Slideshow of photos by Mark Andreasen
Provided by the Ada High School music department
On March 5, The Ada Varsity Singers and their combo band, The Experience, hosted their final performance of the show choir season. This year's show centered around the theme, Road Trip!
The evening was focused on recognizing the year's achievements and celebrating the students as a group and individually with some awards.
Varsity Singers is a select, auditioned group of 25 singer-dancers, 11 instrumentalists, and a 6-person technical crew. The singer-dancers are directed by Scott Henning, the combo is directed by Carter Bivens and choreography is by Oshra and Sam Gadkar.
FEATURED SONGS AND PERFORMERS
“The Great Escape”
“Ride” trio Marley Bulerin, Rey Hurley, and Morgan Sutherly, solo Madi Baldazo
“Chasing Cars” soloist Luke Archer
“Shut up and Drive/ Rooftop” soloists Adam “Jerry” Wall-Conner and Jillian Allison
“Home Sweet Home/ Driving Rain”
Henning shared, "The season brought some tough competition from other show choirs, especially from schools serving significantly bigger populations. But in the end, Ada Varsity Singers Brought home some hardware."
The Varsity Singers received 3rd place in their divisions at the Teays Valley Classic, Alliance Royal Aviation Show Choir Competition, and the Batesville Singers Showcase in Indiana. The students brought home second place at the Marion Harding Singsational, and the inaugural Kenton Cup.
Ethan D'Souza, Katelynn Metzger, and Cayden Wise were chosen as outstanding performers in the group.
Henning concluded, "I am so proud of our show choir this year. They have worked so hard and only continued to grow in skill and talent."
Auditions for the 2025-2026 Varsity Singers will take place in April.
