"Walking to Carnegie" fund-raiser to be held

Every three years since 2009, Holton High School has sent a group from its vocal music program to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

HHS vocal music director Randall Bond is aiming to take another group of Wildcat singers back to the celebrated concert hall in May of 2018, but first, he’ll be “Walking to Carnegie” — not literally walking all the way to the Big Apple, of course, but walking to raise funds for the trip.

A fund-raising walk has been scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the HHS track, where Bond plans to walk 100 laps — 25 miles — around the track. Anyone wishing to make a contribution to the event may do so through a sign-up at HHS activities on Friday, Oct. 6, or through a GoFundMe Internet page established for the event, Bond said.

“We are asking for donations per mile,” he added. “We’ll also have two 50/50 drawings for this event for those who believe I will make the allotted distance and those who believe I will not.”

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