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Florida Kids Make Star-Spangled DebutStaff reports - November 02, 2007
FLORIDA - Dozens of excited schoolchildren will be boarding buses to Albany, N.Y., this evening, as the Gabriel Abbott Memorial School "Gator Singers" head out for a special performance.
Slated to perform the national anthem at the 7 p.m. Albany River Rats hockey game tonight, members of the school's chorus will be making their big stage debut.
"We've never performed outside the school before," said Jennifer Orsini, a second-grade teacher at Gabriel Abbott and the chorus' supervisor. "A lot of these kids play in youth hockey leagues and they're really excited to get out there and be a part of it."
Formed three years ago, the chorus has 39 active members and is composed primarily of second- through fifth-graders. The Gator Singers only recently settled on a name, taking a poll after being selected to perform at the Times Union Center tonight.
The Gators, also the name of the Gabriel Abbott mascot, are making singing a popular activity at the school, according to Orsini, who has seen the group flourish over the last few years.
"Each year, the chorus has become a bigger and better thing and the support from the community has been tremendous. It has become such a big part of the school. It really has tailspinned over the last four years," Orisini said.
After the hockey game, the Gator Singers will be preparing for a Veterans Day concert and a special performance at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' "Songs of the Spirit" festival on Dec. 7.
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