Choir captures audience
Michelle Strutzenberger, April 21, 2004
A choir from Rhema Christian School competed in the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival Inc. yesterday. Not only did they score well, but they captured the attention of the audience with their superb singing.

"According to the adjudicator, they had the audience in the palm of their hand," says Pat Reesor, volunteer choir director, in a telephone interview.

The choir took first place with a score of 88 per cent for two songs, Plenty Good Room and I am a Small Part of His World.

The latter song is particularly long and the adjudicator said he was amazed at how focused the choir members remained throughout it.

The 35-member singing group is made up of students from Grades 2 to 7. They have been practising since January for this festival as well as other events at Rhema, including Grandparents' Day and Easter.

The students gave up a lunch hour a week for the practices, which has been a real sacrifice on their part, says Pat. But the commitment has evidently paid off.

"They sang very well," says Pat of their performance at the festival. "[Apparently] about halfway through their singing the adjudicator just stopped writing and looked and listened."

The choir will be performing at the upcoming 25th anniversary of the school.