Choir director John Myszkowski said Varsity Choir and Concert Choir are having themselves a merry little time preparing for the upcoming concerts.

At 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 the voices of Park Singers will fill the air with holiday cheer, despite the frigid weather.

“That’s always a challenge, just [being] outside at this time of the year, but that will be fun,” Myszkowski said.

Myszkowski said he feels confident Park Singers will overcome the obstacle of singing in the cold and will perform at their best.

“They are in really good shape. They [had] nearly memorized a number of things with two weeks left,” Myszkowski said.

Myszkowski said he feels confident that Varsity Choir and Concert Choir will also do well, in part because of Madeline Cacciatore, a student teacher from Gustavus Adolphus College.

“Having Ms. Cacciatore is wonderful. She pushes the students to think in different ways,” Myszkowski said.

Cacciatore said she enjoys working with the choir students and feels they are always respectful and willing to learn.

“It has really been good,” Cacciatore said. “They have been really attentive and really responsive.”

Freshman and concert choir member Ndunzi Kunsunga said he thinks the choir is in a good position regarding the upcoming winter concert.

“We seem pretty ready. As a class, we always seem pretty ready at just the right time,” Kunsunga said.

Choir accompanist Cynthia Scherer said she is thrilled everything is beginning to work out.

“I am starting to get excited for the concerts because things are starting to come together,” Scherer said.

Senior Hannah Holmquist said what she is most excited about in the upcoming winter concert is demonstrating how much better the students have gotten since the start of the school year.

“I’m super excited to show how well the choir has improved with their singing since the first day,” Holmquist said.

Myszkowski said after the winter concert the focus will shift to preparing for the February performances of the choir musical “Ragtime.”

“As soon as the concert is over, it’s heavy duty musical rehearsals,” Myszkowski said. “We’re sort of in a self-imposed competition because Southwest is doing the same thing three weeks later.”