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Subject: Sacred Harp in McCurtain County?
Date: 22 Aug 2005 11:52:18 -0600

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I'm not sure if this type of query goes on here, since it appears to be primarily a genealogical board. But I couldn't find any other boards for asking county-related questions. So here goes:

Last night at a local church singing, my Dad and I sang a duet using a song from the Sacred Harp (an old a cappella shape note song book). After the singing, a man from one of the churches initiated a conversation with me about Sacred Harp singing. I soon found that he had grown up in Antlers, OK, and remembered attending some Sacred Harp singings in the area. He moved away in the 1950s while a young man . From the discussion, I found that he remembered attending singings in Broken Bow (McCurtain Co.) and Rattan & Cloudy (Pushmataha Co.). He thought the singings were held in Baptist churches in these places. He did not think any were held in Antlers. These singings were evidently still being conducted as late as the 50s. I would like to collect historical information about these singings and the people who sang at them.

Does anyone have any information, memories or contacts on this? Thanks.

Robert Vaughn

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