RICHMOND — Children and youth in grades 4-12 who have been accepted into the 2008 Virginia Baptist All-State Choirs have been announced.
The singers were nominated and auditioned to participate, according to Tom Ingram, worship and spiritual development consultant at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board.
The choir members and their churches are:
• Burrows Memorial Baptist Church, Norfolk, Cathy Swaim, Director: Kim Godbey, Elizabeth Well
• Chatham Heights Baptist Church, Martinsville, David Cameron, Director: Ashleigh Buck, Olivia Elizabeth Buck, Sarah Hatfield, Kathryne Elizabeth Jamison, Dané Simmons
• Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Earlysville, Katie Alfano, Director: Anna Deborah Alfano, Kelley Barker, Jessica Brown, Reilly McCann, Lauren Tornrose, Madeline Tornrose
• Derbyshire Baptist Church, Richmond, David Schwoebel, Director: Lauren Brawley, Elizabeth Michele Lyn Guidry, Ashley Hemphill, Taylor Hemphill, Georgia Hicks, Leah Hicks, Savannah Karten, Natalie Liscio, Caroline Medley, Savannah Patterson, Garrett Riley, Courtney Schwoebel, McKenzie Smith, Emily Turner, David Warren, Windsor-Rose Whitlock, Taylor Williams
• First Baptist Church, Ashland, Fred Horn, Director: Taylor Adams, Victoria Carpenter, Graham Coburn, Lauren Coburn, Alison Flinn, Claire Glisson, Abby Horn, Ashleigh Hutcheson, Ezra Marsh, Reva Marsh, Wesley May, Dustin Pegram
• First Baptist Church, Bluefield, Bryant Moxley, Director: Hannah Crawford, Keith Filer, Mark Filer, Ruth Gomez, Anna Moxley, Sarah Moxley, Rachel Ziglar
• First Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Linda Morris, Director: Lauren Govoruhk, Julia Haney
• First Baptist Church, Danville, Kathy Northen, Director: Rachael Carter, Rebecca Carter, Taylor Carter
• First Baptist Church, Richmond, Phil Mitchell, Director: Ellie Carter, E. Diana Dominey, Justin Gray, Channing Rives, Virginia Tilley
• Franklin Baptist Church, Franklin, Steve Gibson, Director: Hannah Childress, C. J. Harcum, Grace Kreider, Clayton Turner, Leah Wright
• Grace Baptist Church, Woodbridge, Marc Brown, Director: Tim Johnson, Abigail Kamphausen, Caytee McDonald, Nathan Perrin, Natalie Schumacher, Alexander Wood, Amy Young
• Grace Baptist Church, Richmond, Wanda Sauley Fennell, Director: Charlotte Fennell, Katie Hebel, Lara Pugh
• Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church, Richmond, Tom Ingram, Director: Jordan Elrod, Heather Stamey
• Huguenot Road Baptist Church, Richmond, Phillip Brown, Director: Catie Lott, Valerie Lott
• Manassas Baptist Church, Manassas, Becky Verner, Director: Christopher Byrom, Sydney Gantz, Heather Elizabeth Hannan, Jeremiah Tran
• Midway Baptist Church, Phenix, Michelle Singleton, Director: Heather Anthony, Rachel Isaacs, Ryan Murphy, Amber Shelton, Briana Shelton, Bethany Singleton
• Moffett Memorial Baptist Church, Danville, Becky Holt, Director: Dana M. Hawker, Hunter Liles, Carson Osborne, Madison Osborne
• Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, Danville, Jana Wolfe and Lydia Landrum, Directors: Blake Adkins, Janie Adkins, Leah Landrum, Jacob Ovack, Tristan Scarce, Bethany Scearce, Jordan Self, Stephen Sloan, Carley Taylor, Morgan Taylor, Emily Wolfe, Laura Wolfe,
• Pine Street Baptist Church, Richmond, Linda Johnston, Director: Lindsey Turner
• Second Baptist Church, Richmond, Judy Mawyer, Director: Riley Aiken, Preston R. Barshinger, Laura Beamer, Hailey Bennett, Sarah Boddy, Taylor Elizabeth Carrington, Amanda Clark, Sarah Clark, Meredith Didlake, Boyd Esleck, Waverly Ann Jackson, Emily LaPlante, Nicole Ligon, Jamison Lloyd, Wesley Owens, Amy Stewart, Sarah Ginny Stewart, Morgan Turner, Lane N. Walker, Victoria Wornom
• Sharon Baptist Church, King William, Vickie Dougherty, Director: Emily Dougherty
• Starling Avenue Baptist Church, Martinsville, Gerry Robinson, Director: Sam Dickerson, Hannah LaPrade
• Tabernacle Baptist Church, Richmond, Judy Fiske and Valorie Andrist, Directors: Angelica Carillo, Tiffny Keeton, Nickole Kennedy, Kimberly Quinn
• Virginia Heights Baptist Church, Roanoke, Kevin Lamb, Director: Marysa Lynn Johnson
• West End Baptist Church, Petersburg, Matt Smith, Director: Lucas Allen, Michael Burnett, Jerry Lee Mize II, Kayleigh Moore
• Westhampton Baptist Church, Richmond, Carol Turner, Director: Taylor Newcomb, Dimitridu Roseau
• Winfree Memorial Baptist Church, Midlothian, Susan Marshall, Director: Emily Dean, Conner Fish, Brian Haver, Grant Haver, Alanna Luxner, Craig Edwins Phibbs