Twenty Paris High School choir students attended UIL region choir auditions at
Sulphur Springs High School on September 23. The students performed sections of
songs in German, Latin, and English.
Seven students earned chairs and one alternate in the small school high school
region choir. Qualifying for the region choir were 2nd chair bass Isaiah Hampton,
5th chair tenor Carsen Cox, 7th chair alto Zephry Spann, 9th chair alto Samiya
Humphrey, 11th chair alto Jersey Black, 9th chair soprano Berenice Ramirez, 13th
chair soprano Savannah Pickering, and 2nd alternate alto Ellie Schmidt. These
students will participate in the All-Region Clinic and Concert in Mt. Pleasant on
November 4th and advance to pre-area auditions in Mt. Pleasant on November 14th.
All-Region Choir auditions at the high school level are the first round of auditions
toward membership in the TMEA All-State Choir. Lindsay McCarter, Paris High
School Choir Director, expressed appreciation to Grant Taylor and Courtney
Malone for their assistance in preparing students for the auditions. “We are so proud
of all of the students that have prepared for this audition the past few months,”
expressed McCarter. “Students have bonded and made relationships that have
allowed them to grow as musicians.”
