The Herald Bulletin - 9:15 p.m. UPDATE: Highland singers win

Fri, May 09 2008

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Mark Shields set up his race trailer in front of Highland High School Sunday evening and painted it to welcome home the Highland Choirs from their successful trip to Florida. Shields is the father of choir member Brittany Shields. Helping Shields light the trailer is his friend Shawn Nevin. Shields set up a sound system in the trailer and said that he was going to play Queen's "We are the Champions" as the choirs arrive. The inside of the school was also decorated and the choir's two busses received a police escort from the highway up Scatterfield to the school. Well-wishers formed a caravan from the Holiday Inn parking lot and followed the busses to the school.
Richard Sitler / The Herald Bulletin

Published March 16, 2008 07:39 pm - Two Highland High School singing groups are on their way home to Anderson Sunday night after winning grand champion honors at Disney World.

9:15 p.m. UPDATE: Highland singers win

The Herald Bulletin

Two Highland High School singing groups arrived home to Anderson Sunday night after winning grand champion honors at Disney World.

A police escort and carloads of parents met the two busloads of students at Exit 26 about 8:30 p.m. and escorted them home down Scatterfield Road. Supporters had posted signs at the high school to welcome the national champions.

The girls show choir Starliters and mixed show choir Highland Singers attended the Showstoppers Show Choir Invitational at Walt Disney World in Florida during the weekend.

The Highland Singers won the grand champion trophy after competing with 11 other mixed choirs from six states Friday, and then won in the finals against five other top choirs on Saturday, according to a news release.

The Starliters also won a grand champion trophy, and both groups were awarded scholarships. The Highland Singers won the $2,500 James E. Dash Memorial Scholarship for Artistic Excellence, and the Starliters won the $1,500 James E. Dash Memorial Scholarship for Artistic Excellence, according to a spokesman for the Showstoppers competition.

They performed at the American Gardens Theater at Epcot.