{"id":1318180,"date":"2020-02-11T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T21:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817704"},"modified":"2020-02-11T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T21:22:35","slug":"how-the-lindale-chorale-scored-the-miranda-lambert-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/how-the-lindale-chorale-scored-the-miranda-lambert-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Lindale Chorale Scored the Miranda Lambert Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:686666?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n50m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>In an era when so many schools are forced to cut fine arts out of their curriculum, it\u2019s worthy of celebration when you find a school that has found a way to keep making music. <\/p>\n<p>Especially when that music is good enough for Miranda Lambert. <\/p>\n<p>So on Monday, when I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817619\/miranda-lambert-goes-back-to-school-to-recruit-background-singers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Lambert had recruited the choir from her alma mater, Lindale High School, to join her onstage in Dallas, I wondered how you\u2019d even make that happen. And it turns out, all it took was a phone call. <\/p>\n<p>Kerry Baham, the Director of Choirs for the Lindale Independent School District, explained just how his choir made it up to that big stage in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Lambert reached out to the Lindale administration inviting members of the high school choir to collaborate with her on her Dallas concert,\u201d Baham told me of how simple the process was. \u201cThere were actually 22 singers on stage from the Lindale High School Chorale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But getting into that vocal group isn\u2019t exactly easy. The coveted Chorale spots go to the students with the most promise. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chorale is an auditioned group chosen from the Lindale High School Concert Choir. These talented young singers are chosen based on factors such as vocal talent, academic accomplishment, as well as the work ethic they display on a daily basis in class,\u201d he explained. \u201cEach of the 22 who sang with Ms. Lambert are members of our All Region choir, with some also having earned All Area and All State status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baham added that the singers spent a couple of days learning the back-up vocals for \u201cTin Man,\u201d the song they ultimately sang with Lambert on Saturday night (Feb. 8). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch like Ms. Lambert was at their age,\u201d he said, \u201cthese young Lindale singers are serious about becoming the best musicians they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch their \u201cTin Man\u201d backstage rehearsal here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Also big thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindaleHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LindaleHS<\/a> Choir for joining me at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AACenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AACenter<\/a> last night for such a special moment \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pG2oUdaAo0\">pic.twitter.com\/pG2oUdaAo0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miranda Lambert (@mirandalambert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirandalambert\/status\/1226636273147883520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During that special moment of the concert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/music\/miranda-lambert-created-something-extraordinary-at-her-american-airlines-show-on-saturday-11867446\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to<\/a> the <em>Dallas Observer<\/em>, Lambert explained that when she was a student at Lindale High School 20 years ago, she started a petition for Lindale to have its own high school choir. It worked, and that music has been a big part of the school\u2019s arts culture ever since. <\/p>\n<p>The next stop on Lambert\u2019s Wildcard tour is on Feb. 20 in Anaheim, California. <\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817704\/how-the-lindale-chorale-scored-the-miranda-lambert-gig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 50m ago In an era when so many schools are forced to cut fine arts out of their curriculum, it\u2019s worthy of celebration when you find a school that has found a way to keep making music. Especially when that music is good enough for Miranda Lambert. So on Monday, when I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1318180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 05:12:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}