MLC High School Spring Program celebrates the season

Featured High School Band/Choir, Basura Beats, Worship Team, Solos/Duets/Trios

 

Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) Grades 7-12 held a Spring Program this evening, (Friday, May 19), in the school’s Music Room.

The concert featured the high school choir and band, the Basura Beats (the trash can percussion group), the MLC Worship Team and students solos, duets and trios – both vocal and instrumental.

Leading the high school musicians (instrumental and vocal) was MLC Music Director Aaron Petersen.

The evening’s performance rundown was as follows:

+ Basura Beats –

  • “Can-O-Rama” (from Metal Worx), by Cockarell.
  • “Can-Uh-Bulls” (from Metal Worx), by Cockarell.

+ High School Band –

  • Apache,” by Lordan.

+ Offertory Music –

  • “Christ is Risen,” by Fieldes/Maher, performed by Miriam Rete, Zoey Smith and Sofía Solóranza.

+ High School Choir –

  • “Prayer of the Children,” by Bestor/Hayes. (The song was written out of frustration over the horrendous civil war and ethnic cleansing taking place in the former country of Yugoslavia in the 1970s. It was written for the Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian children who all felt the same feelings of confusion and sadness in this time of turmoil.)
  • “Fill-A-Me Up,” by Choplin, with featured soloist Zadok Ford.

+ Vocal Solo –

  • “Amarilli mia Bella,” by Caccini, presented by Zoey Smith.

+ MLC Worship Team (featuring vocal quintet of Katelyn Fast, Paige Riihl, Zoe Smith, Eli Johnson and Aaron Petersen – accompanyig the group on guitar) –

  • “Our God Saves,” by Baloche/Brown.
  • “How Great Is Our God,” by Tomlin/Reeves/Cash.

+ High School Band –

  • “Canticle of Celebrations,” by Johnson.
  • “Alleluia,” by Del Borgo.

+ Vocal Solo –

  • “Taylor the Latte Boy,” by Heisler/Goldrich, performed by Danica Dick.

+ Piano Duet –

  • “Frozen Medley,” by Anderson-Lopez/Lopez, presented by Summer Janzen and Riley Schroeder.

+ High School Choir –

  • “Old Time Religion Medley,” from Traditional Spirituals, featuring soloist Katelyn Fast.
  • “Fly Away Medley,” by Hayes, featuring vocal trio of Danica Dick, Eli Johnson and Zoey Smith.

+ Vocal Solo –

  • “Caro Mio Ben,” by Giordani, performed by Paige Riihl.

+ High School Choir –

  • “Because He Lives,” by Maher.

Honored at the close of the concert were the three MLC Class of 2017 seniors – Danica Dick, Katelyn Fast and Levi Stoesz.

Following is a photo gallery from the Spring Program:

 

THE BASURA BEATS perform on their metal garbage cans “bottoms,” directed by Aaron Petersen. From left, Kate Janzen, Riley Schroeder, Elizabeth Linscheid, Mark Quiring, Sofía Solórzano, Zoey Smith, Zadok Ford (behind Petersen), Bren Toutges, Summer Janzen, Danica Dick, Bryce Adrian, Abraham Stoesz and Levi Stoesz.

 

BRYCE ADRIAN WIELDS his drumsticks on the overturned metal garbage can.

 

KATE JANZEN FOCUSES on her music – afffixed to the bottom of the upended garbage can.

 

THE MLC HIGH School Band’s saxophone player is Elizabeth Linscheid.

 

SENIOR LEVI STOESZ shares the deep brass of the baritone during his final MLC concert as a High School Band member.

 

ON THE SLIDE trombone is Sofía Solórzano.

 

PERCUSSIONIST BREN TOUTGES adds the reverberating sound of the timpani, or kettle drums.

 

“CHRIST IS RISEN” is sung during the Offering by, from left, Sofía Solórzano, Zoey Smith and Miriam Rete.

 

THE MLC HIGH School Choir, led by MLC Director of Music Aaron Petersen. Front, from left, Bren Toutges, Drayton Klassen, Mark Quirig, Eli Johnson, Zoey Smith, Riley Schroeder and Miriam Rete. Middle, from left, Jack Lepp, Zadok Ford, Paige Riihl, Danica Dick, Sofía Solórzano and Kate Janzen. Back, from left, Abraham Stoesz, Bryce Adrian, Katelyn Fast, Regan James, Summer Janzen, Sarah Sajban and Elizabeth Linscheid.

 

ZADOK FORD, FRONT, is the featured soloist on the High School Choir’s selection, “Fill-A Me Up.” Behind are, from left, Mark Quiring, Eli Johnson, Zoey Smith and Riley Schroeder.

 

THE MLC WORSHIP Team lead the audience in a pair of songs. From left, Paige Riihl, Katelyn Fast, Eli Johnson, Zoey Smith and Aaron Petersen.

 

DANICA DICK, MLC senior, presents the humorous vocal solo, “Taylor the Latte Boy.”

 

AN UNCONVENTIONAL PIANO duet of “Frozen Medley,” by Summer Janzen, left and Riley Schroeder, right, even includes backward playing of the keyboard.

 

OUT-FRONT SOLOIST opening the MLC High School Choir’s song, “Old Time Religion Medley,” is senior Katelyn Fast.

 

THE TRIO LEADING the way on the High School Choir’s song, “Fly Away Medley,” includes, from left, Danica Dick, Zoey Smith and Eli Johnson. Behind are, from left, Mark Quiring, Riley Schroeder and Miriam Rete.

 

“CARO MIO BEN,” is the name of the vocal solo by Paige Riihl.

 

AMY RIIHL, MOM of Paige Riihl, captures her daughter’s vocal solo on video.

 

 

 

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