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=The spread of Sacred Harp singing=

The first Sacred Harp convention to be held outside the South took place on October 2, 1976 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut; it was organized by Neely Bruce, Larry Gordon, Poppy Gregory, and Juanita Kyle. Significantly, it was attended by a busload of Southern singers, led by Hugh McGraw; thus, it was an early manifestation of a trend seen throughout the history of the spread of Sacred Harp singing, namely the participation by traditional Southern singers in spreading the customs and traditions of Sacred Harp, in addition to just the music, to new singers.

Media interest
The spread of Sacred Harp singing has probably been facilitated by repeated occasion in which the ongoing phenomenon has been noticed and given prominence in news media and popular culture outlets.

Arise my soul, Moyers? , Rivers of Delight?, Cold Mountain, Time magazine?

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new tunebooks?

Why do people take it up? this gets very speculative, perhaps direct quotation of scholars might be best?