Page 87 - 1993
P. 87

Varsity Choir at RHS is a class
                                                                                                    not a club.  It was  held  everyday.
                                                                                                    Three or four performances were
                                                                                                    given a year and there was also one
                                                                                                    contest on April 23 at Millard South.
                                                                                                    Performances  were  held  at  the
                                                                                                    beginning  of the  year,  Christmas
                                                                                                    and Spring.  They were held  at the
                                                                                                    high  school  in  the  theater  in  the
                                                                                                    evening.
                                                                                                        The Varsity Choir sang mainly
                                                                                                    gospel  music.   “ The  songs
                                                                                                    were  all  o k,”  said  Jennie
                                                                                                    Whitehill.   Concert  and  Var­
                                                                                                    sity Choir sold candy,  peanuts and
                                                                                                    cheese dips as a fundraiser  in  or­
                                                                                                    der to buy equipment for the choir.
                                                                                                    The equipment bought from these
                                                                                                    fundraisers  were  speakers  and
                                                                                                    microphones.
                                                                                                        Concert Choir was an all-girls
                                                                                                    choir,  which  was  the  most  liked
                                                                                                    aspect by Joy Shirley.  They gave a
                                                                                                    fall performance, a Christmas per­
                                                                                                    formance, and they also competed
                                                                                                    in a contest.  The practice seemed
                                                                                                    to get really intense right before a
                                                                                                    performance,  but  the  hard  work
                                                                                                    was given all year long.
                                                                                                        Joy  said  the  reason  for  her
                                                                                                    joining the Concert Choir was that
                       J R           r * - i  r  -
                  m  t f                    *
                                                                                                    she wanted to stay in some type of
                   W  7   'W  m                                                                     choir, and “it’s fun.” The music she
                                  IBS']
                  JjrJ  ,                                                                           liked to sing the most was songs in
                                                                                                    a  foreign  language  because  “it’s
                                                                                                    different.”
                                                                                                    fay Laura Bolte & Brandy Prosolow






                                                                   D irector  Clay  Blackman  leads
                                                                  the  C oncert  C hoir  in  final
                                                                  preparation  before  a  concert.

                                                                  Senior  Erin  Richards  performs  a   The choir also sang at three elemen­
                                                                  credo from  “Gospel  Mass”  in  alto   tary schools during their tour.
                                                                  polois  at  Ralston  Middle  School.
   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92