[Magdalen] Brightest and Best - The Epiphany, January 6, 2016.

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Your mention of the shape note tradition reminded me that I had meant to
> report that Susan Hagen and I attended the annual New Year's Harmonia Sacra
> Sing in Harrisonburg last Friday night. It's held at the Weaver Mennonite
> Church on New Year's Night and is the oldest continuous sing in the
> country.  Susan attends pretty much every year, and I think this was my
> fourth time. Cady went with us several years ago.
>

Hope you enjoyed it. I have a copy of one of the previous editions. What
year did the Harrisonvurg singing start?

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>
> On January 6, 2016, at 10:18 PM, "P. Dan Brittain" <
> pdan.brittain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Brightest and Best (sung to the tune Morning Star) is my very favorite
> > Epiphany hymn.
> >
> > I'm a bit partial to it sung to the tune "Star in the East" from the
> shape
> note tradition.
>
>
>
> --
> P. Dan Brittain
> Harrison, Arkansas
>
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