8th Grade Observation

I recently watched the 8th grade festival choir at Mary Ellen Henderson middle school. I have watched these 8th graders perform in concerts for years since 6th grade and I am currently still shocked by their performance this year. For the past years the kids in choir have struggled to sing the songs the way they imagined it sounded. I am extremely proud of the new 8th graders, I believe they have finally found the way to put on a good show, together, not individually.
I recently interviewed the parents of Ashlin Taylor, a student in the performance. They were watching in the audience with me and have also gone to every concert since 6th grade. The mother, Catherine Taylor, said that she was more than impressed with the performance. She was

so surprised to hear the parts together sounding amazing.
“The 6th and 7th grade choirs weren’t the best but I have to say they have really done well this year,” both Catherine and the father, Kent Taylor, said. I completely agree with both of their opinions, the 8th grade has improved tremendously.
In “Chapua Kali” the percussion was overwhelming the actual singing. I understand that in the recording this could’ve been because the camera was right next to the percussion. I interviewed some of the students in the recording, Julia Twiford and Sophia Bare,
"Even from the steps where we were singing the percussion was louder than us,” they said.
So in conclusion, I think that the current 8th grade students have improved greatly over the years and I am exceedingly impressed by the results. Few students informed me that some students in classes could, act obnoxious, stall the class, and annoy other students. But in the end the concert was great.