<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4IOG75_1GvKlEwC00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4IOG75_1GvKlEwC00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>Media by</figcaption></figure>As Evie Dean, senior, came home from walking her dog on Sunday, Nov. 8, she unlocked her phone to the email that named her 1 of 192 students who qualified for the Missouri All-State Choir. “I was with my dad when I found out, and I was just like ‘oh my gosh, I got in’ and then we celebrated together,” she said. This was Dean’s second time qualifying for All-State. To qualify for the Missouri All-State Choir, Dean, a soprano, had to previously qualify for the St. Louis All-Suburban Honor Choir, for which she auditioned for in October. On Saturday, Nov. 7, she performed with the All-Suburban Honor Choir. Following that performance, Dean was selected to audition for the Missouri All-State Choir. Dean was 1 of 4 students from the St. Louis area to make the Missouri All-State Choir. They will perform from Wednesday, Jan. 27, to Saturday, Jan. 30, at Lake Ozark, Missouri. Dean started choir during her freshman year, and she participated in chamber choir and show choir. She was unable to continue with both choirs, so she chose show choir.“I love the way that the show choir challenges you,” Dean said. “Like building your endurance with singing, and it also really helped me with my breath control when I first joined.”The hardest part of preparing for All-Suburban, Dean said, was blending in with the choir.“Choral singing is a lot different than solo singing, so you want to make sure that you don’t stand out in the choir because you want to blend in with everybody,” Dean said. Aaron Zart, choir teacher, helped Dean prepare for her audition.“I listened to her a number of times to make sure that she was all ready to rock and roll for the audition,” Zart said.While Zart has only known Dean since the start of the school year, he said her ability to learn quickly has helped her grow.“She’s such an incredible musician already because she absorbs things so quickly,” Zart said. “Seeing her from the beginning of our show choir camp to now, I think she’s grown immensely.”Zart said he hopes other students recognize Dean’s achievements. “It’s the highest honor any high school choral singer can achieve,” Zart said.Senior Payton Bonczek, soprano, earned All-State Honorable Mention. She said Dean inspires her. “Ever since freshman year, I’ve just been like, ‘wow, she’s like so good’ and she’s always convinced me to work hard at singing,” Bonczek said.Bonczek said Dean’s qualification to the All-State Choir was an insane feat. “She is just like the most talented singer ever in the whole wide world,” Bonczek said.</div></body>

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As Evie Dean, senior, came home from walking her dog on Sunday, Nov. 8, she unlocked her phone to the email that named her 1 of 192 students who qualified for the Missouri All-State Choir. “I was with my dad when I found out, and I was just like ‘oh...

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As Evie Dean, senior, came home from walking her dog on Sunday, Nov. 8, she unlocked her phone to the email that named her 1 of 192 students who qualified 

Senior Qualifies For All-State Choir

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