The choir from MPS’ Lincoln Center of the Arts Middle School performed at the Light the Lincoln event Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Milwaukee County War Memorial, where the switch was flipped on new lighting for the Abraham Lincoln statue. A Lincoln impersonator recited the Gettysburg Address inside the War Memorial before the ceremony and toured Lincoln Avenue School Tuesday morning. Lincoln Center of the Arts has an extensive arts curriculum, offering courses and extracurricular activities in band, chorus, orchestra, jazz ensemble, drum line, theater and the visual arts.