Zia Middle School Choir performs with Foreigner in Las Cruces [Video]

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KTSM) — Twenty-five students from the Zia Middle School Choir in Las Cruces shared the stage Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Pan American Center with the legendary 80s rock band Foreigner. 

“That doesn’t happen for everybody. To be able to sing in front of a crowd like that, it gives them (students) a taste of what they’re capable of doing,” said Zia’s Choir Director Christopher Yee. 

Wednesday’s concert was part of Foreigner’s “Farewell Tour” with special guest Loverboy.

Foreigner and the students performed the band’s No. 1 hit “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

“It was breathtaking. That’s a memory that I’m never going to forget,” said EmmaJean Rodriguez, an alto and eighth-grader with the choir group. “This is big. It was really exciting and this was my first opportunity. I’ve never done something like this before.”

Rodriguez says she plans to letter in choir all throughout middle school …