This chorus class always starts the day with vocal warm ups. It’s an important exercise and chorus is one of student Kristen Duran’s favorite classes at Arcadia High School.
Music director Dr. Stephen Pu treats every rehearsal like a mini recital.
“They improve as singers during this time and then when they’re singing their repertoire, that’s when they can apply the technique they’ve practiced,” says Pu.
CORONA — Aydin Breland came here as a lacrosse guy. “It’s a new CIF sport,” the 13-year-old from Corona’s Cavaliers travel team says. But it’s not exactly where the seventh-grader’s athletic focus is now that he’s at the Winners Circle Academy.
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