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Lawrence High choir students prepare for ‘Showtime’

by Nathan Kramer
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Justyss Smith holds Kylee Chee during a performance of "Stereo Hearts," as recorded by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine, April 23, 2025 during the rehearsal for Lawrence High School's "Showtime." The show is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 24, 25 and 26 in the school's auditorium, 1901 Louisiana St.
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The musical Lions of Lawrence High School will sing and dance to hits spanning decades during their annual “Showtime” performance.

Songs featured in this year’s show include a range from duets by Simon & Garfunkel and Frank and Nancy Sinatra to numbers from “Hair” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” hits from Elvis Presley, Taylor Swift and Dolly Parton, and much more.

This will be the last “Showtime” for choir director Dwayne Dunn, who is retiring at the end of the year after holding the position since 2011. That year, Dunn was also selected as the Kansas Music Educators Association’s Kansas Music Teacher of the Year. He has devoted more than four decades to the choral music profession, according to the Kansas Choral Directors Association.

Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 24, 25 and 26 in the school’s auditorium at 1901 Louisiana St. It’s a three-hour show with a 10-minute intermission.

Tickets are $10, and they’re available at the Clinton Parkway Hy-Vee and the LHS financial office. They will be available at the door for cash or checks only.

Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times “Showtime!”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Asher Sikes (left) and Thomas Sikes perform “Bleecker Street” as recorded by Simon & Garfunkel.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Cooper Grant (left), Asher Sikes, Thomas Sikes and Parker Lopez perform “Spend My Life With You.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The cast sings “Love You” as recorded by The Free Design.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The cast performs Florence + The Machine’s “Shake It Out.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Concert Choir performs “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In,” from “Hair.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Students perform “That’s Right, You’re Not from Kansas,” as recorded by Cactus Cuties.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Ava Kohart sings “There Are Worse Things I Could Do.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Magnus Pollington sings “My Rifle, My Pony, & Me,” as recorded by Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The cast performs “Stereo Hearts.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Bea Johnson sings “Hypotheticals,” as recorded by Lake Street Dive.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The cast performs “Life is a Highway.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Adelle Spiess performs “She Used To Be Mine,” as recorded by Sara Bareilles.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The a capella choir rehearses “Fly Like an Eagle” as recorded by Steve Miller Band.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Cast members sing “Dust In The Wind,” as recorded by Kansas. The number also features a duet by strings performers Rodger Mayhew and Zander Pritchard. The band has a special tie to the school as Robby Steinhardt, a founding member of the band, graduated from LHS in 1968 and was inducted into the Lawrence Lions Alumni Association Hall of Honor in 2023.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Concert choir sopranos and altos sing “I Lived,” as recorded by OneRepublic.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Chorale performs “Superstar” as recorded by The Carpenters.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Magnus Pollington sings “What Remains,” as recorded by Kasie Gasparini.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Cast members perform “Everything is Awesome” from “The LEGO Movie.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times At center, Elise George (left, in pink) and Justyss Smith (in yellow) each form half a heart with their hands during “Everything is Awesome.”

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Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Cooper Grant sings “Burning Love,” as recorded by Elvis Presley.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Students perform “Misery,” as recorded by Maroon 5.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Students perform “Jolene” as recorded by Dolly Parton.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Logan Massa Huffman (left) and Keegan Tuell perform “Stay Gold,” from “The Outsiders: The Musical.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times A capella tenors and basses perform “Stay Gold.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Leslie Knox (left) and Delaney Haase perform “Somethin’ Stupid,” as recorded by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Cooper Grant (left) and Parker Lopez sing “Uptown Girl.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Students perform “Touch,” as recorded by Katseye.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Students perform “Touch,” as recorded by Katseye.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times Ash Wagner (left) and Cadence Scholz perform “Oh, What a World,” as recorded by Kacey Musgraves.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The Class of 2025 seniors perform “Slipping Through My Fingers.”
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times The show opens and closes with performances of “Showtime!”

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Nathan Kramer (he/him), a multimedia student journalist for The Lawrence Times since August 2024, is a junior at Free State High School. He is also a video editor for Free State’s student publication, where he works as a videographer, photographer and motion designer. See more of his work for the Times here.

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