Performing Arts and China
In May 2008, the A.C. Reynolds Symphonic Winds Ensemble and the Chorale were extended an invitation to be good-will ambassadors and cultural representatives to the People's Republic of China by the US-China Cultural and Educational Foundation. The two groups engaged in a ten day tour in the Spring of 2009 in Beijing and the surrounding areas. A.C. Reynolds is the only public high school to have been extended this invitation since the foundation's founding in 1996. Principal Dr. Regina Lambert went to China with them.
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