*This article was first published in 2020. Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame Inductees will be honored at the Homecoming game on Sept. 17. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Janet Watkins’ hobby is gardening. She enjoys the process from starting with a seed to nurturing it to life to waiting for the bloom […]
Fourteen Lincoln Trail choral students were selected to perform in the ILMEA All-State Children’s Chorus at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, Feb 1. Top Row:Breauna Lewis, Ally McGregor, Lilyan Daniels, Maddie Reynhout, Dean Williard Middle Row:Austo Li, Tucker Loven, Levi Avery, Caroline Mills Floor:Isabelle Bohn, Autumn Booth, Sophie Kersh, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Years after the fact, Steve Rinkel can chuckle at the memories associated with the purchase of a home in Mahomet. He and his wife, Jill, were married in November, 1984, and living in southeast Urbana. By the following spring, they decided a move would be a wise […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It’s been 30 years since Ann Marie Morisette performed as a Madrigal at Mahomet-Seymour High School. But this weekend, her heart will be on the stage as her daughter, Miranda, a sophomore, performs with the beloved Mahomet-Seymour group. When the Morisettes moved to Mahomet-Seymour five years ago, […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Tickets for the 37th-annual Mahomet-Seymour High School Madrigal dinner go on sale to the public on Nov. 12. This year’s Madrigal cast, directed by Nicole Kuglich and assisted by Brian Lonergan, features 22 members including: Lord Maxwell Bartlett, Lord Luca Bellini, Lord Logan Burdette, Lord Ryan Bushell, […]
The following Mahomet-Seymour High School students had successful auditions for Illinois Music Education District 3 Music Festivals. They will represent at MSHS at their respective concerts at Olivet Nazarene University in November. Concert BandMatthew Bletzinger-TromboneRoman Di Girolamo – TromboneOwen Ericson – TubaNasaya Francom – BassoonLydia Magyar – Alto Sax OrchestraAnnie […]
MSHS singers, Emma Beddow, Logan Burdette, Ryan Bushell , Nicolina Di Girolamo, Leah Nykaza, Jessica Smith, Wyatt Taber , Kyle Widener, Neenah Williams and Alexis Young enjoyed their time at the 2019 Millikin Vocal Festival Saturday. Nicolina Di Girolamo was selected as one of the semi-finalists in the Solo Competition.
Twenty-three Lincoln Trail students performed in the Heart of Illinois Orff Chapter Music Festival on Saturday, May 11 at the Center for Performing Arts in Normal. Music Instructors Sue Keeble (Lincoln Trail) and Jacob Beinborn (Middletown Prairie) had an amazing day creating music with students from all over Central Illinois for this annual […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It all started with the wind sweeping down the plain. And, for Mahomet-Seymour High School seniors Chris and Clay Bartlett, it will end with the epic story of a man who fought for his sister, his life and his country. But there are more stories to be […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Choirs sing. That’s what they do. Mahomet-Seymour’s 51-member Chamber Choir took to the stage last Sunday at McKinley Presbyterian Church in Champaign. The performance was not typical. The entire 20-minute piece — Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms — was sung in Hebrew. It was “a difficult feat for […]
