About

eight million people will have the chance to hear

Peachtree City Elementary School's chorus perform

tomorrow on PBS television as part of the 16th

annual World's Largest Concert, to be broadcast

at 1 p.m.

The

group was selected to be part of the nationwide

ensemble based on a performance tape submitted by

choral director Carolyn Groover. Peachtree City

Elementary is one of 22 schools from across the

nation performing, and the only school from

Georgia included in the afternoon event.

The

concept of the world's largest concert was

created by The National Association for Music

Education, to focus attention on music in the

nation's schools. This year's event corresponds

with NAMC's annual conference in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of Education Richard Riley will lead a

special general session during which music

teachers, music educators and guests will

participate in the WLC from the nation's capital.

Peachtree

City Elementary will be featured in the

"Let's Make Music" America segment of

the performance. The open chorus features 47

fourth- and fifth-grade students under the

direction of Groover and accompanied by Lynn

Craig. Their 1999-2000 performances include the

Festival of Trees at the Georgia World Congress

Center, winter concerts at schools and area

nursing homes and a six specially selected fifth

graders who participated in the Georgia Statewide

Elementary Honors Chorus and "Sing Along

with the Legislators."

Chorus

members are Mandy Bolia, Claire Ashley, Katie

Schoeller, Lauren McCloskey, Mandy Mendoza,

Bridget Dugan, Claire Vallejos, Chantal Hand,

Rachel O'Hara, Katherine Diaz, Jonathan Leonard,

Jessica Miller, Yvette Lawhorn, Jeffrey Hoyos,

Brittany LaPalm, James Kipa, Abby Hamann, Amber

Boyles, Elizabeth Wages, Kiara Yarbrough, Kenneth

Thompson, Kelly Helton, Ross Menke, Justin

Allison, Jordan Hardy, Hannah Williams, Olivia

Tran, Anthony Schmit, Jason Colbert, P.J. Quinn,

Jeffrey Holmes, Kegan Donaghe, Jessica Lasseter,

Ai Taniguchi, Thalia Rivas, Acelyne Summerson,

Garrett Menke, Matthew Manley, Hanna Hashtroudi,

Mallory Chapman, Jessica Lange, Shakera Brown,

Kalli Cuny, Christopher Amil, Cherise Quamme,

Jennifer Safko and Ashlee Whitson.

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