Joplin High School show choirs, Touch of Class and Sound Dimension performed their preview show, Thursday evening. I was able to attend and applaud for Hoggatteers ALLIE, JOSIAH, LIAM, MACY, and TAYLOR, a group that spans from freshman to senior classes. Touch of Class, the all female group, performed their show entitled "Rip Up the Recipe". Sound Dimension performed songs to the theme of "Scooby Doo". In between, the three-year-old middle school group, New Sound, entertained with a show called "This is Halloween". Sadly, I didn't have any former students in the middle school group.
It was rewarding to have the opportunity to speak with these entertainers (and my former colleague MONICA, the director) after the show. ALLIE is ready to finish her senior year and attend nursing classes at Pittsburg State University. LIAM did a stint at the Naval Academy last summer. MACY was in both choirs and pours her heart into every performance. TAYLOR is going to pursue culinary arts and is working in a restaurant on Main Street. JOSIAH shook my hand and made sure I knew that the improv things we did in class were helpful to his success in performing and other aspects of his high school life. I was taken aback by his positive memory from the fourth grade.
Other former students sat in the audience - all supportive sisters of the performers. I never tire of talking to them whenever I get the chance (which doesn't come often enough). EMILY, PAIGE, and SOPHIE have changed tremendously since the fourth grade, but every one of them has something to offer to this world. I hope I get to watch them achieve great successes as they enter adulthood.
It was rewarding to have the opportunity to speak with these entertainers (and my former colleague MONICA, the director) after the show. ALLIE is ready to finish her senior year and attend nursing classes at Pittsburg State University. LIAM did a stint at the Naval Academy last summer. MACY was in both choirs and pours her heart into every performance. TAYLOR is going to pursue culinary arts and is working in a restaurant on Main Street. JOSIAH shook my hand and made sure I knew that the improv things we did in class were helpful to his success in performing and other aspects of his high school life. I was taken aback by his positive memory from the fourth grade.
Other former students sat in the audience - all supportive sisters of the performers. I never tire of talking to them whenever I get the chance (which doesn't come often enough). EMILY, PAIGE, and SOPHIE have changed tremendously since the fourth grade, but every one of them has something to offer to this world. I hope I get to watch them achieve great successes as they enter adulthood.
