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2007 Hancock County Music Festival
Honors Band and Choir
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Mar 1, 2007, 08:38

The Hancock County Honor Choir accompanied by Annette Hoverman

When band and choir members from the Hancock County High Schools gather, they make beautiful music together. On Sunday, February 18 Hancock County Honors Band and Hancock County Honors Choir students from Arlington, Arcadia, Liberty-Benton, McComb, Riverdale, Van Buren, Vanlue and Cory-Rawson performed for the community at McComb High School.

The Honors Choir performed inspirational selections under the direction of Richard D. Mathey, Professor Emeritus, at Bowling Green State University while the Honors Band played selections under the direction of Lisa K. Baker of The Shelby City Schools.
 
During the warm up phase of the performance, Professor Mathey began with the classic "Swing Down, Chariot". He then turned to all those gathered in the auditorium and turned the selection into one big group sing-along. The choir, accompanied by Annette Hoverman, performed classic arrangements such as "Praise His Holy Name" from Hampton and "Awake the Harp" from "The Creation" by Haydn and Rentz.

Director Baker pulled together the large array of wind instruments from flutes to tubas and percussionists to conduct County Honors Band. Through renditions of classic marching songs such as "Miss Liberty Walk" and "Flight of the Pegasus" these students performed flawlessly for al those in attendance.

The tryouts were held at Liberty Benton High School and all of the participating schools pulled together 93 students for the Honors Choir and 65 students for the Honors Band.

 Unlike in previous years, the bad weather that kept the schools closed for a number of days in February, also kept the participants from holding the normal number of rehearsals. This did not adversely affect the final performance as the students were able to get one rehearsal completed together and showed why they were chosen for the local honor.

Congratulations to the students for their hard work and dedication to be the best they can be and their families for the support and encouragement along the way in achieving this honor.

Hancock County Honors Band Performs at McComb High School