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Pie Town Community Sing: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 9:22pm.
June 1940. An all-day community sing in Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
Bored or hot?
Submitted by Andrea 'Enthal on Sun, 01/13/2008 - 3:23pm.
I'm not sure they're bored. I think they are about to pass out from the heat. See how wide open those doors are? If you've ever been to New Mexico on a summer day, and had to stand around, without AC, you'd look that way too.
[Pie Town is way up there. Elevation 6,700 feet. - Dave]
likely not shape-note
Submitted by robertsheila on Sat, 01/12/2008 - 8:42am.
likely not shape-note or they'd be sitting around the room facing each other (hopefully close to a square).
Singing Style
Submitted by Dewey on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 9:13pm.
Do you think they are singing shaped note or "fa so la"?
I think it's also called Sacred Harp singing. Used to be (still is?) very popular in rural churches: All Day Singing and Dinner on the Ground
All Day Sing?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 5:55pm.
All day? For real? They sang ALL DAY? Zoinks! They really had to work for that pie!!
All-Day Sing
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 4:13pm.
Everybody looks pretty bored.
[But later ... delicious pie! - Dave]
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