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ISSUE 12, MARCH 8, 2004
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“The Passion” review Students and stress Spring Break ‘04
READY TO GO: Chamber singers perform at the March 2 concert. They sang some of the same music they will sing in Germany.
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Three years after starting plans for their Germany trip, Choraliers are ready to
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by Courtney Condron hoir teacher Tracy Resseguie has been talking to the seniors about spending their spring break singing in Germany since they were freshmen.
“The beach will be there when you are 20, but this is an opportunity you may never have again,” Ressuguie told his seniors about missing their usual senior spring break trip. Most seniors in the Choraliers agreed when they were freshmen that they would rather go on this trip. “It’s really hard hearing my friends talk about Mexico, but when I think about what an incredible opportunity this is to go to Europe, I don’t think I could imagine a better place to be,” senior Alli Chalfant said. “It also helps that I have several close senior friends that are going.” Shawnee Mission East has been invited as the only high school in the world, among numerous professional and collegiate choirs, to sing in Germany at Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday celebration, which will be televised across Germany. In addition to singing at the Hause of Bach, they will be singing in London, Cambridge, Cologne and any restaurant or street corner they can. “This is the most powerful and incredible experience any choral conductor could have,” Ressuguie said. “It’s like winning the Super Bowl. To a football coach, that’s the highest achievement, and this experience is just as powerful to me.”
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