On April 1 and 2, students from Marcy, Deerfield, Westmoreland Road, Hart’s Hill, Parkway and the Middle School came together with other students in grades 5-7 to participate in this year’s Oneida County Elementary All-County Festival held at Thomas R. Proctor High School.

In order for students to be eligible for this festival, they had to be recommended by their school music teacher as some of the best of the best students in their school performing groups.

On April 1, students from across the county joined together and began rehearsing their repertoire. This concluded with a live concert performance on April 2. The following students represented the Whitesboro Central School District proudly and performed beautifully:

Chorus

Aislinn Angleton

Amiah Duerr

Reaghan Henderson

Rachael Higgins

Josie Leone

Bryce Marleau

Kerry McNamara

Skylar Rosati

Sophia Schwartz

Chelsea Warren

Anissia Zaikoff

Orchestra

Logan Coonrod

Morgan Cushman

Evelyn Lange

Joslyn Stevens

Kylee Warner

Band

Frank Brown

Ethan Cidzik

Valerie Cieslak

Emma Jerome

Cate Kernan

Julian Lewha

Caden Meiss

Ryan Nassif

Matthew Ryan

Karen Sharkey

In addition to the students working to prepare for this festival, three Whitesboro Central School District music teachers were selected to participate in this festival as guest conductors and accompanists.

Mrs. Caitlyn Clark (Parkway Band and Orchestra teacher) conducted the Elementary All-County Band. Mrs. Margaret Tallman (Westmoreland Road Chorus, Orchestra and General Music teacher) conducted the Elementary All-County Chorus and was accompanied by Mrs. Jessica Decker (Deerfield Elementary Band, Chorus and General Music teacher) on piano. All three teachers worked hard to prepare fantastic concerts with all of these wonderfully talented students.

Students are instructed by Mrs. Jessica Decker (Deerfield), Mrs. Lauralee Driscoll (Deerfield and Hart’s Hill), Mrs. Charity Dreier (Marcy), Mr. Gregory Clark (Marcy, Deerfield, and Westmoreland Road), Mrs. Margaret Tallman (Westmoreland Road), Mrs. Caitlyn Clark (Parkway), Mrs. Chantelle Nobis (Parkway/Middle School), Ms. Erin Joslin (Middle School) and Mrs. Millicent Ruggio (Middle School).