Show Choir: Show Choir Competitively

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On January 29th the show choir group traveled to Emmetsburg to perform competitively. Their experience and thoughts were captured through various students about this year’s group. Caitlin Thilges, a senior at Bishop Garrigan, was asked what it was like to perform competitively. She said “We have never done show choir competitively so to do it at this level was a lot more intense than previous years”. Show Choir started practicing in the middle of November. Director Dave Fog said “The students did pretty amazing for staring at the time we did”. A few students were asked about their year in Show Choir so far. Gabriel Trainer a junior stated “I think we are a lot more prepared than we have been in the past years. Especially since we are competing

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