Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp

In addition to the reflections of a number of singers and scholars and a tour of historic singing sites, this work captures the delight singers experience in the renewal of friendships over the "covered dish" dinner on the grounds, a feast often reflecting the diversity of American culture but undergirded with longtime southern favorites such as fresh creamed corn, corn bread, fried okra, and black-eyed peas with snaps.