Casey Spiegel, (l-r) Nora Gilbert-Hamerling, Dina Murokh, Julia Seeholzer, Phoebe Crenshaw, and Brittany Carriger performing in the student-run girls group Valhalla at the Santa Monica High School Spring Choral Concert at Barnum Hall on Friday, June 6th.
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