Georgia Sacred Harp Photos

Links to online photo albums of recent nearby singings:

Robert Chambless' photo albums (many Georgia and Alabama singings)
Seed & Feed, Atlanta, GA, 10/27/07, by Mary Whitehurst
Andrews Chapel, Thomaston, GA, 10/15/06, by Aldo Ceresa
Tri-State Convention, Hoboken, GA, 10/14/06, by Aldo Ceresa
State Line Baptist Church, Cleburne County, AL, 4/8/06, by Andy Morse
Georgia State Convention, Gwinnett County, GA, 3/26/06 (Sunday), by Andy Morse
Georgia State Convention, 3/25/06 (Saturday), by Martha Beverly
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2/15/06, by Pat Graham

Below are a few Sacred Harp pictures from Georgia showing singers and singings old and new, rural and urban. Click on each to enlarge. (The initials are in case anybody doesn't want their pictures Googled - comments?)

Basses at the Georgia state convention, 3/26/06. Photo by Andy Morse	Lunchtime, 3/26/06. Photo by Andy Morse	Break time at Sweetwater Chapel, 3/26/06. Photo by Andy Morse
Erica and Matt H. lead at Emory University's Cannon Chapel, 2/11/06. Photo by Pat Graham	Hollow square at Cannon Chapel, Lela C. leading with her students, 2/11/06. Photo by Pat Graham	Treble Laura W. sings Sacred Harp for the first time, 2/11/06. Photo by Pat Graham
Basses Jeremy S. and Raymond H., 2/11/06. Photo by Pat Graham	Tenors Malinda S., Charles W., and Phillip L., 2/11/06. Photo by Pat Graham	Teenie M., a lifelong singer from the McWhorters of 317b, 2/11/06. Photo by Pat Graham
Hugh McGraw teaches the shapes at a singing school in Hamilton, 10/1/05. Photo by Robert Chambless	Hugh McGraw leads the class at the first annual singing in Hamilton, 10/1/05. Photo by Robert Chambless	Singers gather around the B. F. White historical marker in Hamilton, 10/1/05. Photo by Robert Chambless
Lucile G. leads at the first annual singing in Savannah, 10/15/05. Photo by Janet Burnette	Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church, Bremen, 11/6/05. Photo by Robert Chambless	The springhouse at Holly Springs, 11/6/05 Photo by Robert Chambless
Grave of Benjamin F. and Thurza White at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. Photo by Dan Boling	Richard D. leads the traditional introductory lesson at the Union Convention, 10/29/05. Photo by Debora Grosse	Sweetwater Chapel in Gwinnett County, site of the 137th Union Convention, 10/29/05. Photo by Debora Grosse

Charles Woods shares this reminiscence about Holly Springs: "The 1950s were very dry, especially in West Georgia. I lived on a farm outside Bremen with my grandfather, H.N. McGraw, and we depended on a well for our water supply. In 1954, I think, the well dried up earlier in the summer, so we drove daily to Holly Springs to fill up buckets and bottles to provide household water. We had a small creek to wash clothes and take baths, but the creek was also shared with cattle, so we obviously couldn't drink it. I checked my memories with Charlene Wallace this past weekend, and she confirmed that many families in the Bremen area depended on Holly Springs during those years of drought. Over the years, the spring filled up with debris until it was restored by Hugh McGraw. The Spring House is something new in the history of this valuable natural resource."

Last updated October 29, 2007