Just want to share with you how the Shape Note Sing went. It was truly wonderful.

There were babies as young as 11 months old, old-timers as old as 92, teenagers and middle-agers and everything in between. Grandmothers with granddaughters, whole families, neighbors. There were some older people who used to be in choirs many years ago, and hadn't sung for decades, singing with joy. There were nose-ringed high-schoolers cheering and laughing with delight at the thundering chords of the assemblage. Folkies and choir directors, classical musicians and spectators, all types. Truly a community event, probably like it was done about 200 years ago in Connecticut, but looking very much like today.

Everyone was amazed at the power of music when that many voices (around 165) are formed into a square and led by great singing leaders like the Amidons. If you ever get the chance to go to one, try it: you'll like it.