Shape Note Singing

Happy First Day of Fall Everyone! It's another beautiful day here in Charleston--warm and sunny. This morning I went to church and had a good time there. Then some of us students went over to the Methodist church to participate in something called shape note singing with Dr. Reid. I learned a little bit about shape note singing when Angie and I went to the Louisiana Country Music Hall of Fame (aka Rebel State Historic Site, or the Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier--the most random place I've ever visited) during the summer--they had some info. about it. Shape note singing is something that people used in the South to sing hymns since not everyone could read regular music notes. We were the youngest people there (usually Dr. Reid is the youngest), and they all loved that we were there. Now I have to head to a meeting with the HA students because we have a project that needs to be finished before class tomorrow. Then, I need to go pick Alyson up at the train station in Mattoon at like 11:20 tonight. Yikes--today has definitely not been a day of rest!!! It's hard to keep up with everything. I also need to write a paper about a chair from the Arlington House in Virginia sometime within the next couple of days. Hmmm, I don't know how everything is going to get done, but I guess it will!