set up for this year’s Broadway concert to end off their thrilling year! Each of these days, these talented students had rehearsed each of their songs up until the 24th, where they were ready to perform for their excellent audience. This year’s performance was of course composed by the amazing Choral Director, Mrs. Kara Ferland, as well as her assistant Mr. Alex Mortier. Along with our students in choir, these two amazing directors meticulously picked out each group’s performance, looking for aspects such as which songs would connect more with the audience, and which songs would keep their audience on the edge of their seats, picking songs from well-known musicals like Newsies, Lion King: The Musical, The Notebook, Frozen, and many other trending musicals.

Each song contained its own specialized choreography to go along with our students incredible voices, choreography could range from swaying to dancing to throwing and passing around objects, some choreography can even range itself into more difficult stunts such as high jumps, lifting people up, flipping, and other stunts that most would need a higher skillset to perform, One of our choreographers, Melquisedec Brabosa-Pagan, better known to his companions as Mel, had high hopes for this concert, helping pick out solo parts and acts for more than just one student in order to add more action and emotion to our performances.

Using the help of Mrs. Ferland and Mr. Mortier, Mel and other student-appointed choreographers such as Giulia Zacco and Alyssa Mall, our choir was able to put together and adjust the incredible choreography in order to make our Broadway concert way more impactful for students and the audience. Principal Pete Gaffney, who sat in the audience with other supporters stated, “Congratulations to our WSHS Chorus for putting on an incredible Broadway concert! So much fun! So much talent! I wish we could perform this night after night! Really outstanding!” 

While our choir’s version of Broadway may not be as promoted and well-known as the Broadway we all know and love, it sure is just as fun to watch and perform it! And while spectators enjoyed the group performances, the small groups and solo acts were just as musically talented and well-presented by each of the students.