Saturday, Jan. 25, the members of the Ankeny High School (AHS) Large Group Speech team headed to the district contest at Des Moines East High School, but what exactly does that mean, and what do the speech...
This past year over 35,000 students participated in theatre programs in Iowa, and around 20 percent of students nationally are involved in a high school music ensemble. But how do these programs prepare...
On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Ankeny Show Choirs attended the Bloomington Gold Show Choir competition in Bloomington, Minnesota. Ankeny’s treble prep group, Intensity, received first runner-up in the treble...
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