Name: Minnesota Double All-Day Singing 2026
Start: 2026-07-10T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-07-12T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Unity Church-Unitarian

Join us in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota for a weekend of singing from the Shenandoah Harmony and the Valley Pocket Harmonist!
All are welcome. No musical experience required. Loaner books will be available.
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Friday, July 10, 2026: Singing school
Unity Church - Unitarian
733 Portland Ave
St. Paul, MN 55104
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Join members of the music committee and composers of the Valley Pocket Harmonist for a lively discussion and exploration of the themes and texts selected specifically for this book.
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Saturday, July 11, 2025: Shenandoah Harmony
Unity Church - Unitarian
733 Portland Ave
St. Paul, MN 55104
Registration at 9 a.m.; singing from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. with a midday break for dinner on the grounds
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Sunday, July 12, 2025: Valley Pocket Harmonist
Audubon Recreation Center
1320 29th Ave. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
Registration at 9:30 a.m.; singing from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. with a midday break for dinner on the grounds
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On behalf of the Twin Cities shape note community, co-chairs Alec Jenkins-White and Suzanne McFate look forward to welcoming you for singing and fellowship. There will be a singing school Friday night, and a social gathering on Saturday night, in addition to all-day singings Saturday and Sunday. Watch this event page and/or the fasola-singings email listserv for more details closer to the event!
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HOUSING: If you are a visiting singer in need of a place to stay, please contact our Housing Coordinator Steve Kasperick-Postellon at mndad2026housing [at] gmail [dot] com. Local singers, please watch the listserv for a message from Steve asking for volunteers to host!
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ACCESSIBILITY: Please see the website page for this event at https://mnfasola.org/?page_id=837 for full specifics of parking locations, etc. Both singing venues have wheelchair-accessible entrances and wheelchair-accessible bathrooms with grab bars, all within short distances to the singing spaces on the same floor. Accessible parking is available in close adjacent lots or nearby streets. We do our best to make our spaces navigable for those with mobility equipment, and we provide "sensory break" rooms for those who need a rest from the intensity of singing. Our Chairs and Navigators are available to help with any access needs that arise during the singing.
All events of the weekend are FRAGRANCE-FREE. We ask everyone not to wear perfume/cologne; strongly scented lotions or other products for hair or skin; or clothes recently laundered with scented dryer sheets, fabric softener or “boosters”.