SHAPE-NOTE SING + POTLUCK + FILM!
Sat, Jun 20
|Epsilon Spires
Come take part in one of America’s oldest living polyphonic singing traditions! 3pm: Singing School led by Stefan Amidon. 4pm: Community Shape-Note Sing, 6pm: Potluck, at 7pm: we offer the documentary AWAKE MY SOUL: THE STORY OF SACRED HARP. The Potluck and Film are free for shape-note particiants!
Time & Location
Jun 20, 2026, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
JOIN US 3-4pm singing school led by Stefan Amidon, 4-6pm for a shape-note sing, followed by a potluck at 6pm. At 7pm we offer the documentary AWAKE MY SOUL: THE STORY OF SACRED HARP. The Potluck and Film are free for shape-note particiants!
Come and take part in one of America’s oldest living polyphonic singing traditions. Beginners and experienced, old and young, consider yourself a singer or not, read music or don't, all are welcome. We will start slow, with an introduction to reading the shapes, some ear training and learning a couple simple shape note songs together. Then we'll transition into a real time Shape Note Sing where anyone is welcome to lead a song, and the pace will pick up a little. Revel in the stark beauty of breathing new life into old songs, and the deep connection that comes from singing in the square. This will be…
Tickets
SHAPE NOTE SING!
Entry by Sliding-Scale Donation, your contribution includes Singing School, Shape Note Sing, Potluck and Film! Please give what you can so we can continue to offer future programming like this!
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