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美国高中生合唱团开启云上合
Virtual rehearsals (排练), online auditions (试演), learning choreography (舞蹈编排), singing and dancing in masks – those were just a few of the curveballs thrown at Bemidji High School (BHS)’s all-women show choir, La Voce Ballo (LVB), this year.
La Voce Ballo – which means “the dancing voices” in Italian –_1 __________(be) a show choir staple (重要部分) at Bemidji High School in Minnesota, US, since 2004. Show choir programs in Bemidji draw in over 250 students 2 _____________(participate) every year.
3 ___________(walk) into the choir room during an LVB rehearsal, you’d surely witness an atmosphere full of laughter. One of the 4 ____________(mark) differences between LVB and the other choirs, LVB Director Emily Paine said, besides the obvious, is the sister-like relationship 5 ________the members share. During full distance learning, for example, the group participated in a “Secret Sister” gift exchange, similar 6 _______ a “Secret Santa”, within the choir and dropped gifts at each others’ homes.
This year, LVB has not had any form of a modified competition season, though the choir was quick 7 ______________(adapt) . Virtual rehearsals soon became the norm.
“We have a computer set up in the middle of the room with students tuning in,” Paine explained. “ 8 ______________(especial) when we were hybrid (混合的), we’d have half of our students coming in person, and half joining online.”
Kanani said the hardest part of online rehearsals was not being able to hear the other students singing, as they generally turned off their individual microphones during these video sessions.
9 ____________, one perk of this, Kanani noted, was that she felt she had learned the music much more thoroughly than in other seasons. “I know the music a lot 10 ____________(good)than I have in past years,” she said. “You couldn’t rely on someone else.”
Luckily, the group has gotten the chance to perform recently. Members performed during the BHS spring concerts and then held