Church choir from Albion sings anthem at Red Wings game

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 September 2026 at 1:03 pm

Photos courtesy of Mike Thaine

ROCHESTER – The choir at the First Presbyterian Church of Albion sang the national anthem just before the Rochester Red Wings game on labor day, Sept. 7.

The Red Wings would go on to defeat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 3-1.

The choir received an enthusiastic response from the standing-room only crowd, with one long-time usher remarking that it was one of the top anthem renditions of the season, one of the church members said.

Pictured from left in row one: Anna Symons, Martha Batt, Annette Mannella, Pastor & Choir Director Sue Thaine, Amanda Krenning-Muoio and Jeanine Baron.  Second row: Donna Eisermann, Maggie Martin, Kevin Gardner, Tod Symons, Erin Moody, Alec Sherman and Shirley Mazourek-Murray. (Missing from photo: Sharon Anderson and Marietta Schuth)

The choir’s performance was projected on the ESL Ballpark’s Jumbotron scoreboard.