2nd Berlin All-Day Singing Weekend
30th June / 1st July 2018
Thanks to everyone from near and far who came to our All-Day Singing Weekend! It was absolutely fantastic and we're already looking forward to next year's singing, which will take place on Saturday 6th / Sunday 7th July 2019 - mark your calendars!
Pictures from the shenandoah harmony all-Day singing, Sat 30th june 2018 at kaiser wilhelm gedächtniskirche chapel, berlin:
We warmly invite all of you to our 2nd All-Day singing weekend! One-and-a-half days of singing, from the Shenandoah Harmony and the Sacred Harp. We're looking forward to welcome many traveling guest singers from all over the world. There will be a delicious home-cooked potluck lunch (dinner on the grounds) on Saturday, and Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee & cake) on Sunday afternoon. In the evenings we'll go to some pubs and drink and sing some more. It's FREE and OPEN FOR EVERYONE.
This year's singing is chaired by Marco Weßnigk - contact: berlin-all-day[at]mailbox[dot]org
DETAILED SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY
>> 7:30PM - 10:00PM: our regular weekly singing from the Sacred Harp and the Shenandoah Harmony followed by drinks in the neighborhood.
Refugio (Lenaustraße 3-4, 12047 Berlin)
FRIDAY
>> 8:00PM: an evening get-together and warm-up for the weekend.
m|a - feine Kost (Kienitzer Str. 93, 12049 Berlin)
SATURDAY
>> 10:00AM - 4:00PM: Shenandoah Harmony All-Day Singing (registration starts at 9:30AM).
chapel of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche (Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin)
>> 7:30PM: evening social.
Oblomov (Lenaustraße 7, 12047 Berlin)
SUNDAY
>> 1:00PM - 5:00PM: Sacred Harp Half-Day Singing.
parish hall of the evangel. Kirchengemeinde Rixdorf (Karl-Marx-Straße 197, 12055 Berlin)
>> 7:30 PM: evening social.
Trude Ruth und Goldammer (Flughafenstraße 38, 12053 Berlin)
Shenandoah Harmony books will be available for sale at the singing. If you would like to buy one beforehand, contact us!
Want to get more familiar with the "beige book"? Check out the (in)complete recordings on the Shenandoah Harmony website!
If you would like to register for accommodation with a local singer, please contact Christopher Schuller: singing[at]christopherschuller[dot]com
For all publicity and press info, contact Caro Stamm-Reusch: c.stammreusch[at]gmail[dot]com
We hope to welcome as many of you as possible from near and far, and are very much looking forward to sing with you in July!
Google Map with all the Singing & social Venues:
Venue on Saturday, June 30th: chapel of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin-Charlottenburg
On Saturday, for the Shenandoah Harmony All-Day singing we will return to the fantastic chapel of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The Gedächtniskirche is Berlin's most famous church and a real tourist attraction. Built in the 1890s the eclectic neo-romanic style, it was heavily destroyed in World War II and then rebuilt by famous architect Egon Eiermann in the 1960s. Only the ruined bell tower remains of the former church, now a memorial to war and destruction. The rectangular chapel, also built by Eiermann and standing detached from the church, next to the bell tower, has been newly renovated last year and has served us well as venue for our last All-Day singing already.
Venue on Sunday, July 1st: Gemeindesaal (parish hall) of the Ev. Kirchengemeinde Rixdorf, Karl-Marx-Straße 197, 12055 Berlin-Neukölln
On Sunday afternoon, we will sing in the parish hall of the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Rixdorf, right next to the Magdalenenkirche, a neo-gothic brick church on Karl-Marx-Straße in Neukölln. The hall is a lovely airy room with a nice secluded garden to the back. It is situated in Rixdorf, the old nucleus "Böhmisches Dorf" (bohemian village) which later developed into the district of Neukölln. Rixdorf was founded in the 18th century by protestant refugees from Bohemia. You can still see a lot of 18th century architectural traces around Richardplatz. During the 19th century, it became the main entertainment district of Berlin, for going out and dancing: there was even a popular song called "In Rixdorf ist Musike" (There is music in Rixdorf). Nowadays it is part of the multicultural "hipster" district of Neukölln.
