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McIntosh Bella Voce performing "Man on the Moon" at the 2025 Spring Gala.
McIntosh Bella Voce performing “Man on the Moon” at the 2025 Spring Gala.
Cari Heinonen

McIntosh Chorus hosts Spring Gala 2025: “Out of this World”

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The McIntosh Choral Department held their fifteenth annual Spring Gala Last Thursday at 7 P.M., Friday at 7 P.M. and Saturday at 2 P.M. and 7 P.M. The tickets were $15-$18 dollars and it was in the McIntosh Auditorium. The two shows on Saturday were moved from 2 P.M. to 1 P.M. and 7 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. because of inclement weather.

“I hope [the audience] has a new understanding and appreciation for singers, actors and dancers for how much work we put in,” senior Lakiah Shah said.

Back in January, McIntosh Cantabile and Bella Voce groups went on their annual Gala retreat that they go on every year to practice for the show. Students go on this trip to practice choreography and do team building activities.

“We spend hours of dedication and hard work into making an amazing show,” Shah said.

The theme for this year’s show is “Out of this World.” The chorus has prepared songs that resemble stars, lights, and planets.

“Getting to experience this with great people has been the best part for me,” freshman Smith Maguire said.

This year there was a 36 chorus seniors, the biggest graduating class for McIntosh chorus.

“We have such a community in chorus created in spring gala and I’m excited to see future shows,” senior Shae Staples said.

Staples has been involved in the program for four years, and is now is the McIntosh Canitable Women which is the highest level for chorus.

“Being my last show it has been happy and sad, I think it’s such a full circle moment from my freshman year watching the seniors in caitable to now watching the freshmen in McIntosh Singers,” Staples said.

McIntosh students and chorus parents worked to make costumes, dances and overall maintain smooth transitions during the shows.

“Handling mics was a challenge I faced, but overall I had a good experience,” junior stage crew member River Boyle said.

 

 

 

 

 

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Grace Lovejoy
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Grace Lovejoy is serving as the Editor-In-Chief for 2024-2025 school year. Lovejoy has been on staff for three years now and served as the Features Editor last year. Lovejoy has won 3 Best of SNO pieces, including her first piece “Collision course: teens and golf cart accidents in Peachtree City” which was the first for the Trail.  Lovejoy has been an Ambassador and a part of McIntosh BETA Club for 2 years. She was involved in the Student Press Law Center’s New Voices program in 2023 and won a Best of Sno award for her story “The five freedoms in the First,” recapping her experience. Lovejoy has been involved in theater for 2 years and has performed and worked backstage on numerous shows. This year she is serving as the Historian for the McIntosh Thespians Troupe.  Lovejoy is eager to meet the new staff and have another successful year on the Trail.
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Cari Heinonen is a freshman at McIntosh and this is her first year on the Trail Staff. She plans to focus on photography and writing. Heinonen holds membership in Beta club and the National Thespian Society. She is also a part of McIntosh’s color guard program and dances at the Peachtree City School of Dance.  In Heinonen’s free time, she enjoys reading and listening to music.
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