East High School Show Choir

Sandy Cullen:

Antonio Branch may have gotten off on the wrong foot at Madison East High School, but his tune changed once he started singing and dancing with the school's Show Choir.

"I was with a bad crowd," said Branch, 18, who saw many of his friends from eighth grade drop out of high school.

But Branch said the tightknit ensemble of student performers he joined last fall has helped give him the motivation to get his grades up and set his sights on attending Madison Area Technical College en route to a four-year college degree.

"They build you up, tell you you can do it," said Branch, a senior who's now thinking about becoming an elementary school teacher.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 13, 2006 6:21 AM
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