Oct. 20, 2010

Morningside College hosts high schools students for choral festival on Oct. 28 

Students from high schools in Iowa and Nebraska will participate in the annual “Men and Women in Song” choral festival at Morningside College on Thursday, October 28.

The day-long festival begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of Eppley Auditorium, 3625 Garretson Avenue, on the Morningside campus and culminates with a 6:30 p.m. concert in Eppley Auditorium. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature performances from the men’s and women’s festival choruses and a combined festival chorus.

Schools participating in the choral festival include Abraham Lincoln High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Bancroft-Rosalie High School, Bancroft, Neb.; East Sac County High School, Lake View, Iowa; Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn Community High School, Marcus, Iowa; Odebolt-Arthur-BCIG High School, Ida Grove, Iowa; Pender High School, Pender, Neb.; Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa; West Monona High School, Onawa, Iowa; and Woodbury Central High School, Moville, Iowa.

Tim Watson, director of choral activities at Morningside College, and Jill Wilson, women’s choral director at Morningside, are coordinating the festival.