Based on a list compiled by Sam Showalter ( showalter3@aol.com ) and Jeremy Nafziger ( jeremy.nafziger@nortelgov.com , ) Jeremy advises: Loaner books are available at most sings and are also usually available for purchase. Any edition will work if you are bringing your own. For the two all-day sings, Hamburg and Bethel , you may bring food to place on the common table, and bring your own plate and utensils; there is usually plenty of food to share.
January 1, 2010 - New Years Day -- Weavers Mennonite Church, 7 p.m. 108 th Annual Singing – (Held every year - but 1- since 1902.) The church is a large gray stone building on US 33 west of Harrisonburg , Va. , about 2.5 miles west of town on the south (left) side of the road immediately west of the WSVA radio station.
January 1, 2010 - New Years Day -- Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 3003 Benham Ave , Elkhart , Indiana . 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. From US 20 bypass, exit north on Ind. 19, 1/2 mile to Mishawaka Rd , then east 3 miles to Benham Ave.
February 7, 2010 - First Sunday -- Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC), 3:30 p.m. In the Strite Auditorium (notice a change from Detwiler Chapel), second floor of Crestwood, the building closest to the street, to the left of main entrance of the retirement center on Virginia Ave. (Rt. 42) just north of Harrisonburg.
April 4, 2010 - First Sunday -- "Easter Singing"(literally) -- Harrisonburg Mennonite Church . 7 p.m.
From I-81, take the James Madison University/Port Republic Road exit. (Exit 240) Go west on Maryland Ave. (into town) about one mile, through the first traffic light (which is South Main St. or U.S. 11) and cross two sets of railroad tracks. Turn left at the next traffic light onto High Street. The church is about 1.5 miles later, on the left side of the road, standing on a hill off the road, with a sign on High Street shortly after you pass a car wash on the left.
May 2, 2010 - First Sunday -- Trissel's Mennonite Church . 7 p.m . This is a small sing at the oldest Mennonite church in the Shen.Valley. Take Hwy 42 north of Harrisonburg , Va. to Hwy 809 (if driving north, turn left onto 809 a few miles after you pass Edom .) Go about two miles to Hwy 752 and turn right. The church is on your right. You may wish to contact Sam Showalter (see below) for confirmation of this singing.
June 6, 2010 - First Sunday -- Detwiler Meetinghouse, Roseville, North Dumfries Township, near Kitchner, ON, Canada . 2 to 4:30 p.m. This will be the fourth annual Harmonia Sacra singing at this beautifully restored oldest Mennonite meeting house in Canada . Further information can be found at: www.detweilermeetinghouse.ca , Or by contacting Sam Steiner at samsteiner@sympatico.ca , 519-884-1040.
July 4, 2010 - First Sunday -- Dayton Mennonite Church . 7 p.m. Annual singing in Dayton , Virginia . The church is on the east side of Hwy 42 just south of the town of Dayton , which is a few miles south of Harrisonburg , Va.
August 1, 2010 - First Sunday -- Old Hamburg Church . 10 a.m., dinner on the grounds followed by afternoon singing. The most unique of the Valley sings, held in a 165+ year old log meetinghouse with excellent acoustics. From I-81, take the New Market exit (US 211) and drive east, over the mountain. After crossing the Shenandoah River , turn north (left) onto Hwy 766 and go a mile or so to the small village of Hamburg , west of Luray. The old church is on the left.
September 5, 2010 - First Sunday -- Bethel Mennonite Church . 10:30 a.m., dinner on the grounds followed by afternoon singing. Directions: Bethel is located west of Broadway, Va. on a hill on the left of Hwy 612, (NOT 613 as listed here in the past!) From Harrisonburg , take Hwy 42 north to Broadway, then take Hwy 259 west (left). After about 2-3 miles, turn north (right) on Hwy 612 . The church is on a hill on the left side of 612, about 3-4 miles from 259.
October 3, 2010 - First Sunday -- Old Salem Church , Singers Glen VA., The Home of the Harmonia Sacra. 4:00 p.m. This is an afternoon singing in the Old Salem Church , the reconstructed log church on the grounds of Donovan Memorial UMC in the Village of Singers Glen , 7 miles northwest of Harrisonburg , Va. on Hwy 613. For more info on Old Salem church, click on “Community” at www.donovanumc.org .
For further information, or to confirm singings etc, please contact Sam Showalter at 540-433-9225, or by e-mail at: Showalter3@aol.com ,