Pine Bush select chorus performs at naturalization ceremony

Wide shot of a courtroom in the US federal courthouse. The PBES select chorus is in two rows, singing. In front of them is the chorus director.

On May 5, the Pine Bush Elementary School select chorus visited the U.S. federal courthouse in Albany, NY, as special guests of Judge May D’Agostino. The students performed at a naturalization ceremony and had the opportunity to learn about the citizenship process. The PBES select chorus were accompanied by Kerry Dineen, vocal music and chorus director (pictured), Brian Torre, physical education teacher (pictured), Trish McLean fourth grade teacher and Michelle Jansen, LES vocal music teacher.

PBES select chorus, wearing white shirts and black pants, stand in two rows in a courtroom. With them are a judge and the chorus director. — Pine Bush Elementary School select chorus and Kerry Dineen, chorus director, with Judge May D’Agostino.

Close up photo of a few members of the PBES select chorus performing at a naturalization ceremony at the US federal courthouse. — Some of the members of the PBES select chorus performing at a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. federal courthouse.

The PBES select chorus stands on a staircase in the U.S. federal courthouse. With them are two teachers. — Members of the PBES select chorus pose on a staircase with Kerry Dineen, chorus director and Brian Torre, physical education teacher.

The PBES select chorus, wearing white shirts and black pants, are seated in two rows in front of a wall in the courthouse. On the wall is text that reads: U.S. District Court Northern District of New York — The PBES select chorus pose at the U.S. federal courthouse in Albany.

The PBES select chorus is outside, posing for the photo. Some students have their arms around each other, some are kneeling. — The PBES select chorus pose outside the U.S. federal courthouse.

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