News from the Chorus Department

There are many exciting things that are happening in the life of the Mercer Middle-High School Choral Department and Mrs. Michalee Christy wanted to share the good news with you all.

Students in the Guitar class are learning to play chords and using their new skills to play Christmas carols.

Students in the Theater Arts class have just wrapped up their first show, Fairy Tale Bits and Bytes, and are now in a unit focusing on plays and musicals. They are presenting their choice this week and next week will begin designing their set for this project in shadown boxes.

The vocal department will be presenting their December concert on Sunday, December 13th at 2:00 p.m. All groups will perform (Show Choir, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and Middle School Chorus. There will be twenty songs performed, including: Text Me Merry Christmas, Gettin the Mood, Cool Yule, Carol of the Bells, Merry Christmas Mary, and The Hallelujah Chorus. Alumni and community members are encouraged to come and join in the singing of The Hallelujah Chorus. Music will be provided.

There were eighteen students that were selected to take part in Mercer County Chorus back on November 19th at Grove City High School. Mercer High School students that were selected were David Miller, Levi Bequeath, Ryan Hamilton, Kyle Wamboldt, Janalyn Miklas, Dannah Rutter, Hannah McElrath, Grace Ruhlman, and Morgan Winland. Mercer Middle School students that were selected were Isaiah Phillips, Garrison Lutch, Christopher Wilms, Darby Miller, Jenna Burkhart, Zaleigh King, Jenna Blaus, Mikayla Adams, and Brianna Oehlbeck

There are four Mercer High School students that have been selected to take part in District Chorus in February at Laurel High School. These students are Ryan Hamilton, Mike Morneweck, Leah Fuge, and Sarah Turton.