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Free State choir students prepare for ‘Encore’

by Photos by Nathan Kramer
Nathan Kramer
Free State High School chamber singers perform "The Times They Are A-Changin'" during a dress rehearsal for "Encore." The show is set for Thursday through Saturday evenings, March 6-8, 2025.
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The singing Firebirds of Free State High School will perform music spanning multiple generations during their upcoming “Encore” performances.

Songs featured in this year’s show span all the way from The Chordettes’ 1954 “Mister Sandman” to present-day hits, with plenty in between.

Shows start at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 6, 7 and 8 in the school’s auditorium at 4700 Overland Drive.

Tickets are $10 each, available at the FSHS finance office or online at this link.

Nathan Kramer shot these dress rehearsal photos for Free State Journalism. Check out the Free Press at fsfreepressonline.com.

Nathan Kramer The Encore cast will open the show with “Lift You Up.”
Nathan Kramer Brooke Huttman (left) and Delaney Bayliss perform “What is This Feeling?” from “Wicked.”
Nathan Kramer Anders Benson sings “Classic,” as recorded by MKTO.
Nathan Kramer A group performs “Be My Baby,” as recorded by The Ronettes.
Nathan Kramer A group performs Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are.”
Nathan Kramer Anders Benson (left) and Emi Stone perform “City of Stars,” from “La La Land.”
Nathan Kramer Kinsey Lake performs Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” with a group.
Nathan Kramer Liv Brack, center, and the group perform “Crazy in Love.”
Nathan Kramer Concert chorale performs “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
Nathan Kramer Ebi Hegeman performs “Mister Sandman,” as recoded by The Chordettes.
Nathan Kramer Kouri Demelash (left) and Pryce Brinkerhoff perform “Riptide.”
Nathan Kramer A group performs Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go!”

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Nathan Kramer Piper Bonner, center, sings “Ex-Wives,” from “Six: The Musical,” with a group.
Nathan Kramer Lily Riehn (left) and Abby Cothern perform “What Baking Can Do” from “Waitress.”
Nathan Kramer The chamber choir performs “Wake Me Up,” as recorded by Avicii.
Nathan Kramer Emi Stone performs “Secret Love Song” as recorded by Little Mix.
Nathan Kramer Amelia Wiles (left) and Greta Barnett perform “Dust in the Wind.”
Nathan Kramer Kinsey Lake performs Gracie Abrams’ “I Love You, I’m Sorry.”
Nathan Kramer Gwen Fowler (left), Piper Bonner and Vivi Riffel perform “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty, as recorded by The Wailin’ Jennys.
Nathan Kramer Kiefer Bullock (left), Sean Ruddy and Owen Gerrish perform “Sincerely, Me,” from “Dear Evan Hansen.”
Nathan Kramer Vivi Riffel sings Billie Eilish’s “What was I Made For?”
Nathan Kramer The 2025 senior song is Hannah Montana’s “I’ll Always Remember You.”
Nathan Kramer Mimi Wood (left) and Annah Steele perform The Cranberries’ “Dreams.”
Nathan Kramer The cast performs “I’ve Got the Music in Me,” as recorded by Kiki Dee.

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