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                             First Superior in Seven Years

                         wing Choir a t­   Mikkelsen.                            Swing Choir  had  three
                         te n d e d   th e      Swing  Choir  left  Ju n e    m em bers  attend  All-State
                         Jazz  Festival     1st  and  returned  the  7th.    in Kearney.  They were Se­
                         C om petition  Swing  Choir  held  various          niors Tanya  Gamble,  Mel­
                         on  March  29  fund  raisers  to  help  cover  issa  Jo h nso n   and  Ju n io r
                         and  received  some of the cost of the trip,        Carrie  Allen.  “It  w as  great

          a superior rating for a show  such  as  social  functions  th at  three  of u s  from  Ral­
          th at included "TV Medleys,"  after dram a perform ances.          ston  got  a  chance  to  sing
          "Seeds,”  "Get  Ready"                                                  with  some  of the  best
          and  "Stairway to Para­                                                 singers  in  N ebraska,”
          dise." This was the first      'Florida sounds really exciting          sa id   J u n io r   C a rrie
          time in seven years that       because we get  to perform  at           Allen.
          R alston  Swing  Choir        Disney World in front o f a lot of             Swing  Choir  had
          had received a superior       people."                                  eight junior  or  senior
          rating at this contest in      Senior Becky Mikkelsen                   girls  and  eight  sopho­
          Norfolk.  Swing  Choir                                                  more, junior or senior
          rated  in  the  top  five  of its  raffles  and  sales  of         boys.  They  m et  everyday
          division.                        pies.  “The fund raiser th at     fifth hour as a class to work
               Swing  Choir  was  also  was the m ost creative  and          and get ready for com peti­
          chosen for the first time to  fun was the Singing Valen­           tions  and  concerts.  Girls’
          p e rfo rm    in   O rlan d o ,  tines where the group split       E nsem ble  h ad   10  girls
          F lo rida,  a t  th e  D isney  into  two  groups  and  went       ranging  from  freshm en  to
          Theme Park Ju n e 1 through  around to different houses,           se n io rs.   B oth  g ro u p s
          the  7.    “Everyone  seem s  a p a rtm e n ts,  an d  b u s i­    worked very hard,  and the
          really  excited  about  going  nesses  and  sang  the  love        way they performed proved
          to Florida because we get to  song  "M asterpiece"  and            it.
          perform  at  Disney W orld,”  delivered  a  flower with  it,”             MELISSA JOHNSON
          sa id     S e n io r   B ecky     Mikkelsen said.




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          Eosing at the end of the song "Rocky Top"  at the
          Winter Concert are Seniors Mike Sail and Becky
          Mikkelsen  photo by JAMIE WILLEY



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