5th Annual Golden Gate Sacred Harp Singing & Singing School

Hosted by Bay Area Sacred Harp

Please join us for the upcoming 5th Annual Golden Gate Singing. We will have one full day of singing from the 1991 revision of the Sacred Harp in San Francisco Sunday, April 26th. Tim Eriksen will teach a singing school Saturday, April 25th.

We look forward to singing with you!

Saturday: Singing School

Raise the roof and rattle the rafters with Northern Roots musician Tim Eriksen at this traditional community singing school. No experience is necessary and all materials are provided. Tim will have the class singing in exuberant, unaccompanied, four-part harmony in no time, using the uniquely American "shape note" notation style found in The Sacred Harp tunebook.

Public transportation: BART to Downtown Berkeley, walk north on Shattuck (towards Center St.), Right on Hearst Ave, Left on LeConte St., Right on Ridge Road to 2451 Ridge. (Most of this is uphill, allow 20 minutes)

In addition to teaching a singing school, Tim Eriksen will also be performing at two evening shows in the greater Bay Area:
Saturday April 25th Cayuga Vault 1100 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Sunday April 26th Freight & Salvage 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA

Sunday: Golden Gate Singing

Free and open to the public — Beginners welcome
Loaner books available

Everyone is invited to sing early American 4-part a cappella hymns and enjoy a traditional noontime pot luck.

Sunday April 26, 2009
9:00am - 3:00pm
Miraloma Park Improvement Club
350 O'Shaughnessy Blvd at Del Vale
San Francisco, CA
[Google map for driving directions]

Public transportation: BART to Glen Park, once out of the station cross Bosworth street and catch the 44 bus ($1.50, exact change needed). The Del Vale stop is after the Malta stop (you can ask the driver to announce it). Stay tuned for possible shuttle from BART to the singing.

Socials

Friday 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Meet and greet local and visiting singers at an hors d'oeuvres potluck hosted by Susan and David Fetcho in Oakland near Lake Merritt. For directions email david/at/feralchristian/dot/com or call (510) 451-6299. [map]
Saturday 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Pre-Golden Gate Singing social hosted by Jeremey and Barbara Knight. Located in Berkeley close to the All Saints Chapel. Map and directions will be available at the singing school.
Sunday 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Between the singing and Tim's concert at the Freight & Salvage
Hosted by Anna Williams. Located in San Francisco near the Miraloma Park Improvement Club. See flyer at convention for map and directions.
Monday 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Regular UC Berkeley singing at All Saints Chapel in Berkeley with snacks at 8:30pm.

Housing

Staying with singers

For housing with local singers, contact Terry Barber:
terry/at/parallax/dot/org — 510-525-0101 ext. 114 (day) — 925-247-9036 (evening)

Hostels

For those interested in staying in a hostel, we recommend the San Francisco City Center Hostel. Or read here for a list of all hostel options in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Downloads

Postcard — web version
Click here
Postcard — print version
Click here
Text-only version
Click here
Get one by mail
If you have trouble viewing or printing the flyer, send an email containing your street address to sf/at/fasola/dot/org and we'll be happy to mail it to you.

Resources for members of the Press

For more information

Contact Susan Fetcho at (510) 451-6299 or susan/at/foundlight/dot/tv

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