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Audio Recording Musical performances, Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia, parts 5 and 6

About this Item

Title

  • Musical performances, Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia, parts 5 and 6

Names

  • Stanley, David, 1942- (Collector)

Created / Published

  • Tifton, Georgia, July 23, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Song festivals
  • -  Offerings
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Songs
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Tift County -- Tifton

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Songs
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Side A: Part 5 of a 10-part recording of interviews and performances at the Tift County Singing Convention, held at the Chapel of All Faiths, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton GA (Saturday, 23 July 1977): Mr. and Mrs. D.O. Davis lead number 111 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise, Stamps-Baxter Music Co., preceded by announcement asking the directors and pianists to "stay where they're at and change books, if you don't know it (the song) you ain't got nothin' on me," fieldworker reports that there are approximately eight assistant directors and notes that Davis urges more baritone and alto, adding, "the usual term is bass rather than baritone, no distinction is really made between them in the music although quartets may make the distinction," and noting that Davis interrupts after the first verse to say that the baritones and altos "aren't coming in strong enough, though the timing's just right"; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Martin (also in part 4, called the Martin Duet), Mr. Martin states, "everyone keep their places and turn to number 112," commenting, "tonight's the first time I've had a date with my wife in nearly two-and-one-half months," after the first verse and chorus, comments, "do the last one now to conserve time," after last verse and chorus, applause, and Martin says, "well if you're gonna spank, spank"; H.E. Combee, an elderly and feeble man is assisted to the stage by J.C. Pennington to lead number 127 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise, Stamps-Baxter Music Co.; Albert Shaw (?) leads number 44 in the hymnal Sweet Melodies, Leoma Music Co., referred to as "the jaybird book," with help from three others, performance starts off wrong on verse, but checked with others and corrected; announcement, "all you pianists, just keep your places," the Z.D. Storey leads number 14 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise, after the song, a man whispers to Storey, "that was good"; the Spivey Family performs, Mr. Spivey mentions number 134 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise, but the fieldworker notes that the family may not have sought participation by attendees; Mitchell Hinson leads number 90 in the hymnal Songs of Gladness, Convention Music Co.; C.L. Tompkins leads number 98 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise; announcement, "Bob Jones, are you ready to sing, sir," second voice, "no, we're getting ready to take up collection right now," explanation of offertory procedure, "we've got two good-looking young girls now," fieldworker reports that the offering is collected in two snap-brim straw hats with ribbons on the side; prayer: "to thank you for each one that has participated," thanks to officers, "may we give from the deep of our hearts," offer of a place to stay from Mr. Montgomery; Bob Jones leads number 60 in the hymnal Sweet Melodies, "the bird book," a composition by Jones.
  • -  Side B: Part 6 of a 10-part recording of interviews and performances at the Tift County Singing Convention, held at the Chapel of All Faiths, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton GA (Saturday, 23 July 1977): Bobby Etheridge leads number 96 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise, Stamps-Baxter Music Co.; Helen Etheridge leads number 113 in the hymnal New Songs of Praise; John L. Grizzard and two others lead number 71 (Leon Franks listed as composer) in the hymnal Pure Gospel, James D. Vaughan, publisher; Guy Yarborough leads selection 66 in the same hymnal; J.L. Slappy leads number 100 in the hymnal Road to Glory, Jeffress Music Co.; (Idus?) Spivey, with convention president J. Wallace Franks, tells a story about the previous week, when Spivey came to Tifton but couldn't find the Royal Family Convention, then leads number 118 in the hymnal Pure Gospel; announcement that the offering raised $115, fieldworker adds note that attendance tonight is about 200-250, announcement about refreshments for singers after the program; Tony Brown leads number 10 in the hymnal Pure Gospel, the hymn "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Tears"; scattered discussion about "it's too late" and several people give up their chance to direct, Franks comments, "we're fixing to go in just a jiffy"; Mr. North leads number 144 in the hymnal Sweet Melodies, Leoma Music Co., adding, "there's the man that wrote that song, Mr. Frank White"; fieldworker comments that "at this point, there is a drive to close, people are tired, some are leaving, and the officers are ready to cut it off altogether; J.C. Cooper is called for, he had gone home, some of his students are still here, three of them, about 12 or 13 years old, when called on, one says, "do we have to," and Franks replies, "if we don't let these young people sing, someday there won't be any singing," the youths perform number 60 in the hymnal Pure Gospel with much audience participation, applause for these singers continues in part 7.

Medium

  • audiocassette

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21182
  • MBRS shelflist: RYA 0993
  • Field project identifier: GA7-DS-C15

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:

Stanley, David. Musical performances, Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia, parts 5 and 6. Tifton, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs21182/.

APA citation style:

Stanley, D. (1977) Musical performances, Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia, parts 5 and 6. Tifton, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs21182/.

MLA citation style:

Stanley, David. Musical performances, Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia, parts 5 and 6. Tifton, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs21182/>.