High School Singfest at Central College Feb. 10
PELLA — The 2011 Central College High School Singfest will feature students from 22 high schools across the state. The 130-member choir will perform at an evening concert Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in Douwstra Auditorium. The concert will also feature the Central College A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers and Festival Choir. The concert is free and open to the public.
The High School Honor Choir, under the direction of Central’s Mark Babcock, associate professor of music, will perform a variety of selections, including “My Spirit Sang All Day” by Finzi, “Ave Maria” by Biebl, “O Clap Your Hands” by Vaughan Williams and others. Davis Folkerts, professor emeritus of music, will accompany on piano.
Participating high schools include: Albia, directed by Rachel Walker Corpus; Prairie City-Monroe, directed by Carol Warrick; Collins-Maxwell, directed by Sue Hunter; Earlham, directed by Ashley Maiers; Cardinal of Eldon, directed by Jane Koch; Iowa Valley, directed by Neil Schwarting; Indianola, directed by Julie Schnieders; Lynnville-Sully, directed by Connie Kroeze; Melcher-Dallas; directed by Nathan Smith; Montezuma, directed by Carol Behounek; Moravia, directed by Meredith Blankenheim; New London, directed by Bobbi Huebner; Newton, directed by Norm Grimm; Pekin, directed by Kay Evans; Pleasantville, directed by Cynthia Thill; Seymour, directed by Natalie Brown; Sigourney, directed by Randall Stichter; Tri-County, directed by Emily Pfadenhauer; Twin Cedars, directed by Donna Huston; Van Buren, directed by Marcie Atwood; Wilton, directed by Bev Reuter; and Winfield, directed by Brianna Schumann.
Students participating listed by schools
Albia — Emmie Beard, Brittany Bowerstock, Micheala Clark, Dalton Karsjens, Brandon Peters, Kerry Reed, Cassie Smallwood, Nic West.
Cardinal — Sarah Bennett, Austin Cassat, Rachel Goering, Sarah Graham, Kyleigh Kern, Michael Ludwig, Damon McFarland, Robert McLaughlin.
Collins-Maxwell — Kasey Ford, Cortney Lindemoen, Katrina Mittlestadt, Jessica Newton, Brian Smith, Micheal Sult.
Earlham — Candice Bragg, Keely Edwards, Rhiannon Edwards, Fallan Stark, Katarina Stark.
Iowa Valley — Ben Folkmann, Josh Pierce, Clifton Wharton.
Indianola — Austin Adamson, Drew Bottorff, Dallas Brumels, Luke Hastie, Hannah Hayden, Alex Kirkpatrick, Stefan Mattes, Liz Reams, Alex Williams.
Lynnville-Sully — Maddison Jansen, Mikayla Meyer, Lindsey Ritter, Austin Rozendaal, Mikayla Vos, Deon Walker.
Melcher-Dallas — Kelsey Brown, Allison Dittmer, Erika Fornie, Ciara Lawler, Raymee Sharp.
Montezuma — Cassie Corbin, Kendra Cranston, Jered Engelking, Natalie Wheeler, Calli Zimmerman.
Moravia — Wyatt Flattery, Molly Gheer, Zane Parham, Michael Stone, Megan Surber, Sabrina Van Weelden.
New London — Nick Fry, Tylor Huebner, Bailey McAllister, Amanda Mears, Derek Meinen, Calie Patterson, Shelby Wegener.
Newton — Lauren Fortune, Curtis Jackson, Laura Miller, Dani Peters, Michael Talbot, Anna Wells.
Pekin — T.J. Dailey, Nicci Giberson, Brandy Millikin, William Newman.
Pleasantville — Lauren Dursky, Ashlynn Fry, Lauren James, Kenzie Salazar, Cory Shung, Kyle Patterson, Elliott Vilmain.
Prairie City-Monroe — Molly Johnson, Calli Lowry, Cheree Stump, Lexi Wright.
Seymour — Alaynah Bechtel, Cherrish Palmer, Skyler Shipp, Jared Westphal.
Sigourney — Steven Clubb, Allison Glandon, Jenna Kurtz, Julia Mohr, Sydney Patterson.
Tri-County — Jordan Edmundson, Sarah Maxwell, Adam Striegal.
Twin Cedars — Garould Johnson, Melinda Kimball, Danielle Sparks.
Van Buren — Parker Crist, Felicia Giberson, Marissa Greenfield, Curtis Oliver, Patrice Townsend, Randy Wells, Kodi Wolf.
Wilton — Caitlin Bisbey, Matt Bowman, Avery Carter, Katie DeRues, Tyler Geiger, Calise Hammes, Danielle Hammes, Tyler Hartley, Emily Hayes, Neal Johnson, Seth Kaufmann, Abigail Leathers, Ryan Leathers, Shelby Schmidt, Zach Sperstad.
Winfield — Cami Dietrich, Shelby Hartman, Brennan Haymond, Kendra Hotop.
