Union County Historical Society
Blairsville, Georgia
Pioneers of Union County Religious Music
Awards 
Mr. Grady Rogers used this roll-up chalkboard in his teaching
Note the lines for writing scales.
The Shape Note Singing Convention presented by the Union Country Historical Society and the Union County Singing Convention will be held on POSTPONED in the Old Courthouse on the Square in Blairsville.
Also, at that time presentations of awards for Pioneers of Shaped-note singing will take place. Not too late to nominate someone.
The criteria for nominations is simple. The nominee must have contributed significantly to the development and/or preservation of shaped-note music in Union County. This could be done through writing songs, establishing or teaching singing schools, promoting singing conventions, recording shaped-note music, etc.
Nominations should include biographical information about the person(s) being nominated. Most important is explaining what the nominee has done in the interest of shaped-note music in Union County. At least one picture (which will be returned) of each nominee is necessary.
Nominations can be delivered in person to the Old Courthouse on the Square, mailed to the Historicial Society at P.O. Box 35, Blairsville, GA 30514, or emailed to history1@windstream.net.
Pioneers of Union County Religious Music
The people who were honored in 2010 for being Music Pioneers in Union County for their contributions to the development of singing schools and Shaped Note music were:
Bunker Hill Quartet
Rev. John Cook
Frank Dyer
Floyd Foster
Cecil Nelson
Grayson Parham
Luther Reed
Rich Family Singers
Bryson Turner
The people who were honored in 2009 for being Music Pioneers in Union County for their contributions to the development of singing schools and Shaped Note music were:
Lilly Vee Gibson Adams
Asberry Brackett
Monroe and Dessie Burnett
John Clay Carroll
Frank Davenport
Paul Gibson
Hansel Hunter
Rev. Jim Hood
Sarah Ledford Kelley
Jewel and Myrtle Mason
Jack Parker
Beaulah Mae Patterson, Pettet
J.W. Payne
Barbara Mason Poole
Fred Rich
Jewell Rich
Grady Rogers
Guy B. Turner