Let me return for a moment as to why I started this thread. As I mentioned in my first post, this thread grew out of this earlier thread Jerry R's 'Black/White Gospel Workshop

Here is an excerpt of the initial post to that thread:

Subject: Jerry R's 'Black/White Gospel Workshop
From: wilco48 - PM
Date: 22 Nov 02 - 10:16 AM

For years, I've been looking for a workshop about the shared heritage of US Black and White gospel music, their common origins, singing styles, etc. Jerry Ramussen (sp?) does this workshop with his gospel quartet!...

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That thread has been revived several times throughout the years. I have posted information to that thread about 'ways of singing', and may add more. However, I started this thread because I felt that there should be a separate thread about 'ways of worshipping' in Black churches.

That said, I believe that some of the posts on that "'Black/White Gospel Workshop" thread-such as the posts about off-beat clapping- may also fit very well on this thread. For instance, I believe that my initial post to that thread also fits very well on this thread.

Because I feel that it is pertinent to this subject, I'll add that comment as my next post to this thread.