Wednesday, April 25, 2001
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Wednesday, April 25, 2001 |
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Top choral students advance to All State After two grueling auditions, more than 100 Fayette County chorus students have earned the honor to participate in the 2001 All State Chorus workshop and performance scheduled to take place in Savannah April 26-28. Of the students who made the cut, 47 are from Rising Starr Middle and Starr's Mill High combined. With a total of 26 students, Rising Starr has the most from any one school in Fayette attending the All State program. "If you are lucky enough to get one or two from your school into All State that's great. It is almost unheard of to have this many students from one school make it into the program," says Jan Whalen, chorus teacher at Rising Starr. During the first round of auditions, Whalen says 10 of her students scored a 10, meaning no mistakes were made during their performances. At the second audition, eight students earned a perfect score. "This is a very difficult program to get into. All students who make the cut deserve a lot of praise and recognition," Whalen comments. "I am very proud of my students. What they have done is awesome." Starr's Mill High School is also sending an unusually high number of students 21 to the program. While chorus teacher Daniel Lane does not know if Starr's Mill has the largest number of high school students attending All State Chorus in Georgia, he says he is sure that the school has one of the top numbers. Starr's Mill sent 21 students to All State last year and was second behind Pebblebrook Performing Arts Magnet School. "I am almost positive that we will be tops among regular public high schools. Average participation from one school is somewhere around 3-5 students, but all high schools in our county exceed this average because all of the choral programs are strong," Lane comments. Some 10,000 students audition on the region level for All State Chorus each year. However, only about 1,000 students actually achieve the honor after passing the region and state level auditions. Students are auditioned in the areas of solo performance, tonal memory, scales and sightseeing. Students from the Fayette County School System who will be participating in this year's All State Chorus are listed below by school and grade level.
Fayette Middle School 7th grade: Daniel Groce and Rory Torbett. 8th grade: Caley Hood and Linda Walther.
Flat Rock Middle School 7th grade: Kenny Charron and Melissa Ponzio. 8th grade: Amanda Elliott and Shawn Smith.
J.C. Booth Middle School 7th grade: Bryan Saxon. 8th grade: JoHanna Braddy, Christopher Cool and Morgan Wolfe.
Rising Starr Middle School 7th grade: Lauren Gray, Justin Caldarello, Marissa Nolin, Rikki Purdy, Brittany Taylor and Hannah Holder. 8th grade: Zack Crawford, Katie Culp, Katie Houghtaling, Kelli McCalla, Laura Miller, Stephanie Smartt, Heather Wilcox, Stephanie Ford, Tyler Molleson, Leah Sanders, Sally Anderson, Danielle English, Lora Farmer, Daniel Quillian, Jordan Tate, Casey McConnell, Elizabeth Provow, Stephanie Provow, Lauren Boyd and Ciara Sexton.
Whitewater Middle School 7th grade: Jena Eckles, Sarah Hall, Rachel McLaughlin and Michele Bangsboll. 8th grade; Ashton Ellison, Checie Laggis and Vaugh Hurd.
Fayette County High School 9th grade: Erika Felsted, Hannah Massie, Joel Siegel, Kyle Smith and Jessica Ware. 10th grade: Eunice Park. 11th grade: Jessica Gaspierik, Richard Owens, Christina Owens, Christy Satterfield, and Susanna Walker. 12th grade: Amelia Brown, Megan Cannon, Shawn Cartwright, Daniel Drewry, Amanda Harbus, Wanting Lin and Whitney Watts.
McIntosh High School 9th grade: Bethany Bosarge, Kaitlyn Costello, Christie George and Jordan Worrall. 10th grade: Ashley Horn, Amber McCullough and Laura Stewart. 11th grade: Laura Massengale, Avani Patel and Shawn Tupper.
Sandy Creek High School 9th grade: Jennifer Merrill and Jessica Merrill. 10th grade: Maria Walls. 12th grade: Terence Hood, Andrew Clough, Heather Smith, Bethany Burrell and Jennifer Trail.
Starr's Mill High School 9th grade: Nicky Capell, Ted Duffy, Colette Hartman, Michael Schneider and Mallory Summers. 10th grade: Scott Molleson, Erin Houghtaling, Mollie Ann Huff, Paul Bowley and Kenny Nadel. 11th grade: Jamie Collier, Tommy Davis, Becki Ginsberg, April Greenway, Zachary Stutts, Jennifer Wilcox and Taylor Milton. 12th grade: Katie Chadwick, Jessica Holt, Stephen Shell and Matt Palmer.
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