What do you get when you combine singing, acting, and food? The Mad-Jazz and Madri-Gals dinner, of course.

     Every year, the both of the choirs each host a dinner to show off their skills. This year, the Mad-Jazz dinner took place on Nov. 30 and the Madri-Gals dinner took place the next evening.

     “[The event] is a dinner and a show. The guests eat while we perform a show. This year, Madri-Gals is performing Cinderella-phant,” sophomore Katie Conrad said. Conrad played the part of Cinderella in the show.

     Cinderella-phant is the story of Cinderella with a twist- Cinderella has giant ears.

     “[The show] has a lot of lame humor and drama,” Conrad said. “It’s really fun.”

      The theme of this year’s shows were fairy tales with a twist. Mad-Jazz hosted a show as well.

     “Mad-Jazz performed Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Heir,” junior Nick Argueta said.

     In Rapunzel, Rapunzel Let Down Your Heir, the characters debate about the who is the rightful heir.

     “I love how hard we work,” Conrad said. “Everyone puts in so much effort, and we can make wonderful things with our work.”

     Each choir had a block to practice their lines and songs each black day.

     “I’ve found so far that for Mad-Jazz, most of our work happens very efficiently in class. With [show choir], you are required to do a lot more outside work in order to memorize all of your choreography and gain endurance,” junior Katelyn Maudlin said, who plays Rap-Rap, Rapunzel’s mother in the show.

     During the event, guests are served dinner by the choir members: Madri-Gals served  at the Mad-Jazz show, and Mad-Jazz served at the Madri-Gals dinner.

    “[The show] was rather interesting: it was minimally set, very vocal, there was no audio tech at all, and it really got the spirit of the show,” junior Ben Kuzel said.

    After the show, the choir performed a few songs. To close the evening, both Mad-Jazz and Madri-Gals sang together.

     “It was spectacular,” said sophomore Madeline Shelton, who attended the dinner as a guest. “I was really impressed with how far they’ve come.”