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Audio Recording Musical performances, Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia (16 July 1977), parts 1 and 2

About this Item

Title

  • Musical performances, Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia (16 July 1977), parts 1 and 2

Names

  • Stanley, David, 1942- (Collector)

Created / Published

  • Mystic, Georgia, July 16, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Songs
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Irwin County -- Mystic

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Songs
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  The folklife project team produced multiple sound recordings with overlapping content at the Royal Singing Convention. On Saturday, 16 July 1977, David Stanley recorded performances and announcements on 4 audiocassettes (3 on two sides, 1 on one side, tot
  • -  Side A: Part 1 of a 7-part series of recordings of musical performances at the Royal Singing Convention, Mystic GA (Saturday, 16 July 1977): opening prayer, call for "singing and making melody in your hearts, we thank you for every singer that ever stood on this stage"; all singers at the event perform "This Same Jesus," number 76 in the hymnal Sing With Joy (Tennessee Music and Printing Co, 1976); all singers, titles may be "Road to Glory" and "I Vote for Him"; reading of the gospel; all singer, title may be "Glory, Glory"; quartet (fieldworker's note states "probably The Visionaires") perform "Praise the Lord" and "Like the Mighty Eagle"; all singers, "Get Ready," number 126 in the hymnal Sing With Joy (Tennessee Music and Printing Co, 1976); all singers, led by Howard Brown, "Walking in His Love," number 158 in the hymnal Pure Gospel (James D. Vaughan, 1977).
  • -  Side B: Part 2 of a 7-part series of recordings of musical performances at the Royal Singing Convention, Mystic GA (Saturday, 16 July 1977): all singers perform "Will You Carry the Cross," number 88 in the hymnal Sing With Joy (Tennessee Music and Printing Co, 1976) and an unidentified hymn; unidentified duet perform; all singers perform a hymn that may be number 84 in an unidentified hymnal; voice requests registration by singers and leaders; all singers perform a hymn dedicated to the Royal family, last verse repeated twice; all singers perform two unidentified hymns; the Franks Quartet performs; convention president Erston Royal announces the presence of "the American Folklore Center from the Library in Congress."

Medium

  • audiocassette

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21173
  • MBRS shelflist: RYA 0984
  • Field project identifier: GA7-DS-C6

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

Rights & Access

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Stanley, David. Musical performances, Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia 16 July , parts 1 and 2. Mystic, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21173/.

APA citation style:

Stanley, D. (1977) Musical performances, Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia 16 July , parts 1 and 2. Mystic, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21173/.

MLA citation style:

Stanley, David. Musical performances, Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia 16 July , parts 1 and 2. Mystic, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21173/>.