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Swing Choir serves as school's public relations group

By Jenny Jedlicka that way because he wanted
The Swing Choir is a very only the best people possible.
visible part of the school, ac- Swing Choir participated
cordingto DwainePrice. He in the Northwest Missouri
referred to the 14-member State Show and Jazz Chior
choir as a public relations Contest. He feels that they
group. He also said thatthey did wonderfully, thuogh they
work hard at making a name didnotplace. Thechoirwas
for Ralston in vocal arts with up against 48 other choirs
the rest of the schools. from six different states.
Aaron Rood, a sophomore Swing Choir went on vari­
and member of the '89-'90 ous tours including some
swing choir, said that the try­ Christmas performanses for (
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outs weren't very hard, but children's groups. Price said I
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only 14 people made it,and thatthey performed with high I I
there was a lot of anxiety energy and vitality. They
waitingtofind out ifyou made went on a trip to Chicago at
it or not. Price said that the the end of the year.
tryouts were very hard, and
they included sight reading,
solos, and choreography.
Price said that he made them

SWING CHOIR
Front Row: David Pursel, Amy
Johnson, Sponsor Dwaine Price
Row 2: Mike Tourek, Stacy
McEvoy, Aaron Rood, Michelle
Mikkelsen Row 3: Dustin Lutz,
Stephanie Lawrence, Lanny
Hicks, Kristi Johnson, Laura Bauer
Back Row: Kari Nelson, Ryan
Wk King, Jason Gibbs, Chris Hawk

"Take the good, you take the bad, you
take them both and there you have the
facts of life," sang Sophomore Kathy
Keiser as Freshman Beth King held her
hair in pigtails during Cabaret Night.