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From: "Donna" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Singing School
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:01:04 -0500
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Way to go Evalyn!
Donna

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From: "E. Champion" <>
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Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Singing School


> Back in the 40's and 50's Stamps Baxter Publishing Co. was really big into
> the singin' schools! That where all of our songbooks came from. I still
> have some of mine and boy were they used! All of the Melton's sang. Uncle
> Paul Melton had a beautiful deep, bass voice. Juanita sang alto and still
> does in the church choir. Mama (Lela) Melton sang alto and my Mom and
> Geraldine sang soprano. Papa (Chester) sang on the hymns but only with a big
> group. He was usually sitting smoking his corncob pipe! Those were some
> good times and all the teachers in the schools gave a lot of us the right
> start in Southern Gospel. The people at my church LOVE it when I swing into
> some good 'ol Southern Gospel on Sunday night! Hands start clapping and
> toes start tappin'!
>
> Evalyn
>
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