In preparation for an upcoming competition in Atlanta, Georgia, the Sequatchie County High School Choir has been selling CDs of music performed by their members, reports Choir Director David Kaiser.
“We couldn’t be happier with how well the CDs have sold,” said Kaiser. “This is really going to help us with the competition in Atlanta.”
The competition, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24, will be held at Six Flags Over Georgia. The 31-member choir will be competing in their division against choirs from across the nation.
Though this is the first official SCHS choir, studied as a for-credit class, Kaiser believes the students should fare well against the competition.
“We began in the spring with about 20 volunteers after school, one day a week for 45 minutes,” he explained. “The school decided to put choir on the schedule since we had such support.”
With the new semester comes new music, he added, and the choir may be producing another CD in the spring.
Music to be performed at competition has not been officially chosen, but “indirectly.” Consideration of a song, called The Argument, pitting a student against the choir and is a comical piece of music is being given, he noted.
“It’s a fun piece, so we may do something like that,” said Kaiser. “And then we will probably do one serious piece, as well, so we have some contrast.”
According to Kaiser, the competition will be funded in part by the CDs and in part by choir members.
Records from the Choir Boosters Club show the group started with 200 CDs, produced by Crystal Inc., which have been paid for through donations from local banks and businesses. Through these donations the total cost of the production has been covered by donations, which gives the choir full profit on each and every CD sold.
Each CD sells for $5, giving the group a $1,000 profit if they all sell. After paying for the overhead, the choir will be able to keep about $780, Choir Booster Kathleen Minton estimated.
“These kids have done an amazing job. They have gone out into the community and gotten sponsors for their art and they’ve received such support from the local area,” said Minton. “Everybody has been so kind to us and has helped make all this possible.”
Minton said, one of the reasons the choir may be doing so well in their first year is their priority of keeping the community involved.
There are only about 40 to 50 CDs left in Dunlap, said Minton. The remaining CDs can be found at either First National Bank, Win-Bob’s, Blue Orchid Bistro, Music Makers, Mountain Valley Bank, Sequatchie County-Dunlap Chamber of Commerce, Peoples Bank and The Backstreet Diner.
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