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The North Lamar Choir had a record-breaking day at U.I.L. Solo and Ensemble held in Mt. Pleasant on Friday. Twenty-eight students received a first division medal for their performances on classical solos in English, Latin, and Italian. Seventeen of the students also received a first division medal for their performances on eight-part, four-part, and three-part songs from the Renaissance.
“Yes, that’s a total of forty-five medals!” exclaimed Rebecca Hildreth, director of North Lamar’s sweepstakes award-winning choirs. “Also, each one qualified for a special State Solo and Ensemble Contest and Clinic hosted by the music faculty of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.”
North Lamar’s solo standouts pictured, beginning with the first row left, are Jerron Newberry, Kylie Hilliard, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Amanda Dean, Sean Gist, Sadi English, and Ellie Ables; second row, Josh Kok, Reyna Hildreth, Emily Foster, Laney Young, JaVhonna Wilson, Connor Dawes, Ayana Cox, and Jenna Gould; and back row, Ashton Carter, Jaxon Shelton, Seth Carter, Ben Dong, Trent Fells, Abraham Prado, Parker Freeman, Seth Jones, and Kyle Stanley. Not available for the picture are Brody Thoms, Jacie Sparks, Maddi Doyal, and Nate Johnston.
Members of the Ensemble singing “Sing We and Chant It”is Amanda Dean, JaVhonna Wilson, Jenna Gould, Laney Young, Reyna Hildreth, Kylee Hilliard, Josh Kok, Kyle Stanley, Seth Jones, and Jerron Newberry.
Members of the Ensemble singing “The Boat Madrigal” are Ellie Ables, Maddie Doyal, and Emily Foster.
Members of the Ensemble singing “Hello, My Baby” in barbershop style are Ashton Carter, Seth Carter, Trent Fells, and Nate Johnston.
Students receiving a two or ‘Excellent’ rating are Ella Amis, Elizabeth Barnes, Alex Copeland, Kelcey Fitzgerald, Korbin Hamner, Ken Tran, Kayden Yates, and Brittany Harrison.
Assisting Hildreth with the North Lamar choirs are accompanist Patricia Fowzer and assistant/vocal coach Raven Minter.