CHS a cappella ensemble advances in international competition

Pictured (l to r) are, front row: Ruby Martindale, Rachel Byrd, Abby Sumrall, Joshua Idowu, Jacey Rudd, Pace Rundlett, Reagan Rushing and Layla Donaldson; and back row: Layne McIntyre, Gabriel Gernand, Jonah Delaughter, Anna Leigh Oswalt, Brandon Harvey, Cotten Oates, Kennan Vaughn, Brantley Jones and Corland Buckley.

Special to The Clinton Courier

The Clinton High School Arrow Singers’ newest pop a cappella ensemble, Diversity, has advanced to the next round of the International Competition for High School A Cappella (ICHSA). They will compete in Quarterfinal 3 in the South Region in February of next year at The Carolina Theatre in Durham, North Carolina. This is the first time that a Clinton High School pop a cappella ensemble has submitted to ICHSA.

There are seven regions and three to five Quarterfinals in each region, in which eight to eleven groups compete. The top two groups from each Quarterfinal advance to Semi-finals. There are 3,900 performers in 261 groups across twenty-eight states. Two groups are selected from each Quarterfinal to advance to semi-finals, which will take place in Durham on March 12.

Diversity is one of three a cappella ensembles at Clinton High School that are directed by Carol Joy Sparkman and Alison Custer, who are the co-directors of Arrow Singers, the choral ensembles at Clinton High School.