Nearly two decades later, the choir, which began with 12 children, now has 140 kids, ages 5 to 18, who will perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics in London on Friday.

Cheryl Loggins has two sons in the Jubilate Choir — Carson, 10, and Nolan, 14, and an older daughter in another choir. Here, she said, "they just get to be kids; they don't have special needs here.