FSHS Choir concert reset for Wednesday

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

After a tornado that ripped through the local area caused the Fort Scott High School Choir to cancel the concert it was supposed to have on Wednesday, May 13, the choir has rescheduled its performance for Wednesday at the new Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 S. Horton.

Beginning at 8 p.m., 160 students from the FSHS Concert Choir, Beginning Choir, Select Ensemble, Senior Women's Ensemble and the Junior Men's Quintet will be performing for event attendees. The concert will include selections from "Les Miserables," which will feature senior soloists. In addition, the choirs will be singing jazz selections such as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B," "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing" and classic pop selections from the 1950s through the 1980s. Beginning with their sophomore year in high school, students must audition in order to be in the choir, according to FSHS choir teacher Pat Harry. The Select Ensemble tryouts are strenuous, Harry said, because there are only 28 spots on the ensemble, which is open to students in 10th through 12th grades. Both the Senior Women's Ensemble and the Junior Men's Quintet meet outside of the school day to practice.