The show choir at their last competition. Photo courtesy of Kara Kennard.
Hastings High School’s music department is in full swing, with multiple activities and events taking place.
Though the show choir season ended this Saturday, the Music Department continues entertaining audiences through its various musical performances and events.
“On Thursday, we had our Winter Band Concert with the eighth graders. On Sunday we had our Waffleman fundraiser and raised about $5,000. Coming up, we have a District Music Contest in April,” junior band member Rebekah Evans said.
With the district contest coming up, both the orchestra and Madrigals, which is the school’s highest choir, are gearing up to perform.
“District music contest is coming up for vocal and instrumental music. It’s the peak performance of the year since we get ranked. The best ranking is Superior, or a four. For both Orchestra and Madrigals, we are challenging ourselves rhythmically for this year’s contest,” senior Miranda Visozo Marino said.
Despite the challenge, the music department remains a group of musicians striving to achieve success. This Saturday, March 4, the show choir finished their season earning second place in finals at Lincoln Northeast.
“Some people might think that show choir is easy, or that we don’t work hard. That cannot be farther from the truth. It requires a lot of time, dedication, memorization, and hard work,” show choir member, Kara Kennard said.
With show choir ending, many musicians at HHS will put their energy into the upcoming spring play “Godspell,” which is a series of parables from the bible.
“The storyline follows a group of people who are very different from each other, and how they come together. It talks about forgiveness, kindness, mercy, and community. I am very excited about it,” Kennard said.
Another event coming into the music department is a performance involving everyone in the choir, which only happens once a year.
“I’m excited to finish up the Show Choir season performing for our school. For the choir, the entire program is doing a 50-minute or so mass, and it’s really exciting to collaborate with the rest of the vocal music department,” Vizoso Marino said.
Despite the individual nature of the orchestra, band, or the other music groups within the department, the music department remains to be a close group of musicians.
“We are quite close. A lot of the time, we’ll take time out of class just to check up on each other. I think that shows our tight-knit nature,” Vizoso Marino said.
