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Audio Recording Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, part 1 (spoken word emphasis, open reel version)

Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, part 1 (spoken word emphasis, open reel version)

About this Item

Title

  • Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, part 1 (spoken word emphasis, open reel version)

Names

  • Fleischhauer, Carl (Recordist)
  • Stanley, David, 1942- (Collector)

Created / Published

  • Fitzgerald, Georgia, August 20, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Song festivals
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Songs
  • -  Music
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Ben Hill County -- Fitzgerald

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Songs
  • Music
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Part 1 of a 6-part recording of the Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, the microphone placement for this set of six parts favors spoken announcements and prayers: announcements by Zebedee Parsons, president of the convention, on seating arrangements for the various voices in the church, comments, "now if you're courting, you can set together," woman's voice, "I've been courting (30?) years," man's voice, "are you trying to bring back memories?"; Parsons asks Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Bell and J.C. Cooper to come up and help them sing, "how do you get in this stall up here," asks Cooper to come up again and Fred Johns to come up to the piano, comments, "Mr. Oakes, y'all register back there and come on up to the choir," fieldworker Carl Fleischhauer tells Parsons which mikes are for the folklife project recorders, Parsons asks if everyone has the Stamps book (hymnal New Songs of Praise, Stamps-Baxter, 1976), comments, "when I call your name, go down and around and be ready to lead, if these musicians will give us a number or so, we'll start"; "Everything to God in Prayer" (instrumental); "Leaning on the Everlasting Arm" (instrumental); "I Still Believe" ("let's stand on the first number"), number 72 in hymnal Sing With Joy (Tennessee Music and Printing Co, 1976); prayer led by Rev. John B. Burch (pastor of First Baptist Church), welcome to singers, "l love singing, I love the Lord, I love people who love to sing for the Lord," prayer, thankful that Christ has done something to turn us away from the wrong things, hanks for bringing us together; announcement from Parsons, thanks to Brother Burch and others, comments, "if I catch any of you not singing, I might call on you to come up here for a solo, and that would be something, wouldn't it"; " Walking in His Love," number 158 in hymnal Pure Gospel (James D. Vaughan, 1977); "Someday," number 97 in hymnal New Songs of Praise (Stamps-Baxter, 1976); " Way Up in Glory Land," 52 in Pure Gospel; " A Little Talk with Jesus," 12 in New Songs of Praise; "I Love My Savior," 14 in Pure Gospel; "This Same Jesus," 76 in Sing with Joy, performance continued in part 2.
  • -  The Saturday portion of the Ben Hill County Singing Convention was recorded on two separate open-reel tape recorders. Although both recorders were running at all times, musical performances were favored in the recordings made with a Nagra IV stereo recorder with a pair of Sennheiser MKE402 electret condenser cardioid microphones on stands that were positioned according to the location of a given set of leaders or featured singers. These six recordings carry the call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21161 through AFS 21166. Spoken prayers and announcements were favored in the recordings made with a Nagra III monaural recorder with a Shure SM61 omnidirectional microphone on a stand near center stage. These six recordings carry the call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21155 through AFS 21160. in order to draft logs for the recordings, fieldworker David Stanley made two-sided audiocassette copies of the Nagra III recordings; they are included in the collection and carry the call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21219 through AFS 21221. The content summary notes presented here are derived from Stanley's logs.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21155
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 1695
  • Field project identifier: GA7-DS-R16

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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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:

Fleischhauer, Carl, and David Stanley. Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, part 1 spoken word emphasis, open reel version. Fitzgerald, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs21155/.

APA citation style:

Fleischhauer, C. & Stanley, D. (1977) Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, part 1 spoken word emphasis, open reel version. Fitzgerald, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs21155/.

MLA citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, and David Stanley. Ben Hill County Singing Convention, First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald, Georgia, part 1 spoken word emphasis, open reel version. Fitzgerald, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs21155/>.