Junior high choir sees Broadway show at Wharton

About 58 students and parents bubble with enthusiasm as the 7th and 8th grade choir gather before boarding the bus to go see the Broadway show, Anastasia, at East Lansing’s Wharton Center, Jan. 17. Photo credit: Mason Keen.

by Patrice Johnson

A few young women shimmered in evening gowns and heels; a handful of 7th and 8th grade men wore suits and ties—all 58 students and parents bubbled with enthusiasm as the choir gathered before boarding the bus to go see the Broadway show, Anastasia, at East Lansing’s Wharton Center, Jan. 17.

Carol Hatch, high school teacher and event organizer, said, “Students have raised their own money to go and are very excited for the experience.”

The bus pulled away from the high school curb just after 4:00 p.m., transporting its passengers to an evening of dining at Olive Garden in Okemos and then to the show about the mysterious disappearance of a Russian girl named Anastasia.