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Select Chorus to perform on national PBS
broadcast
Fonda-Fultonville High School's Select Chorus
will join 12 other area high school groups on "Celebrate
America," a public television special to be aired in March 2009.
The Select Chorus will sing "Wild Mountain
Thyme." Soloists are Amanda Young, Brittany Hinkle and Shane
Saltsman. The area groups were taped on October 28 at WMHT
television studio in Troy.
The program features award-winning composer Tim
Janis. Janis has been featured on four national PBS specials,
has sold more than a million albums and has been on the
Billboard music charts 10 times. Janis regularly has worked with
Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul McCartney and regularly creates
musical benefits.
Fonda-Fultonville joins Albany, Bethlehem, Burnt Hills-Ballston
Lake, Cobleskill-Richmondville, Colonie, Greenwich,
Guilderland, Hudson Falls, Saratoga Springs, Middleburgh,
Scotia-Glenville and Shenendehowa as well as high school choirs
from New Jersey, Florida and Michigan.
Harrington selected for "Melodies of Christmas"
 Senior Megan Harrington was chosen to participate
in this year’s “Melodies of Christmas,” a musical benefit event
for the children’s cancer research center at Albany Medical
Center. She, along with 70 other students from the capital
region, was selected from a group of nearly 200 applicants.
Megan will perform in four shows at Proctor’s Theater, and the
performance will be televised on WRGB on both Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day.
Three selected for Area All-State
 Senior chorus members Jessica Hopper, Megan
Harrington and James Burroughs were selected to participate in
the Zone 7 Area All-State Music Festival, to be held at Saratoga
Springs High School on November 21 and 22. They were chosen
based on their NYSSMA scores from last year, as well as teacher
recommendation.
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