Natalie Mormando '29 solo at 2026 Choral FestivalStudents from across the East Greenbush Central School District gathered for the District-wide Choral Festival on Wednesday morning in the Columbia High School auditorium. Each school’s chorus took the stage to perform a song including “Count On Me,” “Fight Song,” and “Build Me Up Buttercup.”

Special thanks to our music teachers Mrs. Badger-Park, Mrs. Wunsch, Miss Wright, Ms. LaVoie, Mrs. Nagy, Mrs. Scolaro; our accompanist Carol Ann Weeks; emcees Holly Thorpe ’26 and Mary Weinheimer ’26; the Friends of Music; classroom teachers; school bus drivers and everyone else who made this event possible!

District-wide Choral Festival Set List

Bell Top Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Count On Me”
The Bell Top 5th Grade Chorus
Miss Wright

DPS Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“A Winter Warning”
The Donald P. Sutherland 5th Grade Chorus
Directed by Mrs. Nagy

Genet Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Mr. Frosty Winter”
The Genet 5th Grade Chorus
Directed by Mrs. Scolaro

Green Meadow Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Snow”
The Green Meadow 5th Grade Chorus
Directed by Ms. LaVoie

Red Mill Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Winter’s Here”
The Red Mill 5th Grade Chorus
Directed by Mrs. Nagy

“Winter Again”
The Combined 4th Grade Choruses
Directed by Elementary School Music Teachers

Goff Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Dancing Through Life”
The Goff 8th Grade Chorus
Directed by Mrs. Wunsch

Columbia Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Fight Song”
Columbia High School Chorus
Directed by Mrs. Badger-Park with Natalie Mormando as soloist and Matt Pallone on cajon

Combined Combined Chorus at 2026 Choral Festival“Bonse Aba”
Combined Choruses of Columbia High School
Directed by Mrs. Badger-Park with Emily Hilt, Gabby Germano, and Matthew Gill on percussion

Chamber Singers at 2026 Choral Festival“Build Me Up Buttercup”
The CHS Chamber Singers
Directed by Mrs. Badger-Park

 

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