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London’s famous choir__**
 * by: Kallie Sims**
 * We all know what’s happening around Trussville areas but do we know about other places? In London a famous choir was established in 2003 and has been going good ever since. These singers have dedicated there time to this choir and made it the one of the most famous choirs we have today.**


 * Over the years the London choir has expanded to over sixty people. The day that they really became a great choir was there concert they had in December 2004, everybody heard them and loved the way there voice hit the notes. One thing this choir is known for is going around the world and giving kids of all ages the opportunity to go to their practices and letting them show off their talents by singing with them.**


 * This choir group travels to many different concerts that they aren’t participating in to get a good idea of how to approve there singing skills. The recent places they have traveled to are, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Bethlehem. Even though all the traveling does take up a lot of time, it pays off because it gives them many different ways to sing their songs.



This is the Londons Choir at a concert. This is the same choir at a concert in Seattle.**

** Dr. Barry Cheetham ** **a senior lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, has put together academic expertise in communications, in processing to make a choir online. In order to do this he has to get on “ultra broadband” networks to deliver sound and images successfully back and forth on computers to people that are participating. If there is too much of a delay then this project will not work and they will have to end it. ** ** **
 * __The Internet Choir__ **
 *  The voices that are traveling down the wires will have to be processed and digitized so it will be quick to achieve high sound quality. Then all the singers’ voices will be immerged to seem like they are all singing together in one concert hall. The only thing that they feel will bring them down is trying to have a conductor to control and rehearse online and to have people in different places in Europe and they can’t interact with each other.
 *  Not only doing this project would be fun but its caring for others, because one of his goals is to let people of all ages and all abilities perform in this online function because he explains If there is someone in a wheelchair and they have a great singing voice all they have to do is get online and send it to my computer. Sense people in Europe are all about orchestras and bands it won’t be that hard to find people to sing in his online choir. **
 *  Broadband is now in process of being delivered for some limited applications. Dr. Cheetham hopes this will be a success and drive the future development of Internet communication



Previously I have been updated on the HTMS 7th and 8th grade choir information. Come out and support the huskies choir at these places, Saturday, February 9th at Simmons Middle School-Hoover, Monday or Tuesday February 25/26 at Bluff Park Unlimited Methodist Church- Hoover, Tuesday March 10th- 7:00 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church, Trussville. March 13-14 at Samford University. Thursday April 24th 10:00 a.m. First Baptist Church, Trussville. Friday / Saturday May 2-3 at Auburn University, and Tuesday May 13th 7:00 p.m. Grace Presbyterian Church, Trussville. The HTMS choir is also going on a spring trip all day Saturday, April 26th, after their concert in Georgia they are going to six flags, they will leave around 5:30 a.m. and be returning around 10:30 p.m. The students will travel by charter bus and will be chaperoned by Mrs. Carter and parents. Chaperons will keep a close eye on their group and not let them go alone in the park. Now that you see how many fun activities the choir does possibly you will be looking forward to do this next year. Come out and support our HTMS Choir with their wonderful presents they are going to bring to the stage.
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//__EMAS Awards__// // MTV EMAS awards in Europe turned out reasonable this year with the entertainer Amy Winehouse singing her hit song "Back in Black." She also got the Artist choice award, This award is chosen by fellow musicians. Avril Lavigne got the award of best solo artist as she says ////, // //“I’m so happy to be able to stand up here tonight and accept this award. It’s an honor.// “It’s an honor to have you guys all the way in Europe listening to my music. It’s crazy.”  Rapper Snoop Dog also hosted the event live from Munich, which also featured live performances by Mika, Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance and the Foo Fighters. Justin Timberlake, who won two awards last year, left that night with four nominations. Linkin Park won the award for best band and the German Band took the prize for best international act.  Actor Jared Leto’s group, 30 Seconds to Mars, took home the rock out gong and French duo, Justice, won the video star award for their track D.A.N.C.E. The full list of the 2007 MTV’S European music awards: Rock out = 30 Seconds to Mars. Band of 2007= Linkin Park. Album of the year = Nelly Furtardo- Loose. Headliner = Muse. Solo artists of 2007 = Avril Lavigne. Artists Choice = Amy Winehouse. Ultimate Urban = Rihanna. Most addictive track = Avril Lavigne- Girlfriend. Interact = Tokio Hotel. Video Star = Justice- D.A.N.C.E. Best UK & Ireland Act = Muse

