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Performance

Most class
time was spent Perfected
practicing
songs for the
concerts that by Practice
were held
throughout the
year. Here,
freshman and
sophomore Senior Jeff
singers Shannon and
prepare for a junior Jon
concert. photo Hickerson
by Andrea memorize the
Wallace songs before
putting them
to music.
photo by
During th ird Cindy Nabity
hour 9/10
concert choir,
guest speaker
Karen
Wickman, a
music
professor at Twenty-three students
UNO, helps
teach the in Swing Choir practiced three
dynamics of
voice
production. mornings a week for 45 min-
photo by
Andrea utes and every Wednesday
Wallace
night starting in February to
prepare for the April concerts.
Before performing, the

songs had to be
choreographed. "We spent the
majority of our time qeveloping
and learning new dance steps.
From flips to turns, we tried it

all," senior Stacy Sanchelli
said. "Concerts took up time,
- it," teacher Cindy Nabity

but performances were worth
Teacher Cindy
Nabity
practiced with
the 11/12 said. "Probably our greatest
concert choir
daily. Here, achievement was when we
after having
taught the performed for an infirm audi-
song
accompanies ence and saw that our music
their singing
while her made them smile and forget
student
teacher
conducts the their disabilities, even if just for
choir. photo by
Allyson Falke a short time," she said .

Vocal Music