COLUMBUS, Ohio — Adolescence can be nerve-jarring for any youngster, and maybe more so for the middle school boy singing in the choir and having his voice crack.
“The middle school male changing voice is tricky,” said Jeff Rone, director of choirs at Westland High School, who works with Norton Middle School boys twice a week.
“You have to show that the tough-guy macho voice is one you don’t necessarily use in choir.”
One singer, Davionn Johnson, turned down invitations for weeks from friends and Norton’s music teacher to join choir.
He sang to his friends in the cafeteria or at track meets, but doing it for school wasn’t for him. Then he was called to the auditorium where the entire 60-member choir gathered for one last push.
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