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Charisma performs at Liberty High School during the annual Choirs for a Cause event.

“Choirs for a Cause” Benefit Concert Kicks Off Show Choir Season

Reese Hill, Reporter February 11, 2020

Backstage was a whirlwind of dresses, shoes, instruments, and stagehands. The audience was standing-room only, packed with parents, performers, and supporters of show choir, watching the six local show...

Seniors Say Goodbye to Show Choir

Shoshie Hemley, Reporter February 26, 2019

Bubba Perez '19 singing his solo

4th Ave Makes a Wave at Their Last Competition of the Season

Shoshie Hemley, Reporter February 22, 2019

“I think [the audience] loved it. I think we made a lot of people cry and we helped a lot of people, and I think we changed lives,” Andrew Tribbey ‘19 said after leaving 4th Ave’s critique...

Art by Estie Dillard.

Show Choir Dance Audition Groups Posted

Zoë Miller, Reporter May 9, 2017

The City High Show Choirs will be holding dance auditions Wednesday, May 10 starting after school. Those auditioning will be taught a short segment of choreography and then perform for the judges in small...

Josh Millsap '19 performs Cindy Lauper's "True Colors"

What “True Colors” Means to Josh Millsap

Mira Bohannan Kumar and Zoë Butler February 23, 2017

At the Spring Show, the last show choir performance of the year, emotions surfaced as seniors performed for the last time. Following in this vein, Josh Millsap ‘19 choose to sing a ballad that was...

Claire Woodward '17 performs for Fourth Avenue.

Show Choirs Recover Late in the Season

Madeline Pugh, Reporter February 7, 2017

This show choir season, City High’s Fourth Avenue Jazz Company was off to a disappointing start, but now both City Lights and Fourth Avenue are rising from the ashes of their burning 6th place trophies....

Tommy Brands '19 in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Switching the Wrestling Mat for the Spotlight

Olivia DeNeice and Ellie Evans February 2, 2017

He switched the wrestling mat for the spotlight. In the short time since his debut into the arts, the Iowa wrestling coach's son, Tommy Brands '19, has made his mark on the City High Music and Drama...

City and West Show Choirs to Perform in 'Dollars for Scholars'

City and West Show Choirs to Perform in ‘Dollars for Scholars’

Zoë Miller, Reporter January 10, 2017

'Dollars for Scholars,' a charity show choir performance, will be held in Opstad Auditorium on Wednesday, January 11. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. There...

IC Show Choirs Progressing to Success

IC Show Choirs Progressing to Success

Serena Collins, Reporter November 12, 2015

The hot lights shining on the faces of City High performers signal what they’ve been waiting for since June-the beginning of show choir season. Even though Works in Progress lacks any special lighting...

Photo by Rebecca Eyman

Show Choir Finale

After the layers of makeup, pinning up hair, and getting costumes set, the show choir season has come to an end.  For the senior class of 2015, these past seven months of show choir have been their...

The Last Competition

4th Ave Jazz Co places 5th in Finals at Swingin’ on the River

Arielle Soemadi, Maggie Morony, and Katrina Scandrett February 23, 2015

This weekend 4th Ave Jazz Co. competed in Hastings, MN at Swingin' on the River. This was 4th Ave's final competition of the show choir season. Twelve varsity groups competed this weekend at Swingin'...

4th Ave singing their ballad at last year's Dollars for Scholars

Final Competition Preview: 4th Ave is on the Road Again

Maggie Morony, Katrina Scandrett, and Arielle Soemadi February 23, 2015

This weekend, for the first time in 5 years, 4th Ave Jazz Co. is traveling out of state for their competition. 4th Ave is heading up to Hastings, Minnesota for Swinging on the River. 12 varsity groups...

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