Will Edd in the NEWS
In The Milwaukee Journal
Noise, Morale Rise in chorus
by Gary C. Rummler
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One rambunctious boisterous teenager is pandemonium. A classroom full of them is a swing choir.While most teachers keep a lid on their classes, swing choir directors hide the lid.
This is how Willie Moore, director of the Rufus King High School swing choir, changed 20 free wheeling, spirited singers into a choir for the group's first program.
They Want Swing Choir
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At 8:45, Moore is out in front of the curtain welcoming the students who have entered the auditorium.
The first number the audience liked. The second one "Games People Play" they eat up. Students whistle, shout and clap to the music. Charles Browne, a vocal soloist who also plays sax with the band, swings into his part."Sing, Charles," a student yells.
They Want Swing Choir
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The routine ends with loud applause and shrill whistles. "That was good. That was good," shouts a girl.
"Mr. Moore, don't say that's all," a student shouts, and is backed by applause. "Mr.Moore, put some more on it.
"Back in the practice room,choir members slap hands, joyous at a job well done. "The altos didn't mess up once," Grace brags. Prather beams, "I wasn't even nervous."