It’s not a class or a show choir, but when members of the group walk into the rehearsal classroom in the C.C. Bond Humanities Building at Chattanooga State Community College they become one in song.
There are teenagers and baby boomers, business majors and human services majors. Some seek a career in music; others simply enjoy the harmony.
They are the Singing Tigers, a group of CSCC students with a love of music. They were intentionally recruited to be diverse, to inspire each other and to be ambassadors in the community.
“We want to inspire a generation of greatness, with the purpose to unite students,” said Carlous Drake, the group’s director and adviser for the school’s Project Ahead, a student support group.
Since the Singing Tigers are a club, they do not compete with the school’s other music programs. But they do perform at school and community functions such as a faculty/staff Christmas luncheon, Epilepsy Foundation Christmas event, Black History Month celebration and church services.