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Phillips selected for National High School Choir

Thursday, January 15, 2009
By SYDNEY STONNER/Staff writer
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Marshall High School student Jacob Phillips rehearses in December with the Marshall Community Chorus. Phillips will join fellow MHS student Mac Evans in Oklahoma City in March to participate in the National High School Choir.
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Way back in November, Marshall High School senior Mac Evans found out that he was accepted as part of the 2009 American Choral Directors Association National High School Choir. Sophomore second tenor Jacob Phillips, who also auditioned, was told that he didn't make the cut.

Wrong.

In an interesting turn of events, Phillips was recently notified that he was selected for the honor choir, and had previously been sent the wrong letter.

Apparently there were some problems with the organization's mail merge, and many students in many states were affected, Marshall High School choir teacher Ron Sayer said.

This honor is a nice addition to Phillips' already impressive resume.

In school, he participates in Choraliers, and he has also sung with the Marshall Community Chorus. He has been in 9-10 All-District Honor Choir the past two years and participated in district and state solo and ensemble festivals.

Phillips was also selected as part of the 9-10 Men's Honor Choir for the Southwestern Division of American Choral Directors Association convention last spring.

"Jacob is a fantastic student," Sayer said. "I wish there were more of him!"

In March, Phillips and Evans will spend a long weekend in Oklahoma City rehearsing and performing at the ACDA convention.

The national choir will perform, along with the National Junior High School Choir and National Collegiate Choir, as part of the 50th anniversary convention of the American Choral Director's Association to be held March 4-7.

Contact Sydney Stonner at marshallbusiness@socket.net

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Absolutely fantastic!! It's really too bad the general public doesn't know the talent, effort, and dedication it takes to achieve something like this.

I am incredibly proud of you both. Congratulations Mac Evans and Jacob Phillips! Go out there and show 'em what you got!!

-- Posted by Smokin' Cheetah on Fri, Jan 16, 2009, at 2:51 PM

Way to go Jacob!! And Mac too!!

-- Posted by Proudsportsmom on Thu, Jan 15, 2009, at 1:57 PM

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