The Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota is holding auditions in May and early June. The regional non-profit goup is made up of four choirs for grades 3-12. In this, the group's 20th year, more than 250 singers from 27 southeast Minnesota communities took part.

Honors Choirs offers motivated singers a unique opportunity to experience artisitc challenge and growth. The choirs rehearse Sunday afternoons and evenings throughout the school year in Rochester.

Singers pay tuition, but scholarships are available for those in need.

You can get more information at www.honorschoirs.org or call 507-252-0505.

The Stewartville Morning Lions are having a benefit on Saturday May 5th at 4:00pm. The club is raising money to help the Stewartville High School choir purchase new robes.  There will be a meal, silent and live auctions, and a Stewartville version of Cash Cab.  All proceeds will benefit the choir.
 
In the past five years, the choir has grown from 27 girls to a membership of 260 girls and boys in six choirs. Organizers say the Stewartville School is the only school at music competitions that do not have choir robes for the students to wear as their numbers are so large.
 
This event will be held at the Stewartville Middle School from 4pm - end of Live Auction. Silent Auction 4pm - 7pm and Live Auction starts at 7:30pm.

The Four Daughters Wintery, in Spring Valley, isn't being recognized for its drinks, but rather its design.

Fabral Metal Roof & Wall Systems, and its voters across the country, have chosen the winery building as the 2012 design winner for the annual "Best in Metal" Project of the Year. The winery won in the category of Light Commerical Design.

The winery nominator, Valley Home Improvement, gets a $500 scholarship designated to the college or high school of its choice.

You can find out more about the winery here: http://www.fourdaughtersvineyard.com/