Tonight Virginia and I had our 2nd Christmas cultural outing tonight. We attended the Deer Valley High School Winter Choral Music Program... mostly to hear Josh Spainhower sing as a member of DV's acappella group, Divine Voices. Well, Josh and his group were really fabulous, but we were pleasantly surprised by the other groups as well. The numbers of talented students in the program's several choirs, their energy and enthusiasm, and their obvious love and respect for their Director, Mrs. Henderson, all speak of a vocal music program that is well-conceived, well-run, and most likely well-supported by the administration.
Our kids enjoyed a marvelous vocal music program at Dulles High School when we lived in the Houston area, but since coming to the Bay Area, we had heard that the schools here were so underfunded in the arts that most of the programs had fallen on hard times. If underfunding is the case, Mrs Henderson and DVHS are doing a great job with what they have, and the 200+ kids in the DV vocal music program are indeed blessed by a wonderful leader.
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