__ Vienna Boys Choir __ The Vienna Boys Choir made up of 10 to 14 year olds. They are a famous choir here in the United States they go to 300 concerts, but it is over festive season when their work becomes the hardest. This month they are going on a 15-stop tour of Germany and also performing 13 dates in the United States. Then next month, they are off on a two- week tour of South Korea. Around 75 per cent if the boys’ choir is Austrian-born, with the remainder coming from its neighbor Germany and Switzerland. When the boys are kicked out of the school to go to a “normal” one they are not allowed to keep their fancy uniform, but most of them just go find another facility to sing at. This choir started in the 18-th century and has been a hit ever sense Each choir is named after a composer with close links ensemble. They have 12-14 practices a week. That’s two hours a day and some people take extra classes to make their voices stronger. There is no nerve-racking audition and no ultra-sound entrance exam. They simply test the health of a boy's voice, his feeling for rhythm and pitch and we try to find out whether there's a real interest there. We want children here for whom music is really important.

 __Chattanooga Girls’ Choir __  The Chattanooga choir is a girls’ choir, It was founded in 1987 to offer young girls the opportunity to sing. They have nearly 150 girls in the choir all through grades 4-12 and it represents 60 different private and public schools in Chattanooga. These girls do very well in all the concerts they go to and the places they sing at just for the audience’s enjoyment. These girls have been recognized nationally and internationally. They have received the 1991 Treble Choir Award at the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria; First Place Awards at the 1993 and 1999 International Children's Choir Festival in Bournemouth, England; and one of two awards presented at the 1994 Princeton University Invitational Choir Festival. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">In 1995, the choir was broadcasted worldwide singing Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, and they sang for Mass at Saint Peter's again in 2005. The choir also has sung at San Marcos Cathedral in Venice, Italy; in Coventry Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in England; in Smetana Hall in the Czech Republic; in the Duomo (Cathedral of Florence) in Italy; in Brucknerhaus in Austria; in the historic Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia; at Lincoln Center and at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; at Disney World and Disneyland; at the Canadian House of Parliament; in a command performance at The White House in Washington, D.C.; and in performances in Switzerland, Germany, Wales, Hungary, and France.



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East High Choir __ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'">East High is a very musically inclined school, They have been known for over 20 years by the wonderful sounds of their choir and music in general. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'">Never missing a superior rating in two decades of state contest participation, Magnum Chorum has been synonymous with musical greatness. The ensemble was selected as the guest choir in 2003 for Festival of Choirs in Sioux Falls, S.D. Magnum Chorum has made appearances in Carnegie Hall on four occasions, and has toured extensively across the United States and abroad, most recently completing a tour to Paris and the Loire Valley. The Chamber Choir, experiences great success, appearing in numerous community and convention performances. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'"> The reason why this school is such a success in music terms is because the person that picks out the songs to sing and the people who pick the notes to hit are peoples that have great expectations for the school and hand out the hardest stuff they can possibly find. So, the choir has very challenging songs like high notes to hit with their voices. While the band has challenging notes to hit with their musical instrument. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'"> This school has the population of 1300 students. The core curriculum offers seven curricular choirs and three co-curricular choirs; Freshman Chorus (3 sections) Mixed Chorus (2 sections) Magnum Chorum and a Chamber Choir round out our curricular offerings. Magnum Chorum and the Chamber Choir are highly selective, auditioned ensembles. Each East High choir participates in four public performances per year at beautiful Eppley Auditorium on the campus of Morningside College. Each holiday season, the East High Choirs present a Madrigal Feast complete with a delicious five course dinner. In total, 375 students sing in the East High Choirs this year, a grand total of 514 singers in both curricular and co-curricular choirs.