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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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check out all the great pictures
LHAC
Fall Concert - October 3 2011
Espree performed at Market in
the Meadow
October 16, 2011
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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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