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Erin Yarnall, Editor
2:35 am CDT September 22, 2019

I was struck by two things when talking to Drew Dahan, the choir director at Highland Park High School last week.

We were having a conversation in his office at the school about the choir’s involvement in Ravinia Festival’s production of “Considering Matthew Shepard,” — the story of Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old, who was murdered by two men in 1998 for his sexuality. 

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