‘Spies’ at WHS

Waseca High School's Vocal Music Department presented its 2023 Variety Show, “Spies,” Friday and Saturday April 14-15. Emcees Quinn Dahle and Tricia Cox took the audience on a journey to capture Carmen Sandiego and Vile's Henchmen, with each musical number performed by the ensembles tied into the overarching narrative.

The Variety Show is an annual performance by Waseca's show choirs. It features large opening and closing numbers from the combined ensemble of the State Street Singers, Showtime, and the Eighth-grade Grade Ensemble. Both the State Street Singers and Showtime presented their sets from their competition season, which shared the same theme as the Variety Show – Spies. Both groups had successful competition seasons this year, with Showtime performing in competition for the first time in the history of the group. Each senior from the show choirs also had a chance to perform a solo to a song of their choosing, and the seniors were honored through a slide show created by Jenny Pena.

The Waseca High School choirs are directed by Tim Delnay, and were accompanied by Elizabeth Hoffmann on piano as well as a pit band consisting of Devon Lawrence, Corrick Medina Kya Hoof, Ryan Leigh, Amerette Nevalainen, Claire Dieker and Josie Perrizo. Choreographer for the show choir 2022-2023 season was Michelle Lowden. The Variety Show also featured choreography by students Lindsey Kopetzki, Trista Stinehart, Jackie Mathern, Sadie Schimming, Mia Mitchell, Ashton Jenzen, Aubree Hansen, Cece Huttemier, Ava Omtvelt, Jenaro Delgado, Christian Rodriguez, Tegan Flatau, and Mallory Bruhn.

The Variety Show was recorded in-house and will be available for viewing on the Waseca Public Schools YouTube channel.