内容摘要：Coincidentally, there is a narrator on the song who sounds eerily like Gaga.

Coincidentally, there is a narrator on the song who sounds eerily like Gaga.

“It’s changed my life to become a Sacred Harp singer.”Trees encircle Holly Springs church, which has been a historical meeting site for Sacred Harp singers for generations. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Trees encircle Holly Springs church, which has been a historical meeting site for Sacred Harp singers for generations. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)The nine-member revision committee feels tremendous responsibility, said Ivey, who also worked on the most recent 1991 edition.Sacred Harp singers are not historical reenactors, he said. They use their hymnals week after week. Some treat them like scrapbooks or family Bibles, tucking mementos between pages, taking notes in the margins and passing them down. Memories and emotions get attached to specific songs, and favorites in life can become memorials in death.

“The book is precious to people,” said Ivey, on a March afternoon surrounded by songbooks and related materials at the nonprofit publishing company’s museum in Carrollton, Georgia.Sacred Harp singing is a remarkably well-documented tradition. The small, unassuming museum — about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Atlanta near the Alabama state line — stewards a trove of recordings and meeting minutes of singing events.

The upcoming edition is years in the making. The revision, authorized by the publishing company’s board of directors in October 2018, was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It now will be released in September at the annual convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association in Atlanta.

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp” is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition. (AP Video/Jessie Wardarski)Rwanda said migrants would have their papers processed within three months. People could stay or authorities would assist those who wished to return to their home countries. Rwanda said it would bear full financial responsibilities for five years.

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