{"id":346296,"date":"2026-06-22T23:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346296\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:47:11","slug":"lubbock-to-host-inaugural-sacred-harp-convention-drawing-singers-nationwide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346296\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock to host inaugural Sacred Harp Convention drawing singers nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The inaugural Lubbock Sacred Harp Convention will take place June 26-28, drawing singers from across the country to perform shape note music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The convention will feature participants from Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Denver, New Mexico and across Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A singing school and welcome reception will be held Friday, June 26, at 6 p.m. at 2807 42nd St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The convention will meet Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28, at 9 a.m. both days at the 6666 Barn of the National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 4th St. Dinner on the grounds will be served each day at noon as a potluck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">No experience is required for the event. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sacred Harp is a tradition that brings communities together to sing four-part hymns and anthems. Participants sit in a hollow square formation with one voice part on each side, all facing inward. Visitors are welcome to sit anywhere in the room and participate as listeners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The tradition was born from colonial singing schools whose purpose was to teach beginners to sing. No musical experience or religious affiliation is required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A regular weekly singing takes place every Sunday at 4 p.m. at 2807 42nd St.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The inaugural Lubbock Sacred Harp Convention will take place June 26-28, drawing singers from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123512,2777,66,168,170,169,98503,223,123511,123510,95655,375],"class_list":["post-346296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-6666-barn","tag-entertainment","tag-local","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-national-ranching-heritage-center","tag-news","tag-pipers-of-the-plains","tag-sacred-harp-convention","tag-singing","tag-west-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}