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Phaichai High School, Ewha Girl's High School, Daekwang High School, Soongeui Girl's High School, GeumRan Girl's High School, Kyungshin High School, Chungshin Girl's High School, Soongsil High School – alumni from a total of 8 missionary schools joined together in one voice at the 14th Annual Missionary School Alumni Chorus Concert at Thanksgiving Korean Church in southern California on July 26th, 2015 at 6 PM. Every year the concert is held in an area with large Korean-American populations, organized by one of the 8 schools in rotating order. This year, Soongsil High School alumni organized the concert.
The concert began with ¡®Everlasting Love,¡¯ performed by the Phachai Men's Chorus. Next the Ewha Girl's High School Alumni Choir performed a 'Korean Folk Song Medley', followed by 'Oh Faithful God' by Daekwang Keunbit Choir. The rest of the schools followed in similar fashion, singing two or three songs each for a total of 21 performances throughout the evening.
It was a heartwarming sight to see – a group of mostly seniors with an average age of over three times the age they were when they graduated, joining together in music, worship, and a bit of old-fashioned fun. For example, the Soongui Alumni Chorus all dressed up in their high school uniforms, with some members even wearing pigtails and wigs! One of the members, Cho Choong-Jah (74), graduated in 1961, had immigrated to the United States to study in 1967 and eventually settled down here. She said ¡°Meeting with the other alumni every week to practice for the concert made me completely forgotten my age and feel like I am in high school again.¡±Silvernetnews Reporter Lee Jeong-Nim Leeruth1@Silvernetnews.com
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