Central High School Choir Department 2008
The Central Choir department placed 23 out of 38 students who auditioned at the region choir auditions held in Odessa on Saturday, September 27. Students who placed in the top ten chairs in their section will compete at pre-area auditions at Odessa High School on November 13. The region choir will perform for the public on November 1, at 5:00 p.m. at the Midland Lee High School auditorium.
The individual results were as follows:
In the Soprano 1 section, 1st chair, Elizabeth Wells (Sr.); 11th chair, Emily Walters (Jr.); 14th chair, Kayla Ponder (Jr.); and 16th chair, Sarah Caroline Billings (Jr.) In the Soprano 2 section, 3rd chair, Mary Lewis (Jr.); 7th chair, Sheena Gibbons (So.); 9th chair, Tori Trowbridge (Sr.); 14th chair, Alexis Mobley (Jr.); and 18th chair, Andrea Warrick (Fr.) In the Alto 1 section, 1st chair, Andrea Maciejewski (Muh-jev-skee) (Sr.); and 19th chair, Marissa Saulnier (Sahl-neeay)(Jr.) In the Alto 2 section, 3rd chair, Claire Bryan (Jr.); 5th chair, Michal Tegeler (Sr.); 9h chair, Jill Cummings (Sr.); and 15th chair, Lauren Hogg (Fr.) In the Tenor 1 section, 5th chair, Adrian Chapa (Jr.); 6th chair, Alek Alba (Jr.); and 14th chair, Sean Lee (Fr.) In the Tenor 2 section, 2nd chair, Logan Wright (Sr.); and 5th chair, Zach Schulze (shool-tsee) (Sr.) In the Bass 1 section, 5th chair, Matt Groth (Sr) In the Bass 2 section, 4th chair, Jonathan Ayana (Sr.); and 6th chair, Luke Perkins (Jr.)
Central Choir places nine students in Area Choir November 15, 2008
The Central High School Choir department will send nine candidates and two alternates to the All-State Choir auditions at Midland Lee High School on January 10, 2009. Fifteen students participated in the Pre-area auditions on November 13 at Odessa High School. The students who placed in the Area Choir are:
Soprano 1: Second chair, Lizzy Wells (Sr)
Soprano 2: First chair, Mary Lewis (Jr); Fourth chair, Tori Trowbridge (Sr)
Alto 1: First chair, Andrea Maciejewski (Sr)
Alto 2: Second chair, Michal Tegeler (Sr); Fourth chair, Claire Bryan (Jr)
Tenor 1: Second chair, Adrian Chapa (Jr)
Tenor 2: Third chair, Logan Wright (Sr); First alternate, Zach Schulze (Sr)
Bass 1: Second Chair, Matt Groth (Sr)
Bass 2: Second alternate, Jonathan Ayana (Sr)
Les Cole is the director of choirs at Central High School.
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The Central Choir Department returned with another outstanding showing at the UIL Choral Concert and Sight-reading Contest held yesterday in Andrews. The Ladies’ A Cappella, the Varsity Women and the Varsity Mixed Choir each received the sweepstakes award, which included superior ratings in both concert and sight-reading competition. This continues a winning tradition in the Central High School Choir Department that includes over forty-six sweepstakes awards plus eleven superiors in either concert or sight-reading competition by various Central Choirs over the past nineteen years. Congratulations, choirs!
Out of 38 soloists who performed, 6 received excellent ratings, while 32 students received superior ratings. Four small ensembles also received superior ratings and qualified for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest.
In piano solo competition, Sheena Gibbons from the CFC received a superior rating on a class I solo.
The Ladies A Cappella Medium Ensemble also received a superior rating in the open classification category.