PALMDALE CHAMBER GROUP TO COMPETE IN WALES.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - The Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School Chamber Singers will travel to Europe this year at the invitation of a Welsh choral festival. At the International Eisteddfod The International Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. Singers and dancers from around the world are invited to take part in over 20 high quality competitions followed each evening by concerts where in Langlollen, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. , in July, the choir will compete against high school and chamber choirs from universities all over the world. ``They're going to be stunning,'' choral director Mike McCullough
This will be the third European choir tour since McCullough came to Palmdale High nine years ago. To raise the $2,500 each singer needs, the teens will perform benefit concerts, are selling cheesecake and cookie dough Cookie dough refers to a blend of cookie ingredients which has been mixed into a solid yet malleable form but has not yet been hardened by heat. The dough is often then separated and the portions baked to individual cookies, or eaten as is. , holding carwashes, and some kids have part-time jobs. ``We actually sing for our supper,'' said McCullough, adding that the choir is available for public performances. ``There is no donation too small.'' The choir's next public fund-raising event will be Dec. 18 when it performs its Christmas concert at Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
On Dec. 19, the choir will sell holiday items at ``Dickens' Christmas Evening'' which re-creates an authentic Victorian Christmas party. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the school, 2137 E. Ave. R. To book the chamber singers, call (661) 273-3181, Ext. 801 or 803. To make a donation, make checks payable to PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base Band Boosters, attn: PHS Band Boosters, 2137 E. Ave. R, Palmdale, CA 93550. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Director Mike McCullough says taking his Palmdale High singers to an invitational festival in Europe will be a life-changing event for them. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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