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PHOTOS: Titans put on a show for the holidays in music concert

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

In schools across Salem and Keizer, students are putting on display the result of rehearsals and practices – the annual holiday concert.

Such shows are returning after a pandemic-induced silence last year.

West Salem High School took its turn on Thursday, Dec. 9, with its holiday show.

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Student musicians at West Salem High School entertain the crowd during a holiday presentation on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.