HELPING: Tenth-grader Leiane Malaki gets a new look as Pam Armstrong, owner, and other hairdressers at Whipped Hair Design donate their time to style the hair of girls in the choir. (Annie Wells / LAT)
Dorsey High Senior, Devion Jelkes, 17, sings Sam Cook’s “A Change is Gonna Come” during choir practice. (Annie Wells / LAT)
TEACHER: This is just like the top of the mountain, said director Marilyn Payne. (Annie Wells / LAT)
PRACTICE: Tenth-grader Jasmine Bush, 15, sings in her choir at school and tonight will sing at Carnegie Hall. (Annie Wells / LAT)
ACHIEVEMENT: Dorsey High Schools choir members prepare for Carnegie Hall, where tonight they will sing two versions of Te Deum. It seems unreal. I really didnt think wed be going. Really, said Devion Jelkes, 17, a tenor. (Annie Wells / LAT)
