show choir

This particular post is going to be set up to point out many flaws in being in show choir. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love show choir competitions. You’ll never meet a more interesting, fun, loud, obnoxious, and hilarious group of kids than the ones you meet at show choir competitions. And I fit right in with all of those kids. The only downside is all the time and energy it takes. We usually have to be at the school between 5 and 7 in the morning for each competition to board a bus and ride an hour or more to a strange school that I almost always seem to get lost in. after we arrive, we must sit around for several hours and think of mind numbing ways to entertain ourselves, such as carry a stereo system into the school which has a USB adapter for us to plug an iPod with obnoxious, bass-booming music on it. This noise fills the hallways. Normally this would be fun and completely okay with me, but after our first show, most of the time, all I want to do is sleep. Take a little nap to get going again for finals, but when that horrible music is blaring, it’s a difficult task to accomplish.

The days are always extremely long. Most of the time, we must wake up around 6 in the morning to get ready to board a bus where we will stay for an hour or longer. We are not allowed to sleep on the bus because when you sleep, gunk gets built up in your throat and it takes a few hours of talking and using your vocal cords to loosen that and get rid of it. This is the moment when the monotonous task of entertaining ourselves. Fortunately, the group is good at finding ways to do this that doesn’t get us in trouble, but sometimes is doesn’t work out so well.

The most common show choir food is a walking taco. This is pretty good, but most of the time I want something more substantial and healthy. There are
usually foods like carrots and apples to eat, but I would like a meal that isn’t just junk food. This, unfortunately, isn’t usually provided. There’s always plenty of food to sooth a sweet tooth and junk-food-lovers, but not enough of the good stuff. I’m assuming this is because of cost and demand of it, but for those who like to eat the good stuff, I think they should provide more of it.