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VCI Choir sings
By Anne Davison
VCI Gr. 9-12 Choir performed a varied repertoire for family and friends in the AUD Theatre on Wednesday, June 3. The evening included choir director Luke Munchinsky’s farewell presentation to each of the graduates, students that he has guided from Gr. 9 and on.
Gr. 12 choir students included: bass singer Cade Scharff; tenor Tristan Plaisier; altos Charley Dunning, Ariannah Kerr and Brenna Stewart-Barre; and soprano voice Avrin Krieser.
For Virden Music & Arts Festival executive, Judy Poole, Joyce Davies and Laura Wright presented awards to the choir, individual vocalists and to speech arts students.
Andrea Neufeld was the piano accompanist. Choir selections included arrangements of “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” by Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” and “The Times They Are a-Changin’” by Bob Dylan, to name a few.
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Video by Jessica Coulter
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