Choristers' Plant Sale Will Benefit Members Attending Girls' Course at St. Thomas

The Chorister Academy hopes to send three of its members to the Girls' Course at St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City from July 26 to August 2. We have sent girls tot his course for the past two summers, and it has been a wonderful event for the choristers and the Chorister Academy when they return with their new knowledge and skills. The cost for each girl is $720. The choristers will be selling plants for Mother's Day to defray this cost. Please support us!

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Choristers Sell Valentine's Day Roses

The Chorister Academy sold roses and teddy bears with chocolate between worship services on February 10 to raise money to send some of its singers to choir camp at St. Thomas Church in New York City this year.

Singers Develop Their Voices and Their Confidence at Chorister Camp

The three of the choristers from St. John's who attended a week-long program of music and fellowship during a choristers camp at St. Thomas Church in New York City in July say the program helped them to strengthen and develop their singing voices while making new friends and enjoying the company of old ones. The girls returned with greater confidence in their abilities and enthusiasm for the chorister program.

Ofelia, the lead chorister at St. John's, says the program taught her to hit the High B as well as other previously out-of-reach notes. She and Diana said the exercises for "jiggling your muscles" to strengthen them helped them develop their voices.

Susy says that through the course she learned how to support her voice: "I learned how to hold it longer so my throat doesn't give out before I'm done."

The 44 girls from around the country who attended practiced singing for 1 1/2 hours three times a day.

All three girls enjoyed seeing New York City, including a performance of Mama Mia and walks in Central Park. The girls said that back in their dorms they found themselves singing as a group for the fun of it as well as just plain having fun with their peers.