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2015 All-State Choir Selections

October 8, 2015 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Twelve Dell Rapids students will be participating in the 2015 South Dakota All-State Choir and Orchestra performance on Saturday, October 31st. Dell Rapids High School had eight selections. They are Veronica Fritz, Mikaela Stofferahn, Sydney Stofferahn, Elly Petrik, Micah Gleason, Josh Benda, James Lueders, and Ted DeLange. Dell Rapids St Mary High School had four selections. They are Zach Geraets, Jacob Eining, Courtney Geraets, and Cassy Geraets.

The 2015 South Dakota All-State Choir and Orchestra Concert will be held at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City at 8:00 p.m. ct / 7:00 p.m. mt.

This year’s choir selections are “Gloria” from Mass in D — Antonin Dvorak, “I Will Lift Mine Eyes — Jake Runestad, “Baba Yetu” — Christopher Tin, “Come Mighty Father” — Handel, Arr. Robert Hines, “Dance On My Heart” — Allen Koepke, “Water Is Wide” — Matthew and Shelly Armstrong, and “He’ll Make A Way” — Byron Smith. The combined choir and orchestra selections are “Star-Spangled Banner” — Francis Scott Key/John Stafford/arr. Dale Grotenhuis, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” — Arr. Wilhousky, and “Elijah: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth” — Mendelssohn.

The guest conductor for this year’s performance is Dr. Peter Eklund from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, NE.

12 Dell Rapids Students Selected for All-State Choir

September 7, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

A total of twelve Dell Rapids students will be participating in the 2013 All-State Chorus on Saturday, November 2nd, at the Sioux Falls Area. Eight students from Dell Rapids High School were selected along with four students from Dell Rapids St Mary. This year’s representatives from Dell Rapids High School are Jordan Stone, Mikaela Stofferahn, Ben Hinricher, Jackson Gleason, Jade Schull, Bryana Schull, Ted DeLange, and Dylan Damm. The four students from Dell Rapids St Mary are Kiley Reecy, Angelia Jorgensen, Matt Farmer, and Alex Eulberg.

Alex Eulberg – Dell Rapids St Mary

Not only will Dell Rapids have twelve singers in this years All-State Choir, three of those singers are four-time participants. They are Jordan Stone, Jackson Gleason, and Alex Eulberg.

Jordan Stone and Jackson Gleason – Dell Rapids High School

“This is a great honor and a feeling that you can’t describe,” said Stone. Eulberg said that it was a “pretty big honor” to be selected all four years of high school. Both Stone and Gleason said that it’s wonderful to share the honor with someone, and it’s great to have Dell Rapids have recognition for the four-year recipients.

Even though the selections have been made, the hard work continues for these students. Gleason said, “There is a rehearsal day that is held in Brookings. This allows everyone to get together to go over the songs and learn the foreign language pronunciations because there is only two days to get the concert put together with everyone.”

The students from both Dell Rapids High School and Dell Rapids St Mary will continue to practice many times a week in preparation for the performance on November 2nd.