During last weekend’s Lake Highlands Espree Show, senior Espree member Tim Davis quipped, “Before Glee, there was Espree.”

Capitalizing on the current popularity of the hit TV show, Glee, Espree took the stage at the Lake Highlands High School auditorium on February 26th and 27th, wowing the audience with their own pop singing show entitled The House is Rockin’.

After weeks of rehearsals, the ensemble performed a crowd-pleasing presentation celebrating the group’s 30th anniversary.

The night’s entertainment featured hit music from the silver screen, including Harry Connick, Jr.’s A Wink and a Smile from Sleepless in Seattle and a beautiful a cappella arrangement of Moon River from the Breakfast at Tiffany’s soundtrack.

The ensemble also got the house rocking with their version of Eye of the Tiger from the popular movie, Rocky III.

Later in the performance, Espree showcased a sampling of favorite performances from the past thirty years.

The audience enjoyed a variety of songs by popular musical groups and artists, including songs from the B-52s, Cyndi Lauper, Switchfoot, Norah Jones and The Supremes.

One highlight of the evening came when the Espree men channeled the boy band ‘NSync by dancing and singing the hit song Bye Bye Bye.

Another audience favorite was the Glee cast cover version of Don’t Stop Believin'.

The talented students successfully mastered the vocals, instrumentals, and technical aspects of the show under the direction of Michael O’Hern, LHHS choir director, and Terry Berrier, LHHS associate choir director.

Once again this year, the elaborate lighting was handled by 2004 Espree member and professional lighting technician, Lee Terry.

2009-'10 Espree members include Carly Anthony, Ryan Berg, Jordan Chumbley, Timothy Davis, Catherine French, Kristen Gavigan, Max Hearst, Steven Heger, Rachel Jones, Luke Moser, Thomas Mullins, Katie North, Whitney Sides, Patrick Thornton, Luke Trowbridge, Havilland Voss, Martin White, Colton Williams and Megan Williams.

For more information on the group, visit their website at http://www.lhhschoir.org.

Our thanks to Michael Crane for the photographs of the performance.

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