The 4th Sunday Damariscotta Area Sacred Harp singing will be held on Sunday, December 22nd at the home of Corrone and Ruth Ann Bryant at 552 Main St. in Damariscotta. We will sing from 2:00 to 5:00pm. All (with or without Sacred Harp singing experience) are most welcome. This is a free particapatory event, not a performance.

The singing is primarily from the The Sacred Harp, a shapenote tune book that has been in continuous publication with periodic revisions since 1844. The music consists of hymns, fuging tunes, anthems, and other songs in a style rooted in Colonial New England, popular in Maine up until the Civil War and in areas of the rural South and West up to the present day.

There will be a potluck supper following the singing so please bring a dish to share. Call Corrone or Ruth Ann at 563-6083 or email singing@mainesacredharp.org with any questions.

DIRECTIONS TO CORRONE AND RUTH ANN’S:

From the North:

Take Rte One South through Waldoboro and Nobleboro and bear left for Business Route One to Damariscotta. You’ll go down a hill, up a hill past a church on your right and continue past the Oyster Shell Motel your right. Next on your left is the Great Salt Bay School, closely followed on the right by the Whaleback Shell Midden and the Bryant house. Park in the midden parking lot.

From the South:

Take Route One North and bear right for Business Route One to Damariscotta. You will pass through Newcastle and over the bridge into Damariscotta. Continue out the other side of Damariscotta past Yellow Front Grocery on your left, Rite Aid on your right and eventually Hannaford on your right and McDonald’s at a light. Continue through the light and just past Round Top Ice Cream is the Bryant home on your left.

Park in the Midden parking lot which is just past their house on the left.