Tahoe Valley Thunderbird Choir shines at music competition

The Tahoe Valley Thunderbird Choir recently made their first trip to the Music in the Parks Choir Festival in Fairfield, Calif. Choir director Allyssa Little wanted the student singers to experience performing under pressure in the presence of top quality competitors.

The experience turned out better than the initial exposure they were planning as the third-fifth graders came home with a first place award in their division, a first place in the overall elementary choir category, a rating of excellence from the panel of judges and one Tahoe Valley student, Lucia Solorzano, was selected as Most Outstanding Elementary Vocalist.

For their efforts they were awarded two trophies, one of which was almost as tall as many of the singers.

Lucia had an "ear to ear smile" when she was recognized in front of the entire auditorium for her outstanding performance.

“I had a feeling we would perform well, but these kids blew me away, then to have the adjudicators verify that it wasn’t just me being biased was just awesome,” said Little.

“All of the work to make this trip possible instantly seemed more than worth it when we saw the smiles on the kid’s faces and when we got to experience the excitement at the school when they saw our trophies,” added Little. "This also wouldn’t have been possible without the help of MANY teachers at Tahoe Valley and parent chaperones."

For more information on the Tahoe Valley Choir contact director Allyssa Little at alittle@ltusd.org