Stories by Madison Crowson
The End of a Great Season
Show choirs say farewell in "the best way"
Vocal Jazz Summit
On January 30th, Avenue Jazz and Soundcheck went to Valley to compete at the Vocal Jazz Summit, their very first competition of 2025. Unlike show choir competitions, jazz choirs are not given a trophy or rating on how they did. But, they are critiqued by a judge on ways they…
Waukee at Disney’s Imagination Campus
Over the course of Winter Break, the Waukee Warrior Regiment took a trip to Orlando to perform in the Walt Disney World Imagination Campus. From December – through January – the band spent their days either marching in the parades at Magic Kingdom and Universal Studios, while also having breaks…
Waukee’s Festival of Peace
On December 6th at 7pm, the Waukee Choirs are joining together and performing a joint concert, called Festival of Peace. This lasts for 1 hour and a half, including a 15-minute intermission. Each choir performs four mass pieces with the other choirs and an additional two songs by themselves. Tickets…
No More Laptops!
At the end of the 2023-2024 school year students, teachers, and parents were made aware of the change happening the next year, no more laptops! The school, along with the teachers, had many concerns about how the laptops were being treated. Due to this, school administration chose to change back…