Lake Highlands
Choirs - "News and Notes"
Don't forget to look at the "Information you
can use" section in the right hand
margin for important choir information
LHHS Spring
Banquet and Concert
May 11,
2012
Everyone had a great time performing and attending the choir
banquet.
Lost your concert program? Download it from the
concert program section on the right.
A Cappella
Combined Women
ESPREE
Choir Banquet Festivities (Who are they watching? .. See Below)
A choir tradition - Current officers passing the touch or
what ever they have in those bags to the next years winners
Julia Dankberg and Hannah Willard
Joel Spreier and Nick Jones
Delaney Sullivan and Mr. O'Hern
Meet our
new A Cappella Officers for 2012 - 2013
2011-2012 BANQUET AWARDS
LHHS Concert Women Outstanding Girl
Anna Howard
LHHS Concert Women Outstanding Musician
Kate Gavagan
LHHS Concert Women Most Improved Musician
Stephanie Estrera
LHHS Treble Chorale Outstanding Girl
Juenelly Montesdeoca
LHHS Treble Chorale Outstanding Musician
Bri Trahan
LHHS Men’s Choir Outstanding Boy
Alex Moser
LHHS Men’s Choir Most Improved Musician
Shane Bono
LHHS Men’s Choir Outstanding Musician
Chris Troung
LHHS A Cappella Choir Dedication Award
Jordan Inman
LHHS A Cappella Choir Dedication Award
Ryan Branch
LHHS A Cappella Choir Outstanding Musician
Mary Ellen Kidd
LHHS A Cappella Choir Outstanding Musician
Spencer Wood
LHHS A Cappella Choir Outstanding Musician
Shiobhan Kelly
LHHS A Cappella Choir Outstanding Musician
Blake Lueder
LHHS Espree “Spirit of the Group” Award
Susan Duncan
LHHS Espree “Spirit of the Group” Award
Joel Spreier
LHHS A Cappella Choir Most Improved Musician
Kelsey Hohnstein
LHHS A Cappella Choir Most Improved Musician
Ricky Watson
LHHS A Cappella Choir Most Improved Musician
Brice Paterik
LHHS A Cappella Choir Most Improved Musician
Tanisha Jones
LHHS A Cappella Choir Outstanding Boy
Jordan Chumbley
LHHS A Cappella Choir Outstanding Girl
Julia Dankberg
2012
John Stallings Scholarship
Jordan Chumbley
Julia Dankberg
Jake Gaba
Matt Smith
Parker Starr
2012
Contemporary Chorale Scholarship
Susan Duncan
... and
the Winners of the Academic Excellence in Choral Music
goes to ....
Elise
Murdock and Spencer Wood
Congratulations to the John
Stallings Scholarship Winners
Matt Smith, Parker Starr, Jordan Chumbley, Jake Gaba, Julia
Dankberg
All Region Choir Members
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Shane Bono |
Kelsey Hohnstein |
Brice Paterick |
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Jordan Cumbley |
Nick Jones |
Parker Starr |
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Julia Dankberg |
Siobhan Kelley |
Delaney Sullivan |
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Susan Duncan |
Mary Ellen Kidd |
Chris Truong |
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Stephen Duncan |
Blake Lueder |
Hannah Willard |
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Jake Gaba |
Patrick Mahurin |
Spencer Wood |
All-State Choir Members
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Mary Ellen Kidd |
Blake Lueder |
Spencer Wood |
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Siobhan Kelley |
Parker Starr |
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Texas
Music Scholars
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Kelley Burroughs |
Kelsey Hohnstein |
Patrick Mahurin |
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Jordan Cumbley |
Nick Jones |
Brice Paterick |
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Julia Dankberg |
Siobhan Kelley |
Parker Starr |
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Susan Duncan |
Mary Ellen Kidd |
Hannah Willard |
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Jake Gaba |
Blake Lueder |
Spencer Wood |
Check out the Spring 2012
Newsletter
Spring 2012 newsletter
May Choir Activities
LHHS Choir Banquet
Friday, May 11
6:30 pm Students, Student Center
7:30 pm Concert, LHHS Auditorium
FMJH Spring Concert
Monday, May 14
7:30 pm LHJH Auditorium
LHJH Spring Concert
Wednesday, May 16
7:30 pm LHJH Auditorium
LHFC Patriotic Concert
Thursday, May 24
7:30 pm LHHS Auditorium
Disney Performing Arts
Festival - Orlando Fl.
April 13 - 17 2012
The A Cappella Mixed and Men's Choirs both
received trophies for Superior ratings. In their divisions, a
bronze trophy went to the Men's Choir, and the Mixed choir
earned the "Best in Class" trophy.
