More than 400 Burroughs students to take part in Holiday Spectacular

Scarlet Lastrapes, 15, performs during a rehearsal Tuesday of this year's Holiday Spectacular at Burroughs High School.

Dec. 10, 2019 7:27 PM PT

The annual production called Holiday Spectacular will be presented this weekend at John Burroughs High School, 1920 W. Clark Ave., Burbank.

The show is presented by the school’s vocal and instrumental music associations and will feature more than 400 students both onstage and behind the scenes, according to organizers.

Featured will be the school’s four choirs — Powerhouse, Sound Sensations, Sound Waves and Decibelles — along with Burroughs’ wind ensemble, symphonic and concert bands and jazz ensemble.

Also, several students will perform tap, ballet, contemporary and hip-hop numbers.

Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the school’s auditorium. Ticket prices are $15 for adults and $10 for students and senior citizens. Reserved seating is available for $25.

To purchase tickets, visit jbhsvma.com or jbhsima.org.

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Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam is the former city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.