Georgia Sacred Harp Photos and Videos

White grave The following singers have created online photo albums of Sacred Harp singings in Georgia as well as many other states. They frequently add new pictures:

Joeff Davis of Creative Loafing made an online photo gallery and video of the 2009 Spivey Hall singing.

Here are 2008 pictures of the grave of B.F. and Thurza White at Oakland Cemetery, showing tornado damage to the magnolia tree that covered the gravestones. This was a full canopy, but no more. Photos by John Plunkett.

Singers have also posted many online videos. We know about these from Georgia (mostly):

Because of the availability of online photo albums, we no longer update the photos on this webpage. Below are a few 2005-2006 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.)

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

Some of the above pictures came from these 2006 albums:

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 June 12, 2008