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October 20, 2009

Anonymous The Meridian Star Tue Oct 20, 2009, 10:41 PM CDT

Editor's note: School news is a schedule of upcoming events, programs and other activities on area school and college campuses.

Information for School News should be submitted to The Meridian Star by 5 p.m. on the Friday before publication. Information may be mailed to P.O. Box 1591, Meridian, MS 39301; faxed to (601) 485-1275; or e-mailed to ibrown@themeridianstar.com (photos should be in JPEG format).

Here's a look at upcoming events at Meridian Community College. For more information, call For more information, contact Joy Smith, (601)-484-8856, unless otherwise noted:

• Thursday-Nov. 19 – MCC Continuing Education Class: Adobe InDesign CS3, MCC Continuing Education class, Thursdays, from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Webb Hall.

• Thursday – MCC Continuing Education Class: Exploring the Internet, MCC Continuing Education class, Thursday, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Webb Hall. For more information, contact (601) 484-8856.

• Oct. 24 – ACT testing, Oct. 24, 8 a.m., Ivy Hall; Mark Gunn. For more information, call (601) 484-8652.

• Oct. 27 – Phi Theta Kappa Induction Ceremony, McCain Theater. For more information, Amy Wolgamott, (601) 484-8893.

• Oct. 27-Nov. 13 – MCC Continuing Education class, Digital Photography, Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Webb Hall.

Here's a look at upcoming events at community colleges and university in the surrounding areas:

• Thursday – East Central Community College Division of Fine Arts will host its annual High School Choral Festival on the Decatur campus.

High school choirs from throughout the district, which includes Leake, Neshoba Newton, Scott and Winston counties, will be in attendance and will present a mass choir performance at 1:30 p.m. in Huff Auditorium.

Selections for the program will include “The Word Was God,” by Powell, “Kyrie” by Gabriella and “Wade in the Water” by Hogan. Parents are invited to attend and there is no charge for admission.

Serving as guest clinician will be James Hawkins, choir director at Jim Hill High School in Jackson since 1992. Three of Hawkins’ choirs recently received top honors at the Festival of Music in Toronto, Canada. His choirs have also performed at Carnegie Hall, the Morman Tabernacle Cathedral for the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C., for former President George H.W. Bush during a visit to Jackson, and in Great Britain, Italy, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

For more information, contact ECCC choral director Vicki Blaylock at 601-635-6225. The e-mail address is vblaylock@eccc.edu

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Editor's note: School news is a schedule of upcoming events, programs and other activities on area school and college campuses.
Information for School News should be submitted to The Meridian Star by 5 p.m. on the Monday before publication. Information may be mailed to P.O. Box 1591, Meridian, MS 39301; faxed to (601) 485-1275; or e-mailed to ibrown@themeridianstar.com (photos should be in JPEG format).

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