School Spotlight: Leo High School choir

SPOT. BE CAREFUL, FOLKS. KRIS HABERMEHL, CBS 2 NEWS. >>> TURNING BACK TO TODAY’S SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT, WE ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AT LEO HIGH SCHOOL. A 98-YEAR-OLD ALL BOYS CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN AUBURN GRESHAM. >> LET’S GET BACK TO AUDRINA

SINCLAIR WHO WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE SCHOOL’S CHOIR PROGRAM WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE. >> Reporter: OH, MY GOSH. YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED. I’M SO PUMPED ABOUT THIS. WELCOME TO LEO HIGH SCHOOL. HEY, GUYS.

THESE ARE THE YOUNG MEN OF WHAT THEY CALL THE WORLD RENOWNED LEO HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE WILL GET TO A QUICK INTERVIEW WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS. HIT IT.

>> [ SINGING ] >> Reporter: THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE TEASE. THEY HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL VOICES. WE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER. WE ARE WITH THE DAHNTAY JONES, A SENIOR HERE AT LEO HIGH

SCHOOL. FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON CBS CHICAGO. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PART OF A CHOIR? YOU GUYS ARE POWERFUL. >> IT’S A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A REPUTATION

THAT IS SO GREAT AND TO CONSTANTLY BE AMBASSADORS FOR THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY. NOT EVEN JUST EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR, EVERY SECOND, EVERY MINUTE IT’S A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE. TO BE UNDER THE TEACHING OF MRS. HILL IS

AWESOME. >> Reporter: SEEING YOU GUYS SING, AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THEM ALL MORNING, IT FEELS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ALONGSIDE YOUR OTHER BROTHERS HERE? I KNOW IT’S A BROTHER. HERE AT LEO.

>> WE ARE REALLY STRONG ON BROTHERHOOD HERE. TO BE AROUND THESE GUYS EVERYDAY JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. TO HAVE PEOPLE AROUND THAT SUPPORT YOU NO MATTER WHAT AND WHO ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE YOUR BACK

IS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I LOVE ALL OF THESE GUYS. >> Reporter: WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE YOU GUYS THIS MORNING. I KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO SING AGAIN. WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO THE CHOIR DIRECTOR . I WANT YOU

TO STAND ON THIS SIDE. I WANT YOU TO STAND IN FRONT OF THE BOYS, THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN THAT YOU WORK WITH. HOW DOES THIS FEEL WHEN YOU SEE THEM AND THEY SOUNDS AMAZING AND ARE SO GREAT? >> IT’S REWARDING. IT’S

ACTUALLY MY PASSION , OBVIOUSLY. BUT TO SEE THEM , YOU SET A STANDARD AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED. YOU SET THE STANDARD AND THEY EXCEED IT EVERY SINGLE TIME . THESE YOUNG MEN HAVE NO PRIOR MUSIC EXPERIENCE . WE JUST WORK WITH

THEM . THIS IS THE OUTCOME. THEY GET TO SEE IT IN REAL TIME , THE VALUE OF WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN, THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE PUT IN. IT’S AMAZING. >> YOU GUYS HAVE A REALLY EXCITING PERFORMANCE COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

>> NEXT WEEK ON THE 21st WHERE PERFORMING FOR THE CARDINAL AT SAINT ALPHONSO . THAT’S AN HONOR. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. TOMORROW WE ARE PERFORMING FOR THE ALPHA FRATERNITY . WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: I WANT TO DO 20 SECONDS OF YOU GUYS SINGING AS WE GO TO BREAK. WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN AT LEO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE GETTING IN PLACE, SO WE CAN TAKE YOU TO BREAK HERE. HIT IT, YOU GUYS.

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