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My favorite story to tell about our Nationals trip is of the bus ride home. I was sitting beside Makayla Keisler looking out the window and turned my head to the left only to see Jagroop and Jacob creeping and crawling their ways to the front of the bus. Once I realized what they were doing I couldn't help but laugh even before it happened. Our director Ms. Miki Wright had finally gone to sleep after having "tortured" us with her good morning song for 3 mornings in a row. Jacob took at least a dozen pictures of her sleeping from just about every angle possible. And then very loudly and "bouncing" as they did they proceeded to sing the good morning song to her.
 * //April, 2011 (Nationals: OrlandoFest)//**
 * Natasha Carver**

//This picture was taken after SATB rehearsal of (from left) Senior Jacob Seigler, Choral Director Miki Wright, and Sophmore Elliot Stegall. The guys surprised Ms. Wright with a huge hug!//
 * March, 2011 (All-State Weekend)**

While on the way to Rock Hill for All State Chorus Weekend, I asked Debby Kyzer to remind me to get gasoline before leaving Lexington. Well, we were so excited to be out of school and on our way to a fantastic, musical weekend that we forgot all about the gas reminder. Unfortunately, around Chester, of course in the middle of NOWHERE, my car gave out of gas on the insterstate highway. We ended up walking a good distance to find the nearest gas station because there were no stations at the nearest exit ramp! While we walked, a stray dog adopted us and kept following us no matter how hard we tried to get rid of him! When we finally came to a store, a man offered to take us back to the car and give us some gas. What did we name that scraggly dog, Debby?
 * March, 1982 (from Grayson Wright, Director)**


 * Spring, 1983 (from Grayson Wright, Director)**

Suzanne Reeder and I took a trip with Lexington High School Chorus to New York City. We enjoyed our first airplane trip together and also got to //Annie// on Broadway! Touring the city was awesome for two small town ladies!

March, 1984 **(from Grayson Wright, Director)** Remember who played piano for All State Chorus? Remember I had just had Ms. Miki Wright three months earlier? Remember who's dress I wore in the performance?

March, 1980 **(from Grayson Wright, Director)** I learned EVERYTHING about Rocky Horror Picture Show on the way home from the All State Chorus performance. Tommy Price had seen it over 100 times!!!!!!!!

May, 2010 (from Alex Arsi, Student) In this year we won a grant and had composer Joseph Martin and His Wife came to visit and his wife was previously the little mermaid at disnney world and it was cool to meet them both and have fun with them both during class one day.

April, 2009 (from Sara Walden Hanna, Student) I have had some amazing times in choir over the past three years. Yet, my most memorable time in choir is no doubt our national trip my freshman year, which was in 2009. I remember that we almost couldn't go on the trip due to a lack of money. The economy was going through a very rough period and funds were low. However, we fundraised and had some very kind people provide scholarships to members of the choir. We packed up a charter bus early one April morning and headed up to Virginia Beach, where all three of our choirs, concert choir, chorale, and bel canto, competed. On the bus ride home the next night we got a call that all three of our choirs won first place, naming Gilbert Choir National Grand Champions. The bus roared and shook with clapping, screaming, laughing, and even crying. That was one of the happiest moments of my life. We almost weren't able to even go on this trip. The following Monday, all choir members dressed up and carried our trophies down to the main office, and everyone passing us in the hallway and cafeteria clapped for us. This was such a rewarding experience!