The Fontana High School Madrigals have a long history of excellence and their recent gold award winning performance at the 25th Heritage Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada was proof that they are only getting better.

Choral groups come from all over the United States to compete in the prestigious Heritage Music Festival.  This was the second year the Fohi Madrigals participated in the competition and the second year that they have received a superior rating (a score of 90 or higher out of a possible 100) and gold plaque.  This year they were also named top choral group in the competition with the highest scores and the highest recommendation from the judges.

On the strength of this performance, the Madrigals have been invited to participate in the Heritage Festival of Gold in San Francisco.  The Heritage Festival of Gold is an elite competition in which only choirs that have received a superior rating and gold plaque are invited to take part.

According to Jennifer Esquivel, Fontana High School vocal music teacher, cost of participation in the festival is very expensive.  It was $500 per student for the competition in Las Vegas, and cost for the San Francisco competition next year will be twice that amount. Needless to say, the Madrigals will be doing a lot of fundraising.

FUSD is very proud of the Fohi Madrigals and their accomplishments.  Said Fontana High School teacher Lynn Beal, who shared in the chaperoning duties for the Las Vegas competition, "I have never been more proud to be associated with any group on the Fohi campus!  You couldn't ask for a better group to serve as goodwill ambassadors for the Fontana Unified School District."