Information

What is it?
Where is it located?
Accommodations
Classes
No Tuition, Donations only

More Specific Stuff
This_Year
Camping
What to bring.
What is Expected

What is it?

Harmony Plains Singing School is a week long summer camp unlike anything you have ever seen.  It is a church camp but you do not have to be a Primitive Baptist to come.  All we do is sing and learn to sing.  Elder Barrington put it this way "The sole purpose of Harmony Plains Singing School is that we my better prepare ourselves to praise our heavenly Father."
 

Where

Harmony Plains Singing School is located at Cone, Texas; North East of Lubbock.   Click here to see an interactive map.  Go East out of Lubbock on highway 62/82 and turn North on 207 at Ralls toward Floydada.  Cone is about 7  miles down this road.  The old school house is on the right at farm road 193.  Our sign and 3 flag poles are out front.
 

Camping

Tent and camper hook-ups are available on both sides of the building.  Please check with the site committee (Parker Lowrance, Ronnie Fowler, and other appointees) before hooking up.  We sometimes have a lot of campers and we don't want to run out of room.  There are 2 sets of restrooms available in the building and restrooms and shower house available on the South side of the building.

Classes

Harmony Plains has been blessed with fairly large crowds in recent years.  We have had an average of 250-300 students each year for the past several years. We divide classes by age group.  The same lessons are taught in each class but the class is geared towards the learning speed and content for that age level.

Classes include the following:

Sunshine

Preschool /Kindergarten

1st & 2nd

3rd & 4th

5th & 6th

Junior High

High School/College

Adult

Some more experienced adults travel back and forth between the Adult class and the high school college class.  The Adult class is perfect for those who just love to sing, but don't know a lot about reading or leading yet.

Our teachers all volunteer their time and effort each summer.  Several instructors hold undergraduate and graduate degrees in music as well as teaching.  This is not a prideful boast, but a humble thankfulness that the Lord has provided us with knowledgeable instructors.
 

Cost

Harmony Plains does not charge tuition.  We run entirely on contributions from students and families.  Three meals are provided each day as well as restroom and shower facilities.  The Lord has continued to bless us each year with enough contributions to cover our expenses for the week and the balance goes towards the upkeep of the building and grounds.
 

More Specifics

This Year

This year will be our FORTY-FIFTH annual session.  It is always held between the 3rd and 4th Sundays in July.  Registration will begin Sunday afternoon July 20th.  Classes start Monday morning.  The session will end with the Evening Services Friday evening July 25th.  Parents be ready to accept responsibility for your children at the end of the Friday Evening Services.

Campsites

With the GREAT attendance, our campsites are becoming scarce.  So before setting up your campsite and taking more than one site, please check with the site committee (Parker Lowrance, Ronnie Fowler, and other appointees).

If you have boys that are going to be sleeping in tents, trailers, etc. by themselves

  • THEY MUST CAMP ON THE NORTH SIDE.

If you have girls that are going to be sleeping in tents, trailers, etc. by themselves

  • THEY MUST CAMP ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

Boys and girls campsites must meet with the approval of  the Adult Counselors.  We must know and approve who is sleeping where (boys and girls).

 

NO small children should be left without a responsible guardian.

 

THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

REMEMBER TO BRING
Bedding (sheets, pillows, blankets, sleeping bags, cots)
Towels and washcloths
Sweater or jacket  (sometimes it gets cold at night)
Personal articles (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, etc.)
Flashlight, mosquito repellent
Bag for soiled clothes

WHAT NOT TO BRING
Pets, Magazines, musical instruments, radio, CD player, TV, comic books, cards, etc.
 

WHAT IS EXPECTED
AT
HARMONY PLAINS SINGING SCHOOL

Students, visitors and staff of Harmony Plains Singing School will be expected to conduct themselves at all times in a manner becoming those professing Godliness.





CLOTHING and APPEARANCE:

Consistent with Christian Standards.  Nothing sloppy or slouchy.

Personal appearance is a reflection of the individual and the singing school.  It is our hope and prayer that each student takes pride in his or her appearance and that it is tasteful and acceptable.

We do not wear shorts (except for children 10 years old and under).

Normal hair cuts and styles.

Piercing jewelry on females only and only on the ears.

Adult Counselors reserve the right to judge what may be inappropriate.

GIRLS:  Modesty is the rule
              Nothing provocative
              Housecoat or robe over sleepwear when not in bed

BOYS:   Shirts buttoned and tucked except for box cut
             Pants at normal waistline
             Hats off in the building
 

CONDUCT:

Inappropriate language, dress, or conduct will not be tolerated.
No student is to leave the singing school grounds for any reason except after obtaining permission from their adult counselor and signing out at the desk.   Students who will be spending the night at home are required to sign out each night and sign in each morning upon returning to the school.

In order to derive the maximum benefit from attending the singing school, each student will be in class during each session.  When it is necessary to miss class in order to perform other duties, each student shall inform his instructor of his necessary absence and when he expects to return to class.

It is our hope and prayer that the true spirit of love will prevail throughout the entire singing school session.  Complete cooperation and maximum effort is requested from everyone in order to make this a pleasant and rewarding experience for everyone attending.