GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Band and Choir Students Travel for Performances

Over the past school year, the Hempfield Area Marching Band and Choir traveled to different states to showcase their talents. At the beginning of May, the marching band traveled to San Antonio, TX to march in the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, America’s largest illuminated parade. The band marched proudly for an audience of over 700,000, while displaying their new illuminated Hempfield sign made by graphic design students and Rob Ronald of the maintenance department. The band placed 3rd in the parade’s Out of State category. To celebrate their success, they spent the rest of the trip visiting the San Antonio Riverwalk and Alamo, Six Flags and YO Ranch, where they saw exotic species. In June, 50 members of the high school choir traveled to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall. The students performed with Seton Hill’s Una Voce Chamber Choir and were under the direction of Seton Hill University choral director, Dr. Mark A. Boyle. The choir was joined by Greensburg-Salem’s Show Choir as well as choirs from Tennessee, California and Georgia. The trip was full of learning, laughing and music-making.