Fab Five

Every year Cedar Rapids has a show called Fab Five for the public. It’s a show where the five varsity groups in Cedar Rapids perform their show for anyone who would like to watch. Tickets are 15 dollars but it usually always gets a lot of people out to watch. It’s really nice to see the support of the public show.

This event typically takes place at the paramount theatre. Because of the flooding that happened over the summer, we weren’t able to use the theatre. Prairie High School had just built a new theatre onto their school and it’s a really big auditorium, so they decided to have them host Fab Five this year. The first time I got a chance to get a look at this auditorium was when I was on stage, ready to perform, and the curtains opened. I was amazed at how beautiful it was. It reminded me of the paramount theatre. It had a balcony and everything. The acoustics were absolutely amazing as well. The contractors obviously knew what they were doing.

The stage was absolutely gorgeous as well. It was plenty big for everything to fit on it; the whole band, both ours and their changing rooms, the risers, and plenty of room at in the front of the stage to dance! It was one of the prettier auditorium packages I have seen. It was truly an honor to perform in it.

They had a good set-up as well. They provided show choir-like foods for us to buy in between the two shows because we were not allowed to leave to get any. The only thing I didn’t like was that we weren’t allowed to play any music in our room because apparently it traveled down the hallway, through the door, down another hallway, and into the auditorium. This was a little frustrating because we always play music while we’re getting ready and sing to it and get pumped up for our performance. With no music, it just wasn’t the same. I would have listened to my iPod, but I had forgotten it this time, so I had nothing. Due to that and the fact it wasn’t a hardcore competition, it was really hard to get into it and do a really good show for the public. It definitely wasn’t our best, but I’m sure all the other groups had the same problem as they were performing. Despite all of this, we got told we gave a really good show and were very entertaining.