AHS choir members advance to state

Solo and Ensemble Picture

Twenty-two Athens High School choir students competed in the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest in Whitehouse Friday. Half of them will continue on to compete at the state level.

The following students received an excellent rating on their solo or ensemble: Odeth Diaz, Sierra Franklin, Logan Fuller, Audrey Lambert and the ensemble of Bethany Oglesby, Amy Schoonover and Felicity Walker.

The following students received a superior rating on their solo or ensemble: Taegan Allen, Trevor Baumgartner, Missy Boister, Maranda Brunken, Janey Conditt, Ethan Condon, Irais Hernandez, Lorana Hethcoat, Jackson Killgore, MacKenzie Knotts, Darien Lambert, Jacob Moore, Kaitlyn Pair, Michelle Sanchez, Oglesby, Schoonover, Walker, and the ensemble of Condon, Fuller, Moore and J. Brenden Wallace.

D. Lambert, Baumgartner, Boister, Brunken, Condon, Moore, Oglesby, Schoonover, Walker, and the ensemble team of Condon, Fuller, Moore and Wallace advance to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in May.

Choir Director Bridget Scott said students prepared for the competition by working outside of class to prepare songs to perform before the judges. “I am so proud of the hard work they put in to earn excellent and superior ratings,” she said.

(Courtesy photo)