Paula Holmberg- MHS Choir Director

Our program on August 19^th was a presentation by Paula Holmberg, the choir director at Minnetonka High School. Her main reason for being at our lunch was to thank the club for our support of their upcoming trip this academic year to Italy. Our club has made a donation to help needy choir members to be able to afford to go on the trip with their choir.

Paula gave us an overview of the music department at the school, high lighting the choirs and their rich musical history. The Minnetonka Choir started with the school in 1952, and it is traditional for every concert to end with the choral “Benediction”. Each year, the large choir takes a trip and performs a number of concerts during the trip. It’s a great learning experience for the kids. We’re familiar with the choir from the annual concerts the give us around the holidays, and many of us have family members or other relatives that have been members.