Jamestown (CSi) On Saturday, October 15 Jamestown hosted “Surround the State in Song,” an honor choral festival for North Dakota students in grades 5-7. The concert was held at the Jamestown High School Auditorium at 3:30 PM.

Before performing before the public, students from numerous schools practiced under guest conductor Connie Stordalen from Bismarck Horizon Middle School. Piano accompaniment will be provided by John Clodfelter from the University of Jamestown.

Area schools in the area participating with Choral Directors included: Buffalo City Homeschool-Heidi Tyson, Jamestown Middle School-Heather Aune, Sargent Central-Kaia Mahrer, Ellendale-Charlene Blondo, Zeeland-Trudy Fraase Wolf, Medina-Rochelle Bosche, and Monteplier-Kristen Lynch.

In North Dakota state, there are 61 schools and 596 students participating from Jamestown, Grand Forks, Fargo, Dickinson, Minot, Bismarck, and Williston.