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"IT'S not about what's right or what's left. It's about what's right or what's wrong!"
"ALL that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke
SUCCESS...
"To be successful is
to be helpful, caring,
and constructive-
To make everything
you touch a little bit better.
The best thing you
have to give is
yourself."
Norman Vincent Peale
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
"MY interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."
Charles F. Kettering
TO deny diversity is to deny life-with all its richness and manifold opportunities.
"FAILURE
to stand
for what is morally
right is the prelude
to being the victim of
what is criminally
wrong"
"Zig" Ziglar
"OUR lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"POLITICIANS have two sets of rules: One for you and I to live by, and another for themselves."
Glenn Beck
How sweet it is!
Poca Visual Volume seniors Glen Cook and Heather Gatens celebrated around the huge trophy after they sang and danced their way to the top of The Mountain State, winning the 2009 Grand Championship.
Under the direction of
Joseph Kincaid, Visual
Volume brought the
trophy home, snapping
Hurricane High School's
run of wins under
former Director Kim
Edwards, who stepped down from her position after last year's
championship.
The last time Visual Volume took the West Virginia
championship was when Gail Kennedy was the director, in 2002.
Hurricane's Red Hot slipped to second runner-up for 2009, still a strong showing in the tough competition.
Poca's Glen Cook was also honored as the school's top vocalist.
Here is a list of the standings for the state-wide competition:
Grand Champion -- Poca,
Visual Volume
First Runner Up -- Martinsburg, Good Times
2nd Runner Up -- Hurricane, Red Hot
3rd Runner Up -- St Albans, Classix
4th Runner Up -- Cabell Midland, Rhythm in Red
All these schools along with Nitro received a Superior rating.
Best Band -- Martinsburg
Best Choral Sound -- Poca
Best Choreography -- Poca
Best Costumes -- Hurricane
Best Show Design -- St. Albans
Middle School Grand Champion -- Dunbar, Dunbar Singers
First RU -- Horace Mann, Eagle Pride
Festival Division GC -- South Harrison
Unisex Division -- St. Albans
Competition photos courtesy of:
http://steelesplace.smugmug.com
