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Year after year Columbia High has an outstand-
ing Chorus. We owe this to one person, Mr. Nor-
man L. Choice. Each year he puts out a tremen-
dous effort. He works closely with students and
encourages them to work more on their own. He
pushes the groups to excel. While he is probably
one of the strictest teachers, he is still a friend to
his students.
As always, this has been another great year for
Chorus. Each year the Chorus travels to different
places in North Florida to participate in the Flor-
ida District Festival. Students are judged on their
ability to sight read and their musicianship in sing-
ing. If an overall superior is earned they go on to
state festival. Here they are adjudicated again.
Choruses in the past have continually won supen-
or and excellent ratings. We hope they can contin-
ue the tradition.
Occasionally students wish to be members of
All-State chorus. In order to do so, the students
take a musicianship test, which is based on music
theory. They then sight read and audition the mu-
sic that will be sung at All-State. This year John
Keen , Susie Burris, and Danny Todd qualified for
All-State. They went to Tampa for 3 days. They
worked many hours in workshops. Their perfor-
mances were outstanding.
The Chorus encourages any student who can
sing or wants to sing to join chorus. It is an exper-
ience that will last in you throughout your life.
- John Keen

Norman Choice, A.K.A. Choice Jordan, shoots the hoop.

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