John Hayden is the proud father of
Taylor Marie, Carter James, Ella Jo and Kaleb John. He
has been the vocal music instructor at Benton Community Middle School and
High School since 1993. His duties at Benton Community include directing two high school mixed choirs, a men's choir, a women's choir, two show choirs,
and a madrigal choir. At the middle school he directs an eighth grade mixed choir and a 130 voice seventh and eighth grade boy's
choir and assists with the middle school show choir "Illusions".
Show Choirs under his direction have won numerous competitions.
John also directs the Cedar Rapids Harmony Hawks Men's Chorus. The Harmony Hawks are the Cedar Rapids, Iowa chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society. Under his direction the chorus has won the Plateau AA Championship at the Central States Convention. He has also competed in a number of quartets at the District and International level and currently sings bass for "Trademark" in the Central States region. He is an active clinician at choral festivals in the United States and Canada, an arranger, festival judge, and has been on the faculty at the SPEBSQSA sponsored "Director's College". John and his wife reside in Blairstown, Iowa.
The camp will also have high school and/or college
students assisting with choreography and camp activities. |
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