. We’ll get started at 1pm with an hour and a half of history, demonstration, and plenty of time to practice! Then, we’ll continue with our regular singing 3-5pm.
Join us on the Eastern Shore! We meet most Second Saturdays / 2-5pm and sing from The Shenandoah Harmony, a four part shape-note tunebook. Characterized by open harmonies and a raw, powerful sound, these tunes speak of death and love and powerful forces. All are welcome to join us–Come and sing!
What to expect at our singing
We sing for each other and the joy of singing. This music is designed for participation, rather than performance. There is no audience and no director, and we take turns choosing songs and leading the group (and it’s fine to pass your turn, too). We are a small-but-mighty local community, and wide-ranging in terms of ages, religious beliefs/affiliations (or lack thereof), and reasons for singing. The harmony and egalitarian approach in this living music tradition unites us.
For the first session (Usually 2pm-2:45 or so), we take our time to welcome newcomers and introduce the songs and the style. In this portion, we’ll go a bit slower, singing through individual parts and answering questions as they arise.
After a short break for snacks and to get to know each other, we come back and sing until 5pm, with at least one more break. The pace feels more like a traditional singing, moving from one tune to the next in a deliberate fashion, so everyone can lead as many times as possible.
Come and sing!
Contact Topher with questions or for more details: hieanon+fasola at gmail dot com
Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship At Easton, 7401 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD 21601
Our “Top Hits”
These are the songs we sing most often from the book–so far!
| Page | Title |
| 306 | Buonaparte |
| 162 | All Is Well |
| 204 | Wake Up |
| 310 | Wigan |
| 112 | Better Days Coming |
| 65t | Salem |
| 438b | Shiloh |
| 12b | Stroudwater |
| 129t | Hudson |
| 120t | I Walked Abroad |
| 287 | Kittery |
| 3b | North Carolina |
| 422 | We’ll Go On |
| 15 | Converse |
| 76t | Doomsday |