By Jess Owens – Staff Reporter

Ms. Jones and 24 members of the Jonathan Law choir were featured on Anna and Raven’s show on Star 99.9 on February 1st to sing the National Anthem and kick off Super Bowl weekend. Advocate Staff Reporter Jess Owens interviewed Jones about their exciting experience.

Jess Owens: What were your feelings about being chosen to be on the radio?

Ms. Jones: It was such an exciting moment and totally unexpected. It was a last minute thing where we were told by a parent in choir we should submit something in for our choir for it, and I was like “Oh, that’s fine I’ll just send something in,” but I really didn’t expect to hear back. Then to hear the next day they loved it and wanted us was so unexpected and very exciting.

JO: Do you think this will make Law Choir more well known from this?

MJ: Already, I’ve had Law Choir members come up to me and say that there are students that they pass in the hall that they don’t even know or their not friendly with who have stopped them and said, “Oh, we heard you on the radio this morning, it was so good.” We already have like 2,700 views on Facebook. Somebody wrote on the tweet that went out by the Anna and Raven show that said “Yo @NFL check this out” so I feel like people are watching and their paying attention. I don’t know how famous we’ll become from it and I don’t think that that’s the goal. It was just really to have the experience together.

JO: Can you describe the experience?

MJ: I was very nervous and it was overwhelming because I just didn’t know what it was going to be like. To know that a lot of people are listening…it’s definitely not my forte to speak and answer questions so I struggled with that, but they were super welcoming and they made us feel comfortable. It was fun to be able to let our guard down and just be ourselves in there with the Anna and Raven show.

JO: What was your favorite part?

MJ: My favorite part was really just the excitement of the students. They were just so excited to be there and you could feel the energy when we were leaving. After the stress of the performance was over to just actually be able to get on the bus with everybody and to see how excited they all were and elated they were from their performance – that was the best moment for me.

JO: What’s next for Law Choir?

MJ: We are hoping to perform at the St. Patty’s Day parade in March and we have our Music In Our Schools month concert coming up in March as well. Be there!