Bluffton boys' choir performs at sold-out Schottenstein Center March 26
Oh, say, can you see...
Shirts and Pants, an extra-curricular male choir of Bluffton High School boys, will sing that phrase and more as the entire State of Ohio watches later this month. To watch a video rehearsal of the performance click here.
The choir of 15, directed by Kevin Gratz, will perform The National Anthem prior to the tip-off of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I boys' basketball state championship game. The performance is at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, March 26, in the Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University.
The choir will perform the Francis Scott Key work a cappella. The performance will be aired on live television on the Sports Time Ohio channel.
During their performance, the choir will wear black pants, white long-sleeve shirts and ties. The photo and video were taken on Tuesday, March 15, during a dress rehearsal.
The choir sings several times during the year. Its repertoire ranges from traditional male choral works to gospel music.
For persons unable to obtain tickets to their sold-out performance in Columbus, the choir will perform The National Anthem during the Friday, April 8, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in the town hall. The free breakfast is open to the public.
Members of the choir are:
Tenor I
David Yoder
Zachary Harlow
Justin Paul Neufeld Weaver
Tenor II
David Hooley
Kody Koronich
Julian Harnish
Baritone
Landon Cluts
Joey Bertka
Chase Wilson
Jackson Bush
Jeremy Basinger*
Bass
Taylor Steele*
Lucas Harnish
Samuel Neff
Andrew Hoff
*Absent with the photo and video were taken.
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