Simmons choir performs at 9/11 Patriot Day ceremony

A choir of Simmons Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade students performed at the 9/11 Patriot Day remembrance ceremony Sept. 12 at the Hoover Fire Department’s Station No. 2.

The ceremony included the Pledge of Allegiance, a flag presentation, a bell ceremony at the time of the collapse of the South Tower, a moment of silence to recognize those who were lost and the national anthem performed by the Simmons Middle School choir. 

The students who participated in the ceremony included: Alexis Aspito, Riley Brophy, Mary Buford,  Kaitlyn Caldbeck, Paula Calderas, Matthew Casey, Cheyanne Chadwell, Kathryn Chambers, Rebecca Clark, Aryona Clay, Brady Coltrane, Ross Cooley, Chloe Cope, Sadie Cope, Kennedi Crum, Aulana Dudley, Christopher Dutton, Anna Lane Elmore, Griffin Feazell, Natalia Ferrer, Allie Ford, Madee Frier, Karina Garcia Martinez, Blakley Glover, James Haberland, Hunter Hallmark, Liam Harrell, Shekinah Harris, AJ Hazel, Taleen Hejazen, John Hickman, Amiya Holt, Paine Horton, Ali Hyde, Mary Grace Isbell, Alexis Johnson, Elsa Johnston, Aarian Jones, Camden Jung, Ella King, Adam Lepkowski, Brooke MacQuarrie, Hannah McCain, Luke McNeill, Kelsey Minor, Madalyn Minor, Lily Morgan, Annabelle Morrison, Ella Nunn, Mena Orso, Caroline Owen, Jonica Owen, Matthew Parrish, Veronica Patrick, Kaelin Pettit, Emma Pittman, Justin Rau, Trey Rayfield, Amelia Richey, Morgan Riley, Haley Robinson, Patrick Roper, Hannah Roquet, Maria Rumore, Aiden Rupp, Olivia Sasser, Peter Shen, Abigail Shipley, Makele Silas, Allie Simmons, William Simpson, Noah Small, Mary Claire Vaughan, Angelina Venters, Jasmine Wadsworth, Jackson White, Wyatt Wilbanks, Crystal Williams and Alexis Williams. They are under the direction of Choir Director Dan Cater.

– Submitted by Michelle Berg.