(previously known as The Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention)

A traditional and powerful singing of American shape-note hymns, fuging tunes, and anthems
in unaccompanied four-part harmony from The Sacred Harp and The Shenandoah Harmony

Washington, DC metro area: April 6 and 7, 2024

Photo at left (or above) by Steven Sabol. Photo on right (or below) by Rachel Speer of the 2007 convention at the Great Falls Grange.

Saturday, April 6, 2024:

• 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM: All-Day Singing with Dinner on the Grounds
  Location: Church of the Ascension Parish Hall, 633 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910

• Saturday evening social: location to be announced at the convention.

Sunday, April 7, 2024:

• 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM: All-Day Singing with Dinner on the Grounds
  Location: Lacey Woods Park, rear picnic shelter, 1200 N. George Mason Dr., Arlington, VA 22205.

Registration opens at 9:30 am each day.

We will sing from both The Sacred Harp (1991) and The Shenandoah Harmony, open call, during all sessions.

Sunday's location is outdoors and covered; we will sing rain or shine. Local singers, please bring a folding chair if you have one.

All are welcome: beginners, experienced singers, and listeners.

No admission charge -- free-will offering.

Same-day negative Covid test expected. Masks are welcomed, but optional.

Pot-luck dinner 12:30 pm. Local singers, please bring a substantial meal to share each day that you plan to eat lunch at the convention. No electricity at the Sunday location.

Copies of The Sacred Harp (1991 Edition, successor to the Denson Revision) and The Shenandoah Harmony (first published in 2013) will be available for loan and purchase. Please bring these tunebooks if you have them.

2024 Convention Chair, Alexa Silverman; Vice-Chair David Shulman. See Contacts link below.

Left (or above): Parish Hall of the Church of the Ascension. Right (or below): Lacey Woods Park rear picnic shelter

• Directions to singing locations
• Lodging with local singers
• Contacts for information on the Convention and other local singings
• More information on Sacred Harp music and the Sacred Harp tradition
• Bringing children to the Convention
• Information on cherry blossoms in DC during the Convention dates
• Minutes of the 2023 Convention
• YouTube videos taken at recent Potomac River Conventions (most songs from The Shenandoah Harmony (ShH)
• Images from the 2007 Convention at the Great Falls Grange, taken by Rachel Speer
• Dates of the 2025 Convention