Five Athens Middle School students were selected by audition for the All-Region Choir. They are (from left) seventh-graders Kaitlin Prewitt (first soprano), Zoria Brookins (second soprano), Chloe Sherman (alto), Audrey Pedroza (alto), and eighth-grader Tristan Woods (tenor). They auditioned by singing parts of three prepared choral pieces as well as sight reading a melody. They travel to Marshall on Saturday, Nov. 5, to participate in the All-Region Choir Clinic and prepare for a concert that afternoon at East Texas Baptist University. “I’m so very proud of all of my students who pushed themselves to make the extra effort to try out,” said Choir Director Sherrilyn Ewing. “Much of the preparation for the audition happens at home or on their own time. … Even if they didn’t all make it into the All-Region Choir, these students make me proud because they are responsible, hardworking, dedicated musicians and fine young boys and girls who keep striving to be the best they can be. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)