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The Symphonic Chorale<br />
By Katie Wilburn<br />
The Symphonic Chorale is a tradition at <strong>Giles</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. It’s a group of about 40 students who all share their<br />
love for singing. The chorale has winter and spring concerts<br />
every year. The chorale members run the bandana bar during football season. Every April they<br />
go on their annual “Chorale Tour” where they compete against other schools. They have gone<br />
to places such as, Orlando, Florida, Chicago, Illinois and the Bahamas. Last year the group<br />
went to Orlando, Florida and won best overall Chorale group. The chorale has daily rehearsal<br />
during 6 th period. The members start out stretching and then go straight to warm ups, and then<br />
they practice their music pieces. The Chorale has a new director this year! His name is Tim<br />
Woolwine, who was formally band and choir director at Narrows <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Sophomore Afton Scott works<br />
the concession stand by<br />
wrapping hot dogs at an 8 th<br />
grade football game.<br />
Q: What made you want to apply for Mr.<br />
Marion’s position?<br />
A: I had several reasons for applying for the choir<br />
director job at GHS. Mostly, I prefer to teach<br />
choir. Since I graduated college, I have only ever<br />
taught both band and choir, and it’s nice to be able<br />
to focus solely on choir.<br />
Q: What is a tradition you want to keep in the<br />
Chorale?<br />
A: The Bandanna Bar…it’s a tremendous asset to<br />
the choral program here at GHS, and I love that it is<br />
student run. We have one of the only student run<br />
football concession stands around.<br />
Q: What’s something people ask you frequently<br />
about being the new chorale director?<br />
A: “Do you know what you’re getting into?”<br />
Q: What’s your favorite part about the chorale’s daily rehearsal?<br />
A: The students…I have wonderful, talented students! I also like how cohesive the<br />
group is. Chorale is and has always been a various close-kit group. The students<br />
work well together, and that’s one of the reasons they are so successful.<br />
New Chorale Director<br />
Tim Woolwine<br />
Q: Do you have an idea about where you want to take the chorale on their trip this year?<br />
A: Yes…but that’s classified information.<br />
I asked the chorale some questions about how they are doing in chorale this year and my results turned out great. Everyone is<br />
loving chorale and having a ton of fun. Most everyone likes it because they enjoy singing and being in such a close- knit group. Junior<br />
Parker Fields says chorale is “amazing” and that it has made her realize her strong passion for music. The majority of the group loves<br />
to sing “Amazing Grace” because of the harmony and how beautiful the arrangement sounds. It makes the piece perfect for the<br />
Chorale to sing at any event!<br />
Freshman Elise Chafin comments that<br />
the atmosphere is so lively in class!<br />
Vice President Tanner Martin says his<br />
favorite part about the chorale’s daily<br />
rehearsal is the warm ups! He adds,<br />
“We do some crazy stuff before we<br />
sing!” No one knows where we are<br />
going this year on our trip in April,<br />
except Mr. Woolwine and Mrs.<br />
Noble, of course. The place everyone<br />
wants to go this year is the Bahamas!<br />
But unfortunately, Mr. Woolwine has<br />
insured us that going out of the<br />
country is out of the question!<br />
The chorale sang the National Anthem at the homecoming pep rally.<br />
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