Susanna Watts
The audience sat in their seats awaiting the show to start. Slowly, melodic tunes started enveloping them from behind. Audience members turned their heads to find the Chamber Choir walking from the back of the auditorium singing Singin’ in the Rain with umbrellas as props. The choir performed a few more songs from the 1950’s to finish out their set.
The Treble Choir then took the stage singing a couple songs from the 1960’s, including Hey Jude and New Girl in Town. Concert and Mixed Choir brought that 80’s flare when they sang I Wanna Dance with Somebody and Take on Me.
Overall, the show was fun and playful with actions, clapping and snapping. Then a more solemn tone came over the crowd when the last song came turn. They sang In Flander’s Fields, a song about a cemetery in Denmark that holds hundreds of servicemen from World War 2. Cardell Sackett, who was leading the choirs, asked anyone to stand who has served in the military or who has a family member or loved one who has served. There was a reverence felt during this song as many audience members listened to it standing.
They recognized the seniors and choir council for all their hard work and devotion to the choirs. Their regular choir teacher, Kaitlyn Ipsom, has been on maternity leave since March, so the choirs have had Sackett as a long-term sub. Ipsom joked that she is “the mom of choir, while [Sackett] is the grandpa of the choir.”
It was clear that he had quickly built a relationship with these students and that they loved and respected him very much. They awarded him with a gift of a baton that he accepted graciously. “I don’t know how I was so lucky to get picked to do this,” Sackett said, “but I’m glad I said yes.”
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