Entertainment : Middle School Choirs Perform and Wow the Crowd

Director Lois Martin brought her middle school choirs to the Vinton-Shellsburg High School auditorium Thursday night and rocked the sold-out audience.

The 6th-graders - in their first ever public performance - opened the night with When Sweet Winter Comes Again and Feliz Navidad featuring Leo Glynn, Jacoby Johnson, Keyan Cook, Cadee Redlinger, Addy Ingram, Mieke Ternus and Vera CelloNext on stage were the 7th-grader who opened with Fum, Fum, Fum which included a flute quartet of Haylee Karr, Celeste Miller, Lena Roy, and Jazmyn Dods. The 7th-graders closed with fun-filled arrangement of music from the beloved A Charlie Brown Christmas, which featured instrumental performances by Alyssa Fuehrer, Jolie Watson, Alana Fleming, Dana Terc, Andrew Pingenot and Dakota Cornell.The 8th-grade performance opened with a stirring rendition of The First Noel by Carmen Henkle, the choir sang I Choose Love, then brought down the house with a tour de force medley of songs from the Broadway musical, Elf.
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