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Weekly YouTube show dives into various issues, sites and events in the Page Valley
By Randy Arrington
LURAY, August 6 — This week we travel to one of the oldest structures in the Page Valley for an annual community sing that dates back to the early 1920s. The Mauck Meeting House is believed to date back to 1775, with religious tent meetings taking place even earlier at the site in Hamburg just west of Luray. On the first Sunday of August each year, the historic building hosts the Harmonia Sacra, a community singing tradition based on the shaped note song book published by Joseph Funk. His collection of songs has been in continuous use in the Shenandoah Valley since the 1830s. The event draws many from the Mennonite community from as far away as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia.
(Page Valley Livin’ ~ Episode 80 was recorded Sunday, Aug. 3, and first aired Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025).
Coming up on Page Valley Livin’… we’ll be in conversation with a Luray councilman who’s leaving his post this month to attend Yale Law School.
The aim and purpose of these videos is to provide more information about more things that make up the wonderful place we call the Page Valley of Virginia. Serious issues will be handled seriously, while lighter issues may offer more opportunity to have some fun. There is no theme or agenda other than promoting the Page Valley, and trying to better inform the people who both live here and those who love to visit.
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