2012 U.I.L.
Contest Ratings
April 10 -11
2012
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Concert |
Sightreading |
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Concert Women |
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Men's Choir |
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Varsity Women's Choir |
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A Cappella |
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Espree performed
at the Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church
Sunday,
March 25, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Espree performed at Hoops in
the Highlands
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at
1:45 p.m.
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures
A Big Thank You to our Espree
Patron Donors
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Light
$750 |
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Jane
O'Hern |
John L.
O'Hern |
Tita
Peterson |
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Maestro
$200 |
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Anne &
Bruce Dankberg |
Becky &
Corey Ford |
Jeanne
& Scott Spreier |
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Kevin &
Lori Smith |
Lindsay
& Chris Loucks |
Taylor
& Amanda Smith |
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Scott &
Nancy Royal |
The Jeff Jones Family |
Karen
Crotty |
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Carolyn
Murray |
Steve,
Lu, Lee & Emilee Terry |
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Platinum $125 |
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Patti &
Greg Smith |
Tam &
Beth Truong |
The
Chilian Family |
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The
Kidd Family |
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Gold
$100 |
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Marcia
& Bob Heger |
Sid
Davis Family |
The
Fusella Family |
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Chris,
Sheryl, Curran & Siobhan Kelley |
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David,
Diana, Roman & Griffin Milan |
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The Tom
Harris Family |
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Silver
$50 |
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Al &
Sharon Willard |
Dale &
Teresa Daniels |
Doug &
Julie Blettner |
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Jeff &
Kathy Hawkins |
Melanie
& Pat Cowlishaw |
Mike &
Susy Gartman |
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Nancy &
Rick White |
Mitch &
Shannon Whitlock |
The
Buckley Family |
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The
Buferd Family |
The
Snider Family |
Tom &
Linda Gavigan |
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Pete
Savage |
Julie
Hearne |
Steve &
Kathy Bankhead |
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Joseph
& Julie Estrera |
Charlotte Williams |
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Jim,
Kathy, Spencer & Mallory Adams |
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Rachel,
Rebecca & Ruthie Rutledge |
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Bronze
$25 |
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Deah &
Byron McCoy |
Dean &
Carolyn White |
Jeff &
Katie Morton |
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Jim &
Meg Richardson |
Katy
Paulson |
Keith &
Debra Ross |
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Pat &
Bob Hinton |
Rick
Adams |
The
Headrick Family |
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Kevin &
Julie Bonahoom |
Stratton & Debbie Horres |
Brenda
Hughes |
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Kendra
Jones |
Dawn &
Lewis Kinard |
Mike &
Lynn Mahurin |
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David &
Jill Mellinger |
Stacy &
Rebecca Obenhaus |
Amy
Williams |
Check Out
these Pictures from Rockin' the Paradise
Rockin The Paradise Pictures - 1
Rockin The Paradise Pictures - 2
2011 ESPREE
SKI TRIP TO KEYSTONE
When not skiing, Espree members
held three performances (Dec 16 -18) on the slopes at Keystone
Colorado.
Special Thanks to Susan and David
Burroughs for their superior trip planning skills.
ESPREE Christmas Tour
Espree
made there rounds singing holiday cheer on
Friday, December 9, 2011
at
Medical City, Northpark mall and
Bristol at Buckingham
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures by Becky Ford
Espree Christmas Tour
LHHS Choral Department
Presented
Holiday in Lake Highlands
Tuesday, December 5, 2011 at
7:30 p.m.
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures
Holiday in Lake Highlands - December
5, 2011
LHHS Holiday Choir Banquet
Choir members had a exciting time
on December 1, 2011 caroling at the Doctor's Hospital and then
to the holiday banquet at the Presbyterian Church of the
Ascension. The choir members brought gifts for a Secret Santa
gift exchange along with donations of new gloves, mittens, and
scarves for the PTA Clothes Closet.
A big thank
you to Anne Dankberg and Becky Paterick for organizing the
banquet and for all the volunteers who did the decorating,
serving and cleanup, and baking all those delicious deserts.
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures
Holiday Choir Banquet - December 1, 2011
All Region Choir Concert
The All Region Choir performed a wonderful concert at Richardson
High School at 5:00 p.m.on November 5th. Congratulations to all
of these fine musicians! You represented Lake Highlands very
well!
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures
All
Region Concert - November 5 2011
Exchange Club Patriotic
Breakfast
Espree performed for the Exchange Club's patriotic breakfast on
November 18, 2011
at the Lake Highlands United Methodist Church.
Lake Highlands Area Choirs
Fall Concert 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011 at
7:30 p.m.
