Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
Voting is now open at The Glee Project Casting for those who would like to vote for (“thumbs up”) Chele Harrington ’12. To learn more about Chele and the audition process, read The Gazette’s interview from earlier this week. Chele auditioned for the producers in New York in addition to her video submission.
I might be a relatable character, or at least a very unique character, because I am a bisexual, black Jew who grew up in the Bible Belt, and in high school I was diagnosed with MS… I have pain every day with multiple sclerosis, and music is one of the few things that keeps me away from noticing pain.