Woman leading Sacred Harp singing at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church - Old Chicora, Florida

Title

• Woman leading Sacred Harp singing at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church - Old Chicora, Florida

Image Number

• FS781198

Year

• 1979

Date Note

• Photographed on August 1, 1979.

Series Title

• General: Folklife Collection.
• Specific: Folklife Collection North Florida Folklife Project (Bethlehem Sacred Harp Sing Slide Tape Program)

General Note

• Accompanying note: "'Years before there was a church in this area, the Sacred Harp Singers would meet at people's houses and sing. And then, later, they used to meet at an old schoolhouse which was called Johnson School and it was located on what is now Highway 674. But it disbanded and it was reorganized here at this church, the best that we can find out, on the 5th Sunday in May 1924.'"

Photographer/Personal Author

• Bulger, Peggy A.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• 4-Shaped-Note singing
• Sacred music
• Religious groups, Baptist
• Religious groups--Florida--Polk County--Old Chicora
• Community culture--Florida--Polk County--Old Chicora
• Shape note singing
• Singing--Religious aspects
• Music--Performance
• Baptists--Florida--Polk County--Old Chicora
• Older women--Florida--Polk County--Old Chicora

Geographic Term

• Old Chicora (Fla.)
• Polk County (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church (Old Chicora, Fla.)

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