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Energetic Ensemble
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Northside Elementary School students, from left, Delaney Douglas, Eli Schaefer and Nick Setterstrom concentrate their efforts on keeping a steady rhythm.

African Ensemble is an after school program available to Northside Elementary School fifth-graders in Monroe. 

This year, 45 students get together each Thursday to challenge themselves with African-inspired musical performance. They are inviting the public to a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 at the Northside school gym. 

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Ensemble members watch short solo parts rotating through the group. Back row, from left, Chloe Casper, Riley Raheed and Tatum Hendrickson. Front row, from left, Addy Eckerman, Riley Nicholson, Anna Zentner, Evan Grossman and Madeline Josephs.