Every year, the Monroe High School Choir puts on a Madrigal Dinner. It is often a show put on around Christmas time, where the performers dress in Renaissance costumes and perform songs while the audience enjoys a full course meal. This year, though, plans had to change due to the pandemic so the show is available online on March 5.

Choir council member Jessica Foulkrod discussed some of the difficulties the group faced with everything being remote.

“The biggest challenge we’ve faced in my opinion has probably been having to learn all of our music from home,” said Foulkrod. “We have practice recordings and we work on the songs over Zoom, but learning the entire Magical Repertoire virtually has definitely been a bit of a struggle.”

Foulkrod also explained how the choir has been able to film and make the performance virtual during this time.

“For specific scenes, we are able to meet in small groups at the school with masks and social distancing, but for the music itself we are at home doing our own self recordings that will then be put together into a big choir,” said Foulkrod.

The performance will be available to stream on YouTube for a certain period of time on March 5.

Every year, the Monroe High School Choir puts on a Madrigal Dinner. It is often a show put on around Christmas time, where the performers dress in Renaissance costumes and perform songs while the audience enjoys a full course meal. This year, though, plans had to change due to the pandemic so the show is available online on March 5.

Choir council member Jessica Foulkrod discussed some of the difficulties the group faced with everything being remote.

“The biggest challenge we’ve faced in my opinion has probably been having to learn all of our music from home,” said Foulkrod. “We have practice recordings and we work on the songs over Zoom, but learning the entire Magical Repertoire virtually has definitely been a bit of a struggle.”

Foulkrod also explained how the choir has been able to film and make the performance virtual during this time.

“For specific scenes, we are able to meet in small groups at the school with masks and social distancing, but for the music itself we are at home doing our own self recordings that will then be put together into a big choir,” said Foulkrod.

The performance will be available to stream on YouTube for a certain period of time on March 5.