Shape note singing on April 15. All Gold Hill residents and friends are invited to an afternoon of shape note singing at Paul Landskroener’s & Marybeth Neal’s home, 629 Dixon Rd on Saturday, April 15.

Singing will commence at 1 pm with a half hour of instruction, followed by singing until 4 pm, with a break for refreshments midway. 

Here’s a link to a seven-and-a-half minute summary of what Shape Note singing is all about, to give you an idea:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLnG7vfVOc

We will sing from The Sacred Harp, the most popular shape note songbook, first published in 1844. Loaner books will be available. “Shape note” refers to the musical notation that uses four shapes to denote the tones in a scale. Shapes help new singers to more easily learn how to sight sing easily.

This is a participatory activity. No auditions, rehearsals, or performances are involved. Anyone who loves to sing is welcome. Instruction and support will be provided. Singers from the Boulder-Denver shape note community will join us and all Gold Hill residents are invited. 

Call Paul at 612-990-2248 for more information.

COVID protocols: Please do not come if you have a cough, fever, aches, or other COVID symptoms. If you are not vaccinated against COVID, or if you’ve spent time with a COVID-positive person within the last week (even if you are vaccinated), please take a home-based COVID test the morning of the event and come if it’s negative. We will sing outdoors if weather permits. We will not require anyone to wear a mask, but you are free to do so.