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Polishing up on their singing skills are
Seniors Ann Mategrano, Rob Ford and Juniors Steve Hunt
and Mardra Wright. (S. MEESE ) Changes Allow For Talent

A You had the house to yourself. mented Sophomore Amy Walsh about her fa-
lone at last!
. a group gave me a really good feeling," com-
You were free to rush to your room, vorite part of 9-IOconcert choir. Junior Jen-
jam your favorite cassette into your box, and ny Peterson's favorite thing about 11-12 concert
turn it on full blast. You picked up a pen or choir was that "we got to do what we loved
brush or whatever was handy to use as your and enjoyed and actually got a grade and cred-
microphone. Then you escaped into rock it for it." Others commented on "the oppor-
star dreamland, where you danced in front of tunity to meet friendly people that share a
the mirror and sang at the top of your lungs. common interest."
For most students, this activity was as far Due to more students wanting to partici-
as their vocal involvement went, but many pate in the vocal program, some changes were
took their interest in music further by joining made and groups added to the curriculum.
I
I one of the six vocal performing groups of- As usual, there was the mixed chorus, swing
fered. Whether they participated for the choir, and 9th grade ensemble, but concert
fun of performing, or to broaden their musical choir was divided into two sections: a 9-IOand
backgrounds, most students agreed that mu- an 11-12 class. Boys ' and girls' glee groups
sic was one of their favorite classes. were also added and treble choir was discon-
"1 really liked singing, and being a part of tinued. All performing groups, except for
mixed chorus and glee, required auditions for
membership. "The changes were made to
involve more students in the program," said
Vocal Music Teacher Cindy Pace.
Pace added that "with so many more stu-
dents, the vocal department has had a very
busy year." The concert choirs performed
at two school music concerts and a district
competition where fourteen students were se-
lected for various honor choirs. The choral
classes were invited to sing at other events
as well as the swing choir which averaged
about two performances a month.
Performing in public places was a major
highlight for students because, as Freshman
Stacy Murdock put it, "I like to please people
and I like hearing the applause."
Applause is exactly what all the choral
groups got at all their performances. Fresh-
man Jenni Hormer summed up her first year
in 9-10 concert choir like this: "When we've
worked for a long time on a certain piece of
music, and it finally came together, it felt
great!" tN
Li•a Ferri•

Juniors Brad Traynor, Doug MacDonald. and
Eric Trout use their time in class to perfect "Song of Tri-
umph." (S. MEESE )
Singing "Putting it Together," the swing
choir dances at a concert. (l. WINGERT )

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