The Biggest Flag Waving Event in Sulphur Springs: Don’t Miss Independence Concert Saturday June 30 at 8pm
During a KSST Morning Show interview, Alliance Bank President Tom Sellers invited the entire community to be present for a group celebration of our nation’s birthday on Celebration Plaza, downtown Sulphur Springs, on Saturday June 30, 2018. The music will start at 8pm and the fireworks will follow the concert at dark. Alliance Bank has been a sponsor for all 27 years of the local concert’s history, and in recent years, a...
Behind the Scenes: Sulphur Springs Symphony League
As many people know, the Annual Independence Day Concert is coming up on July 1st, but what goes on behind the scenes to make this amazing event possible? KSST sat down with Linda Galligher, member of the Sulphur Springs Symphony League to discuss the history of the league and the upcoming concert. The Northeast Texas Symphony Association (NETSA) was founded years ago and turned into the Sulphur Springs Symphony League (SSSL)....
Crouch Named Texas Music Scholar
Chase Crouch, a sophomore at Sulphur Springs High School, will be honored as a Texas Music Scholar at a ceremony during the Sulphur Springs High School Fine Arts Showcase Tuesday night May 16, 2017 in the SSHS Auditorium, according to the Texas Music Educators Association. The Texas Music Scholar Award designates students in high school music programs who exemplify attributes of meritorious performance in the areas of scholarship,...
Muniz Receives Scholarship from Mount Vernon Music
Mount Vernon Music presented 13-year old Jace Muniz a $50 scholarship. The scholarship is to be used for music and/or to purchase a violin. Muniz recorded a piece for competition. He is a students of Private Teacher Suzanna Herrera at Heart Strings Violin Studio. Mount Vernon Music offers scholarships annually to students in rural East Texas to enable those students to pursue their dream. Muniz has been playing violin for three years....
Auditorium Remodel Forces Cancellation of Children’s Concert
An annual cultural event for all third, fourth, and fifth graders in all Hopkins County Schools has been canceled. The Sulphur Springs Symphony League has been presenting the annual children’s concert that features a music-focused learning experience for students for the past 18 years. This year the May event has been cancelled due to lack of venue. Over 1,000 students were to have attended the event at the Civic Center/SSISD...
SSISD Fine Arts Find Spring Success; Set Sight on 2015 Fall Program
Fine Arts Director Charles McCauley has announced the 2015 marching band show for the Sulphur Springs High School band. The announcement was made to the High School band on Monday. The fall show will be called “Astro”. The opening song is “The Jetsons” but has parts of Gustav Holt’s “The Planets” work in it as well. Thus, it is called “The Jetson’s Travel the Planets”. The...
NETSA Receives Grant From TCA
The Northeast Texas Association (NETSA) under the leadership of the Sulphur Springs Symphony League has been approved to receive one the 256 Art Respond Project grants through the Texas Commission of the Arts (TCA). These grants fund arts-based projects that address on the priority areas of economic development, education, health and human services, natural resources and agriculture, or public safety and criminal justice. NETSA...
