Annual Christmas Harp Concert this Sunday at Mount Harmony Church

By Gabe Whisnant | Special to The Shelby Independent

The Historic Mount Harmony Church, located at 131 Mount Harmony Church Rd in Polkville, will hold its annual Christmas Harp Concert on Sunday, November 30, at 3 p.m. Courtesy photo Mount Harmony Church

The Historic Mount Harmony Church will hold its annual Christmas Harp Concert on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 3 p.m.

Worshipers are invited to come early and fellowship. 

Polkville native Lelia Lattimore will be playing the orchestral harp and accompanied by Shelby High School music director, Andrew Wehmueller, on violin.

Lattimore’s experience includes serving as principal harpist for the Asheville and Hendersonville symphonies, as well as the Johnson City Symphony in Tennessee.  

The concert will be entitled, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and will include holiday favorites for solo harp as well as violin and harp duo. Free refreshments will follow the concert, hosted by Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Lattimore said, “Andrew and I look forward to sharing some holiday favorites as we welcome in the season and center our hearts in this beautiful church. ‘Carol of the Bells’, ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’, ‘Silver Bells’ and singalongs will be included.”

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There is no charge for this concert, but an offering will be collected.

The church and cemetery, located at 131 Mount Harmony Church Rd in Polkville, was founded in 1791, mere years after the American Revolution, when this region was largely frontier country.

The present brick building, constructed in 1942, is the fourth church on the historic site. The sanctuary features pine floors, stained glass windows honoring original church families, exposed beams and an Estey Organ Company chapel style pump organ.

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