Published On: October 1st, 2013By Leticia Fehling

Hambrick Middle School Students Perform at 2013 TASA/TASB Convention

Eighth grade choir students Bianca Villarreal and Mark Negrete of Hambrick Middle School represented Aldine ISD during the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)/Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Convention held Sept. 27-29 in Dallas. Villarreal and Negrete, along with 150 students from band, choir, dance, drama and visual arts performed at the event. The kindergarten through 12^th grade students opened the convention with their performance of all original music and scripts written primarily by José Antonio Díaz, band director at MacArthur High School as well as founder and artistic director of the Diaz Music Institute.

Each year, the district of the school board member serving as the TASB president is selected to perform. During the planning stage for the 2013 convention, Dr. Viola M. García, an AISD school board member, served as president of TASB (She is currently a past president of TASB.).

The students had been rehearsing and practicing arduously since May to ensure a wonderful performance.

Colleen Riddle, AISD program director of elementary performing arts education, was excited to have Aldine ISD students perform at the event that draws more than 6,000 school leaders from across the state.

“This was a great opportunity to showcase some of our most talented performers,” Riddle commented. “It is also gave our students a chance to perform at a large venue.”