Students to Sing in All-State Chorus

Three Ottumwa High School students, Issac Ford (Bass), Rivers Maw (Tenor) and Dawson Brown (Tenor), have attained the highest individual honor available to Iowa high school musicians by being selected as a member of the 2018 Iowa All-State Chorus. The 2018 Festival will celebrate the 72nd anniversary of this prestigious event. District auditions for the 601 member All-State Chorus were held Saturday, October 20. Approximately 17% of the students who audition are selected for membership in the All-State ensemble. Participants will rehearse in Ames on Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17, and the Festival Concert is 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Hilton Coliseum in Ames. Iowa Public Television will record the concert for re- broadcast.