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Mapleton Junior High Choirs Performed at Maple Mountain High School Wednesday the 7th of December, Previous to this we took the liberty to interview Ms. Thomson the choir teacher at MJHS. In the interview we asked how the choirs have been preparing for their upcoming concert. She said that during her daily rehearsals (class time) they have been focusing on Coral Habits, Memorization and Expression. She also believes that in order to have a good performance, everyone in the choir must feel a connection to the song they are singing. We also interviewed Summer Herlevi and Lexi Robinson. We first asked them how they felt about their upcoming Christmas concert. Summer responded, “I’m really excited, I know we’ll do well. It's like our choir motto 'Music can change the world because it can change people (Bono ~ U2). "We can express our talents and help people find the underlying meaning of the song”, Lexi added. Before we left, Ms. Thomson told us “one of my aims in doing well-known and well-loved Christmas Songs, is to hopefully help the audience, and the choirs to see the songs in a new light or discover something new about the song. I love having my choirs connect with their songs.” The next day the performance was so well attended that many had to stand during the performance due to lack of seating. All the choirs (Seventh Grade Choir, Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, Bella Voce and Concert Choir) did a great job. Some of the highlights were, Bella Voce singing "In the Mood for Christmas", Concert Choir singing “The First Noel” and “Carol of the Bells” with past members of MJHS Concert Choir, and the closing piece of “Silent Night” sung by all the choirs with the MJHS Orchestra in accompaniment. It was a very powerful performance. With responses from the following anonymous audience members: "Great, I've always enjoyed this concert it's my third time attending", "When Bella Voce Sang In the Mood I got in the mood for more amazing music", "Very impressive how many people came to support junior high students, but then these aren't very ordinary students!". All in all this was another amazing performance for MJHS choir to add to their trophy case.