'Everything's going uphill': Westside High School holds in-person show choir auditions
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Updated: 10:26 PM CDT Apr 10, 2021
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Updated: 10:26 PM CDT Apr 10, 2021
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QUANECIA: GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE PANDEMIC. MEANS GETTING CLOSER TO NORMALCY, ESPECIALLY FOR TEENAGERS. LAST YEAR, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL HELD VIRTUAL AUDITIONS FOR SHOW CHOIR. BUT TODAY, STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO TRY OUT IN-PERSON. >> READY? QUANECIA: BREATHE. SMILE. DO YOUR BE MUCH-NEEDED WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN YOU’RE AUDITIONING IN PERSON IN A PANDEMIC. >> THEY GET TO AUDITION WITH OUT THEIR MASKS SO IT’S INTERESTING, FINALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE’S FULL FAC QUANECIA: FOR LAST YEAR’S SHOW CHOIR TRYOUTS. BRENDEN ROBINSON AND EVAN MOTT FACED JUDGES VIRTUALLY >> IT WAS JUST SUPER NICE TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM FOR SOMEONE AND NOT JUST BE PERFORMING FOR A SCREEN AGAIN QUANECIA: REMINDING THE WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOW LIFE WAS BEFORE COVID-19 >> FOR ONCE, I FELT LIKE IT WAS SHOW CHOIR AGAIN INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE ONLINE THING WE’VE BEEN DOING >> EACH OF US KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BE IN A SHOW CHOIR DURING THIS PANDEMIC, SO WE ALL JUST HAVE A TON OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR EACH OTHER TO GET THROUGH THIS YEAR QUANECIA: SHOW CHOIR SENIOR AUDREY CHRISTENSEN SAYS A DAY LIKE THIS REALLY GIVES HER HOPE >> WE’RE GETTING THROUGH COVID AND THINGS ARE COMING OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE. I JUST GOT MY FIRST VACCINATION AND I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING’S GOING UP HILL. I’M REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE AND NOT ONLINE A