Sidney High choir to travel to California competition

The Sidney High School choir will be sojourning to Los Angeles in May for a music competition, performances and sightseeing.

Choir teacher David Mead said he plans big trips for the students every few years.

"I try to go every four years with the choir to a competition," he said. "The last place we went was Chicago, and before that, it was New York – and we've gone to Washington, D.C., Kansas City and to Denver."

Travelling out of state allows the choir to measure itself against national competition while providing new experiences for students, he explained.

"And we've always done well," Mead...