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Bessemer vocal program sees big rise in single year

By P.J. GLISSON

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BESSEMER - When Sandra Genisot accepted a position last year from the Bessemer Area School District, it was not a random decision.

"I knew I was supposed to do this," said the Wisconsin native who was hired to start a choir program at the A.D. Johnston Junior and Senior High School in Bessemer.

She also teaches vocal music to students in kindergarten and grades one through six at Bessemer's Washington Elementary School.

When Genisot first assembled her high school choir, there were only 11 students, but word got out that singing was fun, and that nu...