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On the 19th Hole, CHS Jazz Band Hits an Ace

PHOTOS: Students on course for benefit that funds high school sports, clubs, music and more.

Over hors d'oeuvres on the 19th hole, golfers in Maplewood finally achieved their perfect swing -- sipping and nibbling to the rhythms of the CHS Jazz Band, one of the many high school activities benefitting from the

Over the past 14 years, the Cougar Booster’s annual golf classic at the Maplewood Country Club has raised enough money to distribute more than $200,000 to a wide range of activities and sports at Columbia High School, everything from a Shakespeare Festival to ultimate Frisbee.

Monday’s fundraiser featured music under the direction of Peter Bauer, the CHS Jazz Band playing an hour-long set of jazz standards -- the students, not the golf pro, giving the lesson on swing.

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