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Vince Lopez and fellow members of the Winters High School band are among the many music students throughout the district who will benefit from funds raised at next month’s “Grand Night of Singing.” Tickets for the Feb. 24 a capella concert are available at Shirley Rominger Intermediate School, Winters Middle School, Winters High School and Pacific Ace Hardware.

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Event benefits

music programs

By DEBBIE HEMENWAY
Staff writer
Perhaps best described as “Glee meets The Sing-Off,” this year’s annual fundraiser for music in Winters schools will feature an evening of “singing, dancing and vocal excitement,” says music teacher Lynne Secrist.
The official title of the benefit is “A Grand Night of Singing,” and the Community Center will be filled with voices from the schools, the community and beyond on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
Representing the Winters schools will be choral groups from Shirley Rominger and Winters Middle Schools, under Secrist’s direction, and Winters High School, led by teacher Tania Mannion.
“I’m really excited about my group,” says Mannion, “and they’re excited too. We have some really talented soloists.”
Octapella, an adult vocal group that meets in Winters weekly, will add their “love of singing” to the mix.
In what promises to be the highlight of the evening, four groups from UC Davis have volunteered their time to round out the program. Fresh off a major competition at the university, they will be “at their best,” says Secrist. Mannion describes the Davis groups as “awesome.”
They include “The Spokes,” an all women’s group; the all male “Afterglow”; and “One Note Stand” and “The Liquid Hotplates,” two mixed groups. . . .