While covering the eighth annual Azalea Festival in Presley Heights, I caught the performance by Lawhon Elementary School’s third-grade choir, One Voice. The talented youngsters, led by director Courtney Rutherford, performed six songs Saturday morning. The two videoclips are from the final two songs, “Born to Make Music” and their rendition of “Hound Dog” by Tupelo’s own Elvis Presley.
It’s neat to see a Lawhon group perform an Elvis song. Long before he became the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis was just like the kids in the videoclips. Lawhon was the first school he attended.
The Azalea Festival, sponsored by the Presley Heights Neighborhood Association, is an annual event at Veterans Park in east Tupelo.
Bobby Pepper