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| Photo Submitted by John Shoener |
The festival was conducted by Daniel Kershetsky, a 1975 graduate of Shenandoah Valley, and graduate of Penn State University, and received his Masters of Music Degree from West Chester University.
Kershetsky has over 30 years experience teaching music as well as participating in numerous music festivals statewide.
The attendees to the festival packed the high school auditorium and listened to the 116 students from 13 Schuylkill County School Districts, which included Shenandoah Valley, Tri-Valley, Williams Valley, Pottsville, Blue Mountain, Pine Grove, Tamaqua, Nativity BVM, Marian Catholic, Minersville, Schuylkill Haven, North Schuylkill, and Mahanoy Area.
Songs for the festival included Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning, Festival Sanctus, Hosanna to the Son of David, In Remembrance, We Shall Walk through the Valley in Peace, Tres CAntos Nativos Do India Krao, the Birth of Blues, and I'm Gonna Rise.
Participating students included:
Accompanist - Jacob Challenger from Nativity BVM
Horn - Kaitlyn Karopovich (Shenandoah Valley)
Soprano I
- Lauren Bennyhoff (North Schuylkill)
- Jensen Bolich (Tri-Valley)
- Ainsley Bressler (Williams Valley)
- Megan Burns (Pottsville)
- Sarah Campbell (North Schuylkill)
- Meghan Canfield (Tri-Valley)
- Madison Connors (Blue Mountain)
- Brianna Hall (Pine Grove)
- Eva Karenda (Pine Grove)
- Grace Kinder (Tamaqua)
- Jessica Koscak (Tamaqua)
- Hannah Kulbitsky (Blue Mountain)
- Ava Legarht (Pine Grove)
- Laura Mace (Tamaqua)
- Megan Oswald (Tamaqua)
- Nevaida Rau (North Schuylkill)
- Emily Rautzahn (Williams Valley)
- Samantha Robbins (North Schuylkill)
- Maya Sites-Kagenski (Blue Mountain)
- Avery Susztar (Blue Mountain)
- Madeline Werner (Blue Mountain)
- Raven Wesley (Blue Mountain)
- Jordyn Zerbe (Pine Grove)
Soprano II
- Emmeline Bensinger (Tamaqua)
- Lena Bell (Shenandoah Valley)
- Eva Brauer (Blue Mountain)
- Olivia Brauer (Blue Mountain)
- Caitlin Capella (Nativity BVM)
- Julia Carestia (Blue Mountain)
- Jade Clews (North Schuylkill)
- Rachael Eidem (Pine Grove)
- Raquel Fisher (Blue Mountain)
- Autumn Gantz (Pine Grove)
- Madison Green (Blue Mountain)
- Jessica Hollenbach (Tamaqua)
- Sarah Kimmel (North Schuylkill)
- Courtney Lundervold (Schuylkill Haven)
- Riley McDonald (Nativity BVM)
- Jaclyn Ohl (Tamaqua)
- Taylor Ott (Pine Grove)
- Maddie Swick (Blue Mountain)
- Sophia Wessner (Pine Grove)
- Morgan Wright (Williams Valley)
- Alexa Ziegler (Pine Grove)
Alto I
- Ella Bubeck (Blue Mountain)
- Kristin Clark (Tri-Valley)
- Madison Denchy (Mahanoy Area)
- Angela DiFalco (Pine Grove)
- Bailey Drake (Pine Grove)
- Emily Filosa (Williams Valley)
- Kacandra Joy (North Schuylkill
- Caileigh Kaminski (North Schuylkill)
- Regina Miller (Tri-Valley)
- Hannah Molnar (Tri-Valley)
- Krissy Reyes (Pottsville)
- Alivia Snyder (North Schuylkill)
- Lindsey Snyder (North Schuylkill)
- Olivia Stettler (Marian Catholic)
- Aylen Vargas (North Schuylkill)
- Daisha Viera (Tri-Valley)
- Emily Yuschock (North Schuylkill)
Alto II
- Karli Boyer (Pine Grove)
- Olivia Brown (Tamaqua)
- Jacqueline Bubnis (Shenandoah Valley)
- Jamie Fegley (Tamaqua)
- Eden Frantz (North Schuylkill)
- Sarah Halupa (Marian Catholic)
- Katrina Hoppes (Blue Mountain)
- Alexxa Kowalski (Tamaqua)
- Jacinda Sattizahn (Blue Mountain)
- Bethany Wagner (Pine Grove)
- Myah Wehry (Tri-Valley)
Tenor
- Liam Borden (Tamaqua)
- Timothy Bortner (Blue Mountain)
- Joseph Coyle (North Schuylkill)
- David Hull (Tamaqua)
- Dominic Julian (Tri-Valley)
- Evan Karenda (Pine Grove)
- Hunter Moyer (Pine Grove)
- Zachary Piampi (North Schuylkill)
- Michael Russo (Blue Mountain)
- Hoyt Schlegel (Pine Grove)
- Collin Shadle (Williams Valley)
- Jaxil Tovar (Mahanoy Area)
- Elliot Tucker (Pine Grove)
- Ethan Tucker (Pine Grove)
- Ethan Turrano (Tamaqua)
Bass
- Jesse Carl (Shenandoah Valley)
- Jacob Challenger (Nativity BVM)
- Erik Dubbs (Pine Grove)
- Jacob Hepler (North Schuylkill)
- Christian Honicker (Pottsville)
- Lucas Hydock (Minersville)
- Rickie Joyce (Blue Mountain)
- Alex Kehler (Tri-Valley)
- Jacob Kline (Blue Mountain)
- Mark Klitsch (North Schuylkill)
- Edward Needham (Shenandoah Valley)
- Nathaniel Noftz (Tamaqua)
- Trey Reynolds (Pine Grove)
- Avery Rumberger (Minersville)
- Michael Spotts (North Schuylkill)
- Cole Stevenosky (Minersville)
- James Stone (Blue Mountain)
- Gavin Stone (Minersville)
- Kipp Tonkin (Tamaqua)
- Maxwell Wigoda (Minersville)
- Anthony Witczak (Tamaqua)