Superior choir, band blow audience away

Parents, friends and family members of the Superior High School Band and Choir packed themselves into the Superior High School Multi-purpose room last Monday evening for the school's annual dinner concert.

"I think people look forward to the atmosphere of it," said band and choir director Jim Cox.

Cox said that around 90 people came to watch the entertainment for the evening and enjoy dinner served by the students of the Superior High School Band and Choir.

Concert-goers paid $8 apiece for the dinner concert and were served food from Superior Meats and Castles Foods.

The money raised from the event went to the Superior Music Boosters, a group that provides scholarships to students that want to attend music camps or first-year college freshman exiting the Superior High School Music Program.

The Superior Band took the stage first and played Trails of Glory, Sing, Sing, Sing and Blacktower Overture to a resounding applause in the crowd.

The Superior Choir then amazed the audience with their performances of Why We Sing, Send Down the Rain, Kokomo, Fields of Gold and Journey in Peace.

Cox said that the two groups have been practicing for the concert since the school year began and he was very pleased with their performances.

He added that one of the reasons the students are doing so well this year is because there are so many more musicians in the both the band and choir.

"If we look at where we were a few years ago when I first got here and where we are now as far as the number of kids. It's definitely picked up and more kids are taking part in the music program," Cox said.

This is the 17th year for the Music Boosters Dinner Concert, but Cox has only been with Superior High School's music program for three years.

Since last year the band and choir have each nearly doubled in size with 30 students in the band and 20 students in choir. Last year the band had only 15 students and the choir had only 13.

Cox said that this year many students that he thinks are role models for other students decided to give band a try and that likely helped to bring in more musicians.

"They have pretty much been selling the program themselves. We have a lot of fun and we get the pep band involved in the games," Cox said.