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Fund-raiser for choir trip set for Thursday
A spaghetti supper fund-raiser for Ashley Frederiksen, to help pay for The Sound of American Honor Band and Chorus trip she will be going on this summer, will be held on Thursday, May 3 at Hy-Vee from 5 to 8 p.m. The cost is $5 for all you can eat.
Frederiksen, daughter of Sandy and Dave Frederiksen and granddaughter of Tom and Marcene Arn and Marlin Frederiksen, has been selected to perform with a national performing organization known as “The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus,” according to information about the trip.
She will join other select student musicians chosen from applicants representing nearly every state when the group begins its 2007 European Concert Tour next July. Selection into The Sound of America membership is a distinguished honor for all participants. All applicants are carefully screened and chosen only after a rigid character and musical evaluation.
All student performers will meet on the campus of Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa. on June 29. After four days of intensive rehearsal and orientation, the group will depart via jet from the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for Frankfurt, Germany. The group is scheduled to present 10 performances in some of Europe’s finest concert halls and major cathedrals during its 25-day concert tour.
The students will experience the cultures of six countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Luxembourg. Some of the exciting locations that will be visited during the tour are Paris, Venice, Strasbourg, Innsbruck, Stresa, Verona, Rothenburg, Grindelwald, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lucerne.
Clyde M. Barr, Past State President of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and President of the North American Music Festivals which sponsors Music Festivals in Myrtle Beach, Toronto, New York, Virginia Beach, Hershey, Cleveland, and Washington D.C., is Tour Coordinator and Conductor of the Honor Band.
Randall Yoder, an Emmy Award winner in music composition for television and Conductor of the York County Honor Chorus, will serve as the Conductor of the Sound of America Honor Chorus.
The group will be traveling to six different countries in Europe this summer. This trip is 25 days long, Frederiksen will be singing in 11 concerts and will have to learn and memorize about 220 different songs. Only two other people from Iowa have been selected. The approximate cost of the trip will be $5,000.
“The Sound of American Honor Band and Chorus” is celebrating its 31st year in 2007, is recognized as one of the finest and most successful European Concert Tour programs in existence. It has received international acclaim for its exemplary success in achieving outstanding cultural relationships with European countries. The group has been the recipient of letters of commendation from current United States President George W. Bush, former United States Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations Dick Thornburgh, former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton.
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Frederiksen, daughter of Sandy and Dave Frederiksen and granddaughter of Tom and Marcene Arn and Marlin Frederiksen, has been selected to perform with a national performing organization known as “The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus,” according to information about the trip.
She will join other select student musicians chosen from applicants representing nearly every state when the group begins its 2007 European Concert Tour next July. Selection into The Sound of America membership is a distinguished honor for all participants. All applicants are carefully screened and chosen only after a rigid character and musical evaluation.
All student performers will meet on the campus of Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa. on June 29. After four days of intensive rehearsal and orientation, the group will depart via jet from the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for Frankfurt, Germany. The group is scheduled to present 10 performances in some of Europe’s finest concert halls and major cathedrals during its 25-day concert tour.
The students will experience the cultures of six countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Luxembourg. Some of the exciting locations that will be visited during the tour are Paris, Venice, Strasbourg, Innsbruck, Stresa, Verona, Rothenburg, Grindelwald, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lucerne.
Clyde M. Barr, Past State President of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and President of the North American Music Festivals which sponsors Music Festivals in Myrtle Beach, Toronto, New York, Virginia Beach, Hershey, Cleveland, and Washington D.C., is Tour Coordinator and Conductor of the Honor Band.
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The group will be traveling to six different countries in Europe this summer. This trip is 25 days long, Frederiksen will be singing in 11 concerts and will have to learn and memorize about 220 different songs. Only two other people from Iowa have been selected. The approximate cost of the trip will be $5,000.
“The Sound of American Honor Band and Chorus” is celebrating its 31st year in 2007, is recognized as one of the finest and most successful European Concert Tour programs in existence. It has received international acclaim for its exemplary success in achieving outstanding cultural relationships with European countries. The group has been the recipient of letters of commendation from current United States President George W. Bush, former United States Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations Dick Thornburgh, former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton.
Comments on these stories are welcome, but please include your complete first and last name, and a phone number that can be used to verify the posting. Phone numbers will not be published.
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