All-State Choir

By Alyssa Bissell
Some of you may know sophomore Jenna Sandquist for her outstanding achievements in sports, 4H, and most importantly, her academics. Not only has she accomplished many honors and recognition in all of these categories in her two, short years of high school, but she has also taken on a new major accomplishment by letting out her incredible singing voice to the judges for All-State Choir.
Within the first month of school, Jenna already began preparing for All-State Choir by practicing nine different songs that were definitely not considered “easy” songs to learn. Some of them were even in a foreign language. After much preparation, she drove to Harlan on a Saturday morning and practiced six different cuts with fellow participant, senior Mariah Lewis. Mariah and Jenna first auditioned together in front of a single judge and waited an almost unending three hours to find out if they had made the second round.
“The scariest part was waiting to find out whether I made it or not. I was seeing girls around me very happy and some were crying, and I still had to wait at least an hour before I found out the results,” stated Jenna.
After much anticipation, they were called back for a second audition. As Jenna was the first up, she had only fifteen minutes to prepare three different cuts for the judges. Fortunately, it must have been enough for her because she successfully made it to All-State Choir as a Soprano 2 singer. For all of her fans who wish to come support her, Jenna will be performing at the concert held at Iowa State University on November 18th and 19th.