By Torie Wright, Icon intern

The Ada Music Boosters 37th annual Music Feast is Saturday, Nov. 8.

This year’s program features high school students from 14 visiting show choirs from Ohio and Indiana. The Ada Varsity Singers, under the direction of Abigail Glenn, Vocal Music Director, and Jonathan Lischak, Director of Instrumental and co-director, will provide an exhibition performance as the host school for this day-long event.

The event will be held in the Ada High School Auditorium and the first group will take the stage at 8 a.m. and performances will continue throughout the day. The daytime awards ceremony commences at 5 p.m. in the Ada Varsity Gymnasium. 

An evening “Finals Competition” for the six top-scoring groups during the daytime prelims will begin at 7 p.m.  The awards ceremony for the Finals Competition concludes the day at approximately 10:30 p.m. 

The Master of Ceremony, John Shuffle, will welcome over 800 singer/dancers, instrumentalists, and stage crew members to the contest.  Each show choir performs a set of songs between 15-20 minutes in length and will traditionally have a minimum of two to three costume changes. 

Tickets can be purchased at the door and are priced at $8 for adults and $5 for students K-12. The evening finals are a separate admission charge of $7 for adults and $4 for students.  A combination pass can be purchased for both day and evening performances for $13 for adults and $7 for students. 

This year’s performance schedule is as follows:
8 a.m. – Riverdale  
8:30 a.m. – Cory-Rawson
9 a.m. – Bellmont
9:45 a.m. – Vermillion
10:15 a.m. – Elgin
10:45 a.m. – Grove City
11:15 a.m. – ETC
12:45 p.m. – Crestview
1:15 p.m. – Findlay
1:45 p.m. – Kenton
2:30 p.m. – Van Buren
3 p.m. – Riverside
3:30 p.m. – Twinsburg
4 p.m. – Ada Varsity Singers

According to the music boosters, over 2,400 people are expected the event.  It takes over 200 volunteers to make this event successful. 

The boosters ask: If you are looking for a way to give back to the music program and the kids involved, please consider volunteering for a short time to help make this event the best it can be. 

Please contact Beth Milks at 419-204-7249 for more details, or use the following link to sign up:  http://vols.pt/pYMJfx .  The link for this site can also be found at www.adamusicboosters.org .