Fall Choir Showcase Opens the Indoor Stage Tonight
Paris, ID · November 9, 2026
Choir sheet music is rustling and car heaters are getting their first serious workout of the week. There is plenty of warmth indoors once the school bells ring this afternoon.
The Lead
With the conclusion of the fall sports calendar over the weekend, student life across the valley makes its annual pivot indoors this evening. Bear Lake Middle School hosts the district-wide choir concert tonight, gathering vocal ensembles from across the grades for their first joint performance of the academic year.
For families scattered between Paris and the surrounding lakeside towns, these multi-school music showcases offer a rare chance to fill the auditorium together before the first trimester wraps up later this week. Music directors and student singers have spent the last six weeks balancing sectional rehearsals with early morning choir runs, fine-tuning a repertoire that stretches from classic choral pieces to early holiday selections. The doors open at 6:30 PM, and stage lights come up at 7:00 PM sharp.
Local Pulse
- Fire District Levy Falls Short at Polls Safety Bear Lake Fire District will maintain current operations after an $800,000 permanent override levy failed to reach the required supermajority.
Today's Outlook
- High 56°F · Low 31°F — Overcast
- Keep a heavy coat handy as temperatures drop toward freezing under grey skies tonight.
What's On Around Town
Today
- Fall District Choir Concert Bear Lake Middle School, Montpelier, 7:00 PM · Free Student vocalists perform their fall repertoire in the middle school auditorium.
Tomorrow
- Preschool Story Hour Bear Lake County Library (138 N 6th St), Montpelier, 11:00 AM · Free
- Bear Lake School District Board Meeting District Office (39 Fielding Rd), 5:30–6:30 PM · Free
Wednesday
- Fall District Band Concert Bear Lake Middle School, Montpelier, 6:00–7:00 PM · Free
Spotlight & Story
- Dan's Drive In Dan's has fired up the grill at 733 Washington Street in Montpelier since 1964. Generations of valley families still pull in for hand-pressed smash burgers, fresh-cut fry sauce orders, and thick malt milkshakes made just the way founder Dan intended.
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