Raised Voices

North Montgomery Middle School Choir Director Megan Birk lives up to her title Wednesday, directing sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students during an outdoor concert by the district's football stadium. Birk, along with high school play/musical director Mike Melvin, proved instrumental Wednesday in the organization of more than 800 individuals involved in middle school choir this year.

The Hunters set up shop in the back of the family van Wednesday in the North Montgomery High School parking lot, eagerly awaiting an outdoor middle school choir concert. Members of the Hunter family present that day were Allie, from left, Jacob, Ryan and mother Katie, who teaches sixth-grade science at NMMS..

A fall middle school choir concert grew so large

Sixth-grade students perform during a middle school choir concert held in the North Montgomery parking lot Wednesday.

North Montgomery Middle School eighth-grade students dance in sync Wednesday evening with the setting sun.