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The first Shaker communities in America were established in New England at the time of the Revolutionary War. In 1805, three missionaries were sent from the Eastern lead community, New Lebanon, N.Y., to establish Shaker communities in the West. At that time, Ohio and Indiana were part of the Northwest Territory while Kentucky was known as the Southwest. Great religious revivals had spread through these areas in the West and the Shakers hoped to make inroads with those who attended the revivals.
Seven Western Shaker communities were established. There were four in Ohio: Union Village, west of Lebanon; Watervliet, southeast of Dayton; White Water in western Hamilton County; North Union near Cleveland, now Shaker Heights. In Kentucky, Pleasant Hill is located south of Lexington while South Union is near Bowling Green. In Indiana, West Union was north of Vincennes along the Wabash River.
In 1985/86 the Western Shaker Study Group was founded, an area-wide group, with the stated purpose of learning about and sharing the history and heritage of all the Shaker communities west of the Alleghenies.
WESTERN SHAKER STUDY GROUP
Programs are held the first Friday of every
other month at 7:30 at Otterbein Lebanon Campus Center (Phillippi Hall) or other announced locations.
The Western Shaker Study Group Presents Its December Program!
Spirit of the Shaker Holiday Season
Western Shaker Singers
The Western Shaker Singers research the musical and poetic expression of Shakers in the West, with the goal of sharing that rich creative heritage with the public. The group includes volunteers who bring a combination of many years of experience and interest in Shaker research, Shaker music interpretation, interpretation of Shaker spiritual life, and choral singing.
The Western Shaker Singers consider it a privilege to delve into the Shaker manuscripts scattered among libraries and museum collections to discover and reconstruct the abundant songs and hymns of Western origin. This year the group has also been studying sermons and poems composed by such well-known Ohio Shakers as Issachar Bates and Richard McNemar. This program will present a selection of holiday songs, poetry, reconstructed sermons, and other examples of the creative expression of the early Shaker West.
Join us on Friday, December 5th at 7:30 P.M.
Phillippi Hall, Otterbein Community.
Otterbein-Lebanon is located on Rt. 741, one mile north of the junction of Rt. 741 and US 63, between Lebanon, OH, and I-75. From I-75, take Exit 29 (US 63), head east on US 63 to Rt. 741 – Turn left at the traffic light.
*For the refreshment table, you are asked to bring a holiday dessert to share*
Free and Open to the Public! Refreshments Served Following Program!
Visit our web page: www.rootsweb.com/ohwarren/Shaker/wssg.htm
| Free and open to the public! Refreshments served! | Directions: Otterbein-Lebanon is located on Rt. 741, one mile north of the junction of Rt. 741 and US 63, between Lebanon, OH, and I-75. From I-75, take Exit 29 (US 63), head east on US 63 to Rt. 741. |
Mark your calendar for these upcoming programs.
December 5, 2008 ---- Western Shaker Singers, Music of the Holiday Season
WSSG
OFFICERS
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Chair, Mary Sue Kallander
- Program Co-Chair for Programs - Lois Madden and Carol Medlicott
- Treasurer, Jane Bavely
- Secretary, Mary Lue Warner
For information, contact: dmskallander@earthlink.net
From the Shaker Chair
The past two years have flown by and now it is time to once again elect a set of officers to lead your Western Shaker Study Group! As I look back, what a two years it has been, from the heights of great programs down to fighting to save Bethany Hall. We owe so much to those who have served over the years.
These past two years I have been supported and blessed with the friendship and expertise of a wonderful group of people, your officers. It’s time to recognize what these special people have done for the organization, starting with our venerable Mary Lue Warner, secretary and all-around champion of our group, jack-of-all-grades and friend to all. First to arrive and last to leave, she makes us feel welcome at Phillippi Hall.
Our program chairs, Lois Madden and Carol Medlicott, have been responsible for outstanding programs—so dedicated, reliable and creative. I’m convinced they were born and raised Shakers!
Jane Bavely has been the treasurer-extraordinaire, preparing the budget and keeping us within its boundaries. She created our membership booklet, too.
Cheryl Bauer McNutt has given our group wonderful publicity. Bringing in many visitors and new members, her many newspaper articles have spread our word afar. All this happened while she was writing books and giving programs for us!
Our greeter, Liz Pursley, is always so pleasant as she keeps track of attendance and makes our meetings run smoothly.
A favorite part of our evenings together is fellowship around the refreshment table, expertly managed by Scott and Elaine Hoover in the wintertime and Max Harter and Duane Mendenhall in the summer!
The Shaker Singers and members who have given programs round out a marvelous group of leaders. Our group attracts as members more than 100 people, a wonder in this overly busy and organized era in which we live. Just amazing.
My great pleasure has been to work with these outstanding officers and to get to know you better as members. Thank you for this privilege.
Mary Sue Kallander, Chair.
A Service Elderhostel
Join others in Enfield, New Hampshire, working behind the scenes to help preserve and renovate a Shaker Museum. April 19-24. Call (877) 425-8056 for more information.
Nominations for 2009-2010
We’ll be voting on our officers at the December meeting. Thanks to those who have agreed to serve:
Chairperson: Lois Madden
Program Chairs: Cheryl Bauer and Mary Lue Warner
Secretaries: Elizabeth Pursley and Martha Boice
Treasurer: Amy Luncan
Writers Among Us
Cheryl Bauer adds an important chapter to Shaker history with her recent book, Shakers of Indiana: A West Union Reader. You may contact her to order a book: (513) 868-9910.
The September 2008 issue of Echoes from Otterbein-Lebanon featured an article called “The Shakers or the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearance” by Nelson Melampy.
The Summer 2008 Communiqué, the newsletter of the Communal Studies Association, carried a Letter to the Editor that Martha Boice submitted to the Dayton Daily News about Bethany Hall.
The winter 2007/2008 issue of Heritage, the quarterly publication of Dayton History, had an article, “The Shaker Village of Watervliet, Ohio” by Steve Lucht. Steve is the site supervisor of the Kettering-Moraine Museum.
Our Dues
The end of 2008 approaches and we all need to pay our dues in the next few months for 2009. Through the end of the year, kindly send individual dues of $15 or family dues of $25 to Jane Bavely, 6510 Dawson Road, Cincinnati, OH 45243-2332. After January l, please send your dues to Amy Luncan, 133 Clark Ave., Waynesville, OH 45068. Thanks.
More Elderhostels
At Pleasant Hill Shaker Village, Harrodsburg, Kentucky:
April 5-10:Walking in Wildflowers: Spring at Shaker Village.
April 26 - May 1: Herbal Harmony, Healthy Living at Shaker Village.
June 14 – 20: Harrodsburg-Appalachia and the Shakers. A split session between Pleasant Hill and Berea, KY.
Check with Elderhostel for more information: (877) 425-8056.
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Map
and legend reproduced from page viii of "Maps of the Shaker
West" by Martha Boice, Dale Covington, and Richard Spence,
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WESTERN
SHAKER WEBSITES
Western Shaker Study Group - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Shaker/wssg.htm
Western Shaker Singers - http://www.westernshakersingers.org/index.htm
Friends of White Water - http://whitewatershakervillage.org/
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill - http://www.shakervillageky.org/
Shaker Museum at South Union - http://www.shakermuseum.com/
Historical Society of Shaker Heights - http:www.cwru.edu/affil/shakhist/shaker.htm
Union Village and Shakers of Warren County,OH- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Shaker/
Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Community - http://www.otterbein.org/lebanon/cmlebhom.html
Contact Jennifer Bornemann (jbshaker@gmail.com)
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