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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
GU musicians perform in honor concert
Students share
new knowledge
with ensembles
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
HERMISTON – Seven
Grant Union music students
were selected for the Honor
Band and Honor Choir con-
cert held Nov. 9 at Hermiston
High School.
Grant Union music direc-
tor Mary Ann Vidourek chose
seven students to attend, in-
cluding choir students Devon
Vargas, Nikki Jones, Tiana
Allen and Avery Lenz, and
band students Chloe Bentz
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honor band event.
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directed the honor band, and
South Salem High School
choir director William Mc-
Lean directed the honor choir.
Among the selections pre-
sented by the students were
“Prairie Dances” and “Decla-
ration Overture” by the band,
Grant Union choir members Nikki Jones, Tiana Allen, Avery Hughes and Devon
Vargas take in the honor choir event in Hermiston.
and “Prayer” and “Unclouded
Day” by the choir.
“All learned something
to help them be better musi-
cians,” Vidourek said.
The students also brought
what they learned to share
with the other students in their
ensembles at Grant Union,
she added.
Vargas said it was a posi-
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“We had an amazing direc-
tor and got to perform songs
that had a lot of meaning,”
she said. “I made new friends,
and I learned new techniques
to help me sing better.”
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Porter, who is also the
town’s fire chief, has lived in
Long Creek since 1984. He
has owned and operated his
own business, Blue Moun-
tain Herbs, for 16 years.
He and his wife, Denise,
who teaches at Long Creek
School, have been married
since 1992.
The town is home to the
Long Creek Historical So-
ciety, an active group dedi-
cated to preserving and pro-
moting the long and colorful
history of the area, including
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service projects.
Long Creek School serves
about 35 students in grades
preschool through grade 12.
In recent years, the school
has boosted its enrollment
by opening its doors to for-
eign high-schoolers. The
visiting youth live with local
families and spend a school
year learning about Ameri-
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