Area and All-State Choir Results

On 11/17/2015, students from our Varsity Choir competed at Pre-Area auditions for TMEA Area Choir selection. These students put a lot of time and hard work into preparing for their audition, and it paid off in a big way. The following students were selected to the choir, and advanced to Area auditions:

Emily Mitchell
Brett Morgan
Paige Bagley- 1st Chair – Alto
Cameron Marlow – 1st Chair –  Bass
Hailey Vestal – 1st Chair – Soprano
On 1/9/16, this same group of students competed at Area auditions for selection into the Texas All-State Choir.
The following students were selected to the Texas All-State Women’s Choir, and will be performing at the Texas Music Educator’s Convention in San Antonio on February 13th, 2016.
Paige Bagley
Hailey Vestal
We are so very proud of these students for all of their hard work and commitment!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Holding the lucky lobster! From L: Hailey Vestal, Emily Mitchell, Brett Morgan, Paige Bagley, Cameron Marlow

*Holding the lucky lobster! From L: Hailey Vestal, Emily Mitchell, Brett Morgan, Paige Bagley*, Cameron Marlow

HS Choir: State Contest Bound!

photoClean Sweep!  7 HS Choir students competed in the 2nd round of All-State Choir Auditions on Nov. 11th   and  those 7 students are  ALL going to the State Auditions in January.  6 are going to compete in the 1A-6A All-State Large School Contest, as follows:

All-State Large School Contest:

Hailey Vestal, 1st Chair, Soprano 1

Brenna Jennings, 1st Chair, Soprano 2

Paige Bagley, 1st Chair, Alto 2

Kelsey McFall, 2nd Chair, Alto 2

Cameron Marlow, 1st Chair, Bass 2

Brent Hunter, 5th Chair, Bass 2

Then we have 1 who will be competing in the      1A-4A All-State Small School Contest as follows:

All-State Small School Contest:

Zack Lockridge, 2nd Chair, Bass 1

Congratulations to all of these 7 students going on to compete at Area contest for possible selection to UIL All-State Choir at both the Large School and Small School designations (this is a record for us)!!

The final contest will be January 9th-10th, 2015 at TAMU-Commerce”,  We wish them                                                              “Best of Luck”

Sing-cerely,                                                                               Ms. Hughes

Texas All-State Women’s Choir 2014

Hailey Vestal     (9th Gr.)    Soprano 1 section Brenna Jennings     (11th Gr)    Soprano 2 section    2nd Yr in All-State

Hailey Vestal
(9th Gr.)
Soprano 1 section
Brenna Jennings
(11th Gr)
Soprano 2 section
2nd Yr in All-State

Congratulations Brenna Jennings and Hailey Vestal on this most outstanding accomplishment of your school year…. selected by audition, to the TMEA Texas All-State Women’s Choir 2014!
I am so very proud of you. I cannot wait to hear you perform tonight in our own HS Auditorium, on your State Solo piece. They both will be “amazing”.

I am most proud to have you in my Choir, and look forward to continued success in our choral program! So glad that you chose Choir as your elective.

ALL-STATE CHOIR: Blake Jennings

Congratulations are extended to our Choir student who has achieved State status:  Blake Jennings, Jr., Texas All-State Mixed Choir 2011.

He auditioned at the final competition this past Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011,  at TAMU-Commerce for a spot in the All-State Choir 2011.  Blake competed against a really tough vocal section, and was selected to the top Choir in the State, the Texas All-State Mixed Choir.

There were several thousand Texan vocalists that began this process back in August of 2010, and several competition levels later, there are only 224 All-State Mixed Choir members!  And our very own Blake Jennings earned this prestigious accomplishment.

This is not the first time that Blake has made an All-State Choir; he competed last year, and was chosen into the top group then, as well, making him a now 2-yr member of the All-State Mixed Choir.

We don’t want to brag too much, but when this sort of thing happens, it is worth bragging about!

Blake will be performing at the Texas Music Educator’s Association Convention in the San Antonio, Tx. Convention Center Ballroom A on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Noon.  We invite any of his friends, and family to join us in attending his concert.  Come help us celebrate his success!

Ruthie Vinson

WOHS Choral Director

All Region Chorale 2010 Highlights

“On Saturday, Oct. 30th, 2010 we had 3 of our High School Choir members that auditioned against over 200 other choir students within our Region 4, for a spot in the Region High School Chorale. All 3 girls were selected and ranked high within their voice sections. We congratulate Caitlyn Childress, Katie Garrett, and
Bailee Moulton for their outstanding accomplishment.

Their HS Chorale will be performing on the same concert program with all of our other Region Choir members that have previously been selected as part of our entire Region 4 All-Region Choirs. This concert will be performed, free of charge, on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at the Mt. Pleasant High School Auditorium beginning at 5 pm. We invite all to come and support your friends and fellow classmates, as they perform with both Middle School and High School choir students from all over our Region 4.

Submitted by Mrs. Ruthie Vinson, WOMS & WOHS Choral Director.”