Show Choir Research Paper

Freshman year, I imagined that year to be amazing. I wanted it to just have an awesome flow but did it? It did in the beginning then a bomb went off during the middle of the year and turned freshman year into a complete disaster. Freshman year was supposed to be about having a great start to the rest of your high school life before you enter the big bad world but other students just couldn't help themselves but to create that bomb during the middle of my freshman year.

If you are not familiar with what Show Choir is, and the amount of time and work ethic you need, then you are in for a big surprise. Show Choir has evolved over the past years increasingly. Forget the young men and women in dark jackets and dresses standing on old risers and singing nice choral pieces. Show Choir has become a mini-musical sport. Many claim that Cheerleading and Marching Band is considered a sport, why should Show Choir be any different? Yes, show choir is mostly singing and dancing, but there is much more to it than one would think. I would know this because Show Choir has been a part of my life for almost 3 years now. I have experienced the hardship, fun, disappointment, pain, time, and joy, but it all paid off at competition when we would go to awards and see how we placed. Show choir is a sport, just as much as “cheerleading” or “marching band.”

Senior year has been a rollercoaster of emotions and events. I got to experience things

Ok so im going to talk about me. I was new to this school I had come from pierce elementary (hopefully I will be going back) I thought that it was bad to start new that I would lose so many friends but I learned that a restart is good sometimes. And it was really fun but now everybody in fifth grade will be starting a new part of their education and that's what I

I chose to join show choir because I thought it would be a good way for me to leave my comfort zone and try something new and fun. The first time I thought of auditioning for show choir was when I saw them perform during my sophomore year. They sang and danced to a song titled, "Till the Love Runs Out" and the sound and choreography they did just blew me away. I knew then that I wanted to be a part of that choir.

A lot have people have been nervous about their freshman year but eventually we all make friends and end off the year with a lot of great weird and sometimes depressing memories.

This year, 2016 and 2017, was my first time at Early College High School. I was very worried and scared at the beginning of the year, but now, I am more comfortable at this school. From re-dos to essays, I have learned a lot this year from my English class. There are many things that I will forget, however, there are also memories and actions I will keep. Lastly, there is advice that I will provide for the upcoming sophomores.

Show choir, a favorite activity among many high school students, requires preparation and practice to be a top-notch performer. Although some schools go for a more complicated look, there are also schools that go for a simpler way. Whether the preparation is over the top or simple, you must follow the steps of doing your makeup, fixing your hair, and getting dressed.

Just by watching the show choir you should be able to tell that they are a superior group. What tells judges that a show choir group is superior is that the group’s choreography is clean, sharp, filled with energy, and every member of the group has stage presence (Weaver). Show choir choreography should be full of different levels and interesting moves that include their whole body. Step-touches and big arm movements are good, but the more variety and uniqueness to the different dance moves, the better. No matter what the choreography that the show choir is given, the choir should use it to their full advantage.

The road to show choir nationals was a long struggle with many roadblocks. There were many times when I dreaded going to rehearsal, and when I got there, I just wanted it to be over so I could leave. Show choir started to feel like a chore to me and I didn’t enjoy it like I did last year. That is, until March 31st.

The concert I attended was performed by the Brooklyn College Wind Ensemble conducted by Jeff W. Ball on March 1, 2016. The Midwood High School Band, conducted by Melissa Williams, performed as special guests. Before going to the concert, I looked up Wind Ensemble so I’d know what to expect. A Wind Ensemble consists only of wind, brass, and percussion instruments. My concert experience was enjoyable as I went in knowing what the Wind Ensemble is, and went in with an open mind.

“I want to start a flute choir!” Those words were the start of a new mission for me, an exciting journey to success, even though I hadn’t really thought through the process. When I transitioned to full-time PSEO during my junior year in high school, I had to drop band to make room for more classes in college. I missed the relationship I had with my fellow musicians, playing Disney songs for the elementary school children to inspire them to join band, and simply making music with friends. As a musician, playing solos is wonderful, but being part of a group develops even greater skills, such as adjusting intonation, pitch, and listening. I decided that if I couldn’t be in the band at my high school, I would initiate my own, smaller group.

On the bright side, this year alone, you have had one person leave you, one person doubt you, one who is indecisive (still), you have had to quit your second weekend job because it interferes with your work schedule, you’ve had to defend yourself and you are still doing remarkably well in this class with

Losing friends, meeting new people, first job, first car, boyfriend, getting my license. Throughout the last four years of high school I’ve experienced a lot of new things and learned a lot on the way. I remember walking into school on the first day of freshman year; I was thinking that these are going to be a very long couple of years. I was wrong; these past four years have gone by so fast, so I guess my dad was right when he said they’d fly by.

On Tuesday March 1, 2016 at 7:00pm, I attended a Spring Choir Concert back home put on by the Oswego East High School Choral Department. It took place in the Performing Arts Center where the lights turned down and the stage lit up. The different choirs from acapella to ambiance to Voice Activated sang songs from a range of various musical stylings and genres. Some sang pop while a different choir would sing .They sang their songs one after the other. Going into this concert I was very excited, because a few of my friends who are still in high school were singing, and they would be songs I’d enjoy. My favorite songs are very popular and the fact that three of the songs they sang were I Will Wait, Pompeii, and Stitches