Story 5: Attend and event

OHS Pops Concert

            The evening of Saturday, March 12, 2011 Nancy Hendry and her show choir put on quite the concert. Exciting music, beautiful singers, dancing, and best of all, sweets!

            Annually, Ogilvie High School’s music director, Nancy Hendry, loves putting on the best pop’s show of the year. She spends two thirds of the year picking out music and creating choreography with her show choir students. This year the theme was “The Lions’ Roar Café”. Hendry had the joy of teaching one Senior, Jessica Simcox, two juniors, Megan Torgeson and Sammy holzenagel, and four sophomores, Christie Visser, Anna Munstertieger, Brianna Dewitt and Sarah DeYoung. This was a small but very lively and talented group.

            Their performance included songs such as, Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams, Love Shack by the B-52’s, I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper, and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen. The group sang and danced together to every song with enthusiasm and excitement. Which then rubbed off onto their audience who had their private tables spread out in front of the stage enjoying refreshments and snacks provided by the parents of the performers.

            Before the show the group had stated, “We are extremely nervous but excited at the same time.” They were hoping for a good turn out with the fact that they had a smaller group than usual. The older girls had some words of wisdom for the younger girls they were performing with. “The nerves will get the best of you if you let them, but while you are up there performing and giving it your everything, seeing how excited and into it the audience is, that’s the best feeling of the night.” Hearing this Visser, among all the younger girls, felt more confident that they were going to have a great turn out that night. Hendry was very excited for the girls. Stated that, “ The girls have been working very hard for this all year, and tonight is their big night.” Hendry was also nervous, but being a professional she knew how to hide her nerves and not let them overcome her.

            The overall performance was breathtaking. All the girls put their heart into the music and dancing. They were ecstatic after the show and had wished it would last just a bit longer. Simcox said, “In the past four years, this has been the best show I have had the privilege of performing in.” She was especially satisfied with how well the other girls had done and was sad that this was her last show choir performance and added that she would miss it greatly. Hendry had gathered up the girls after the show to tell her how proud she had been and had a ‘mini’ party for Simcox’s very successful four years of show choir at Ogilvie High School.