Makeup,
hairspray, sweat, and sparkles! What else is a key giveaway to the show choir
season? While yes, it is a long season, it only really starts up in January!
There are all sorts of choirs that end up competing. Varsity, prep, and a ninth
grade division with all sizes and genders. Generally, there are 3A and 4A
categories. There are also all girl or both gender choirs.
So why
has show choir become all the more popular? Glee, perhaps? Well wouldn’t that
make sense! Glee was a very popular show that ended up catching the hearts of
people all over the world of all ages and types. It has made people think that
anyone can be in show choir if they really want to. Even if they are popular.
After
Glee aired, many more people started trying out for show choir. Why? Because
who doesn’t want to follow their heart while at the same time following after
one of your favorite television shows? Once “popular” people started making it
into the world of show choir, they got their friends and even more people to
want to try out.
With
every sport or activity, there is always a fan base. Unlike most sports, you
can see the big shots for a low price, LIVE! What better than the thrill of
watching the biggest and best? The suspense of the results? Oh yes. There can
be even more of an adrenaline rush not knowing how the results are going to go
until the very end, than knowing the score as the game or event goes on. After
all, the element of surprise is a favorite of many.
Speaking
of fans, what better to do on a Saturday before you hang out with friends and
go to parties later that night? Go to support one of your friends or loved
ones! Generally, at in town competitions, almost every performer has at least
one supporter in the crowd. That means around fifty fans per choir. What a full
house! Then you have to consider the fact that some choirs get points from
their directors if they support the other choirs from their schools. Therefore,
that adds a whole other choir to the mix of the crowd.
If your
school is not fortunate enough to have a large auditorium or gym to perform in,
then you have to deal with the crowd over flow. Many schools decide to use
televisions in cafeterias and homerooms so that choir members and school
members/ parents can watch without taking up the room of paying audience
members. Due to fire marshal rules, schools are not allowed to block aisles or
steps due to fire exits. This means that some cannot accept more people in the
room than the accepted room capacity, or number of seats.
Due to
the number of audience members allowed, most people get to competitions early
and then go straight to stand in line. If you do not have a balcony such as
some other schools, then audience members need to stand in line sooner to get a
good seat. You can only imagine the traffic flow around the performance room
and the amount of heat in there! You definitely have to have a high tolerance
for bodily odors as well as having your personal bubble popped. But let’s be
honest, what is show choir without getting closer to someone, right?
-Hangin’ from a clothesline
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