Dixie State College of Utah - Raging Red Show Choir

Raging Red Show Choir

The Raging Red Show Choir is a goodwill and showcase performance group composed of students that was started in January 2009. Raging Red has performed throughout Utah, in parts of Nevada and Arizona, and is performing at the 2010 World's Fair in China. The group is directed by Merilee Webb and performs a variety of different styles of music, including hip-hop, spiritual, and broadway, and stages scenes from popular films and/or television programs.

For the 2010 World's Fair, their program included the song "Belle" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, "For Good" from the Broadway production of Wicked, a medley of Muppet music and skits from The Muppets and Sesame Street, as well as a dance mix of seventies classics. Each song includes solo performances by members of the choir and almost always require improvisation at some point.

In April, 2010, Raging Red opened a show for Jon Schmidt as a fundraiser for their trip to China the following month, which was in part funded by the students.

Raging Red is based on the idea of "making your box bigger," as opposed to stepping outside of it, or, making yourself comfortable with doing things you wouldn't normally do without violating your personal standards or pretending to be something you aren't. Students that are involved in Raging Red are encouraged to be examples in the community and to other students, as Raging Red is a recruiting tool for Dixie State College.

Merilee Webb has a Master's in Music Education from Brigham Young University Provo, where she was selected "Most Outstanding Musician" in 1983 and teaches in Salt Lake and Saint George. Merilee has served as Associate Director for "Young Americans," where she met Raging Red's then-future choreographer, Mackenzie Koehler, a student at the time.