Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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in the hall. mg a concert. Mark Concert Choir warms up during their practice. This warm-up technique in- cludes massaging thy neighbor's shoulders. David Templeton, George Gurnett, and Jeff Mosch wait to practice contest material. Choirh 43

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Choirs tune with success Do-Re-Me-Fa-So-La-Te-Do isn't another Julie An- drews ski ping around. These notes can be heard drift- in out o the choir room as the choirs warm-up during re earsal. The choirs had their annual bowl-a-thon in the fall as their fundraiser of the year. They had better participation this year than in the past. Also occurring in the fall was district choir tryouts at CMSU in Warrensburg. Tryouts consisted of singing a solo, performing each individual's voice part from a se- lected song, as well as a itch memory performance. The following students ma e district choir: Chris Cotten, Shawn Dyer, and Beth Todd. They performed in a concert for the District Teacher's Meeting. t The conference choral clinic was hosted by Ray-Pec in November and was directed by Dr. Duncan Couch from the University of Missouri. Approximately a hundred students from area schools tWarrensburg, Harrisonville, Clinton, and Ray-Pecl practiced throughout the day and a concert was presented to the public that evening. Each of the schools also presented individual performances with their own choirs. The choirs performed in the fall concert and the annual Thanksgiving Assembly with the band. The concert choir sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic while the band played. The choirs were also supposed to perform in Christmas concerts on two nights, but both concerts were cancelled due to the weather. The choirs also performed in a spring concert. The pop choir performed at Foxwood Springs and atAOpen House. The Men's Choral Clinic was held at Ray-Pec and was directed by Mr. Noel Fulkerson. Mr. Fulkerson also di- rected last year's clinic. Soloists com eted in the annual NATS tNational Asso- ciation of Teac ers of Singingi at UMKC. This competi- tion included divisions for people of high school age up to categories for those over thirty. The choirs also performed as soloists, in ensembles, , and as a choir at district contest in Warrensbur . All four choirs - mixed choir, girls choir, boys choir, an chamber choir - all received Honor 1 ratings. The choirs received twelve Honor 1 ratings, sixteen Superior 11 ratings, and seven Good 111 ratings. An awards banquet was held again at Joe's Barn as in past years. This ban uet was attended by both band and choir students and t eir parents. Sherrie McCauley and LaVonna Ash practice contest music in the hall. The freshmen choir performs under director, Mr. Orr, during a concert. Mark Meshcon and Mrs. Stein played the piano for the choir. Concert Choir warm eludes massaging t1 David Templeton, C material.

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