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August 18, 2005

National Singing Convention

National Singing Convention
(1936-present)
The most prominent publishers of shape note hymnals established the National Singing Convention and held their first event in Birmingham, AL in 1936. These publishers all used Jesse Aikin’s seven-note system of shape notes. [See Shape Note Method (Solfege).] Publishers initially included Morris-Henson Company, the Vaughan Quartet, James D. Vaughan Music Publishers, the Hartford Music Company, A. J. Showalter Company, Denson Music Company, Theodore Sisk Music Company, Tennessee Music and Printing Company, George W. Sebren, W. P. Ganus, and the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company. The first convention president was Adger M. Pace.

Initially operated exclusively by the hymnbook publishers, the National Singing Convention’s constitution was revised in 1949, permitting state singing conventions to appoint representatives with voting privileges. Stella Baughan wrote a historical article in 1961 for Vaughan’s Family Visitor titled “History of the Twenty-Five Years of the National Singing Convention.”

The organization’s annual meeting is typically held in a different small Southern town each year. In 2005, the event was scheduled to be held in Hamilton, Alabama on November 18-19. At the two-day meetings, the president of the convention calls on individuals to lead in the singing. The leader then selects the song and the pianist who will play. Songs are taken from newly published books, which participants have the opportunity to purchase at the end of the convention.
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 11:52:00 PM


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