by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — It was a remarkable night of music. Friday evening, the Wellington High School Choir and Band held a outdoor Lawn Concert on the east side of the WHS building. It’s hard to fathom a more perfect three hours of entertainment than on this cooler-than-usual summer night.

The Lawn Concert was a fundraiser for choir which is raising funds for its huge trip to Carnegie Hall in New York City in February. The choir has raised about $56,000 but needs to raise a lot more before they reach its $80,000 goal.

Wellington High School Band makes its 2018-19 debut at lawn concert.

The evening featured choir group performances, solos, a band performance, The Lough Brothers, Nieves food truck, Brown Box Bakery food truck, face painting, raffles, concession food and plenty of singing and dancing.

Here were some of the performances Friday night:

•Various songs – Lough Brothers.

•Hooked on a Feeling – Crusader Choir;

•Seasons of Love — Soloists: Chloe Easterly and Quinn McCue;

•The Night We Met — Rachel Lee;

•The Breakup Song — Izzi Saunders.

•Close Doors — Jordyn Young.

•Helena — Crusader singers.

•Battle of Jericho — Crusader Choir.

•Something I Need — Mason Lough and Brittney Bentz.

•Not About Angels — Abbigail Smith.

•Future Soon — Cameron Carter

•Secret Love Song Part 2 — Michaela Adkins, Brittney Bentz, Brenna Brown, Chloe Easterly.

•Fix You — Crusader Choir. Soloist: Abbigail Smith.

•Build Me Up Buttercup — Crusader Choir.

•Hallelujah — Crusader Choir. Soloist: Cameron Carter, Joel Brown, Rachel Lee, Izzi Saunders.

•This is Me — Crusader Choir. Soloist: Michaela Adkins and Quinn McCue.

The full photo gallery can be found here.

If you wish to donate to the Crusader Choir project, donate to:

Crusader Choir Carnegie Hall Project

Wellington High School

Wellington, Kansas, 67152.

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