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District 58 congratulates O'Neill students Bella Lambiasi and Mihailo Callison (pictured) for participating in the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA)’s first-ever Junior High All-State Chorus on Saturday, Feb. 1 in Peoria, Illinois. This new event brings some of the state’s most talented junior high choral students together. Junior high students from across Illinois auditioned for the chorus, and only a selected few were chosen. The All-State Junior High Chorus rehearsed together on Jan. 31 and the morning of Feb. 1, and performed at the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Feb. 1 in the afternoon.
In addition, District 58 congratulates the 19 elementary students who were selected to participate in the ILMEA All-State Elementary Chorus, also on Feb. 1. These elementary students were selected by their participation in the Downers Grove Children’s Choir and with a music teacher recommendation.
Congratulations to District 58's ILMEA All-State Elementary Chorus participants:
- Emma Briggs, Pierce Downer, 5th Grade
- Delilah Easley, Highland, 5th Grade
- Emily Hancock, Pierce Downer, 6th Grade
- Kinley Hay, Kingsley, 5th Grade
- Francesca Kincanon, Fairmount, 6th Grade
- Gwen Lehotsky, Fairmount, 6th Grade
- Rosalinda Mercado, Highland, 5th Grade
- Charley Mucha, Hillcrest, 5th Grade
- Kaiden Nelander, Pierce Downer, 5th Grade
- Taylor Ostberg, Highland, 6th Grade
- Lane Peterson, Kingsley, 5th Grade
- Demi Pratts, Highland, 5th Grade
- Annabella Rabchuk, Pierce Downer, 5th Grade
- Anika Shah, Highland, 6th Grade
- Mara Sickler, Fairmount, 5th Grade
- Avery Southard, Highland, 5th Grade
- Marty Straube, El Sierra, 6th Grade
- Maddalena Swanson, Whittier, 5th Grade
- Olivia Tiplea, Belle Aire, 5th Grade