Arts
Franklinton High School is one of the few schools in Louisiana to have a show choir. The show choir is called the "Demonaires." It is an ensemble of about 30 students. It has a history of performing for the local area schools and events, like the Washington Parish Free Fair. In 2009, however, the Demonaires participated in their first ever show choir competition, the Mississippi Showchoir Competition, hosted by Pearl River Community College in Hattiesburg, MS. The choirs of Franklinton Jr. High and Franklinton High are currently directed by Ms. Robin Cooke. Past directors include: Ms. Jerry Dick, Ms. Beverly Bailey, Mr. Clay Magee, Mr. Kyle Jones, Mr. Chris Babb, and Mrs. Tonya Matthews. In addition to the show choir involvement, members of the choral department participate in the LMEA district and all-state honor choirs.
Franklinton High School's band program, known as the "Demon Regiment", has grown considerably under the direction of Mr. Loyman Prestenbach, who is the director for the high school and junior high band programs. Past directors include: James Bailey, Cecil Tranthom, Alec McGuire, Clay Magee and Chris Talley. The band participates in marching competitions and concert festivals, as well as the LMEA parish and district honor concert bands.
Other arts programs: Talented Art (IEP), Fine Arts, and Music Appreciation classes. 1
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“If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay—in solid cash—the tribute which philistinism owes to culture, the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“A man must be clothed with society, or we shall feel a certain bareness and poverty, as of a displaced and unfurnished member. He is to be dressed in arts and institutions, as well as in body garments. Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must; but coop up most men and you undo them.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—John Drummond (b. 1934)