Some history of Etowah Shape Note singings:
http://www.etowahncheritage.org/shape-note-traditions.html
Thanks to EtowahNCHeritage.org for sharing this link.
And from the NC Folklore Society:
http://ncfolkloresociety.org/2010s/2010-cta-etowah-christian-harmony-singing/
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The following link is a Facebook invitation to the 109th annual spring Etowah singing and provides an excellent history and description of the event:
https://www.facebook.com/zcamail/posts/1179065065460118
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This link is a "Smoky Mountain Minute" about Shape Note Singing in Cades Cove, produced by the Great Smoky Mountains Association. The shape note singing is from Tennessee's "New Harp of Columbia" which is very similar to, and stems from the same roots as William Walker's Carolina "Christian Harmony". https://youtu.be/FyrUhdBHOg8
http://www.etowahncheritage.org/shape-note-traditions.html
Thanks to EtowahNCHeritage.org for sharing this link.
And from the NC Folklore Society:
http://ncfolkloresociety.org/2010s/2010-cta-etowah-christian-harmony-singing/
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The following link is a Facebook invitation to the 109th annual spring Etowah singing and provides an excellent history and description of the event:
https://www.facebook.com/zcamail/posts/1179065065460118
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This link is a "Smoky Mountain Minute" about Shape Note Singing in Cades Cove, produced by the Great Smoky Mountains Association. The shape note singing is from Tennessee's "New Harp of Columbia" which is very similar to, and stems from the same roots as William Walker's Carolina "Christian Harmony". https://youtu.be/FyrUhdBHOg8