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures
LHAC
Fall Concert - October 3 2011
Espree performed at Market in
the Meadow
October 16, 2011
Click this link to
check out all the great pictures
Espree - Market in the Meadow - October 16 2011
2011 Choir
Poinsettia
Sale
Once again, the LHHS Choral Department is selling
Holiday Poinsettias.
The poinsettias are available in red, white or pink for $10
each. If you would like to purchase poinsettias to support our
award-winning choir program, please place your order with any
LHHS Choir student by Monday, October 31st, or email Karen
Hohnstein at klhaggie85@sbcglobal.net. Orders will be delivered
Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
If you would like to place a large order for you business or
church please email
Karen Hohnstein at klhaggie85@sbcglobal.net
for information about price breaks for large volume orders.
Lake
Highlands High School choirs set a standard of success for
school choir programs around the state and our country.
Together, as the tradition continues, we’ll make 2011-2012 the
best year ever. Thank you in advance for your support.
We look forward to entertaining you at our Holiday Concert,
December 5th at 7:30 p.m. in the LHHS Auditorium
Forest
Meadow Singers Recognized on NBC 5
Five talented students from Richardson's Forest
Meadow Jr. High were named to the Texas Choral Directors
Association Honor Choir.
Congratulations again to:
(L
to R) Vincent Leal, Andie Anthony, Lauren Frank, Elizabeth
Burroughs, and Will Aman
Click on the link to a cool shout out to FMJH kids on
NBC 5 News this morning.
Forest Meadow TCDA Honor Choir
Singers who performed in the Middle School Honor Choir in San
Antonio this past summer
RISD Districtwide
High School Guidelines for Extracurricular Students: Alcohol and
Illegal Drugs.
The new information has been highlighted in yellow. All
students need to be aware of all aspects of the Guidelines.
Handbooks printed before August 8, have the old Guidelines.
They are also included in the Student Code of Conduct all
students receive annually.
RISD 2011-2012 Extracurricular Guidelines Drug and Alcohol.pdf
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Mr.
O'Hern Receives Excellence Award
Michael O’Hern, Lake
Highlands High School’s long-time choir director,
received the Texas Choral Excellence Award this summer
from the Texas
Choral Directors Association (TCDA). O’Hern was
surprised with the honor at the group’s recent
convention in San Antonio.
According to Kari Gilbertson,
director of Forest Meadow’s choir department, “the
Excellence Award was founded when Mike was President of
TCDA during their 50th Anniversary year.
Obviously, many of us think he certainly deserved it!”
In presenting the award, TCDA
President Amy Allibon praised O’Hern as a 29-year
veteran of the Texas choral classroom. “His awards and
accolades are certainly notable hallmarks of his career,
but they are not what has defined Mike’s place in Texas
choral music,” she said. Nor are the two textbooks he’s
written. “What he has REALLY accomplished,” Allibon
stressed, “is being an amazing teacher.”
O’Hern was nominated for the
award by his peers. He was selected based on excellence
in teaching & choral performances and evidence of
mentoring & influencing other teachers. To add to the
surprise, Gilbertson and friends had arranged for
O’Hern’s mother and brother to be on hand to see him
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Choir Officers 2011-2012
President - Delaney Sullivan
Vice President - Mary Ellen Kidd
Secretary - Julia Dankberg
Treasurer - Parker Starr
Librarians - Kristen Denton and Elena Hall
Big/Little Sis Sponsors - Chandler McAlister and Sarah Norris
Technical Officer - Joel Spreier
Historians - Katie Campbell and Jordan Inman
Photographers - Martie Berry and Hannah Hogg
Lake Highlands High School’s
Espree gets ready
for another great year
Espree – Lake Highlands High School’s own version of Glee – is
embarking on another great year filled with fun music, great
dancing and an upbeat perspective on life. This year’s 19-member
group were selected after three days of auditions in May.
Espree’s first performance will be during Market in the Meadow
at Forest Meadow Junior High School in October. If your church
or civic group would like these accomplished musicians to play
for an event, please contact Espree director Michael O’Hern at
469-593-1061 or email him at
michael.o’hern@risd.org.
Espree members for the 2011-12 school year: Top Row:
Hannah Willard, Will Irby, Brice Paterik, Atticus Alvizo, Tommy
Chilian, Matt Smith, Josh Pilles, Jordan Chumbley, Joel Spreier.
Front Row: Patrick Ford, Julia Dankberg, Parker Starr, Jake
Gaba, Spencer Wood, Delaney Sullivan, Susan Duncan, Mary Ellen
Kidd, Kelly Burroughs, Nick Jones.
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