VCHS Students Selected for ND All-State Ensembles
Special to Times-Record Valley City High School will be represented in the 2020-2021North Dakota All-State band and choir with the selection of 8 students to the ensembles. Due to Covid restrictions not all of the VCHS students will be able to perform with the ND Honor ensembles but they have been selected and have all of the accolades that accompany the performing artists.
Owen Plagens (trombone) is the VCHS student who has been selected to the ND AllState Band.
Morgan Jenner, Britta Roehrich, Abby Redfearn, Jerrica Eldridge, Daniel Wintch, and Jonathan Redfearn (4 year member) are the VCHS students selected to the ND All-State Mixed Choir.
Taylen Mendoza is the VCHS student selected to the ND All-State Treble Choir.
The music students from VCHS, as well as high school auditionees from across the state of North Dakota, auditioned via recording before the ND AllState judges. Auditions included scale work, etudes and performing a solo for the judges. The auditions are rigorous and only the best of the best high school students from the state of North Dakota are invited and then accepted to the All-State ensembles. VCHS students were prepared for these
auditions by T. Mark Reeves and Tom Kjelland, VCHS choir and band directors. The All-State ensembles are conducted by nationally recognized conductors invited to do so by the North Dakota Music Educators Association.
The ND All-State rehearsals and Concert Hours (guest performing groups invited to play for the All-State students) will be held on March 20 and 21 at various venues in the Bismarck/Mandan area.
Locations and ticket prices are available on the ndall-state.org website.
Valley City High School is proud of its
students selected and know that VCHS will be well represented by our young people at the North Dakota All-State music festival!
On February 15th Sheyenne Care Center CEO Craig Christianson shared a letter with families and friends of residents at the center on their Facebook page:
Sheyenne Care Center COVID test occurred on Thursday (2/11/2021). The test result from the Thursday
COVID test identified 1 positive COVID-19 individual. This means under CMS guidelines that all visitations will need to be cancelled immediately until further notice. We will keep you all informed and will notify you once we are able to re-open.
All families and friends visitation are postponed until further notice.
If positive test results occur, residents will be moved into isolation immediately. The nurse will notify a family member immediately of a positive test result. The positive COVID test result requires staff to move the resident onto our isolation area, located on the 4th floor. Employees testing positive employees are sent home in isolation until cleared to return to work.
We continue to offer residents and workers the COVID vaccine. If you would like your loved one to receive the vaccine, please contact our Social Service representative and visit them on the procedure we need to follow. We do need consent from either the resident or their guardian before the vaccine is provided.
Our next COVID testing period is Wednesday, February 17th. Please continue to be safe, wear a mask, wash hands, frequently sanitize, and social distance to protect yourself and others from this virus.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the nurse manager in the area in which your loved one lives.
Thank you, and be safe.
Craig Christianson, CEO Sheyenne Care Center, Valley City