Choir

On January 29th the show choir group traveled to Emmetsburg to perform competitively. Their experience and thoughts were captured through various students about this year’s group. Caitlin Thilges, a senior at Bishop Garrigan, was asked what it was like to perform competitively. She said “We have never done show choir competitively so to do it at this level was a lot more intense than previous years”. Show Choir started practicing in the middle of November. Director Dave Fog said “The students did pretty amazing for staring at the time we did”. A few students were asked about their year in Show Choir so far. Gabriel Trainer a junior stated “I think we are a lot more prepared than we have been in the past years. Especially since we are competing…

to enjoy. Although it was rather short concert, I still had the pleasure of hearing eight diverse groups sing at this year’s Winter Choir Concert. At 7 o’clock on the dot, the women of Treble Choir came out on stage. As the chatter in the audience hushed, the president of the group announced who they were and briefly talked about the two pieces they were singing that night. Treble Choir then proceeded with singing Ragtime Town, the first song I heard that night. While listening to this song, I…

Choir Is Cult Only Slightly Less Cultish Than Band It wasn’t really a question on whether or not I was going to join choir Freshman year. I had always been in some kind’ve choir since pretty much birth--we’ve got some pretty sick videoes of me making whale sounds as a baby to prove it--from single digits to double digits, I’d always been singing. Freshman year, I sat in the front row, four chairs in on the right of the choir with Spencer Evoy to my left. Abby Merschman was sitting behind me…

Choir is an organized group of singers, typically one that takes part in church services or performs regularly in public. Choir for the last three years has changed a great in my life. I have had wonder full experience and doors open up to me for me because of choir. I can say choir is significant to me because it has help improve my teamwork ability, improve my understanding of music, and improve my social skills. Working with Mrs.Smith for the last three year has improved my teamwork…

Choir is an elective where you learn and sing songs every class period. You learn things like triads and intervals. Many people aren’t really into choir until they join and absolutely love this class. Here are 15 reasons why YOU should join choir. You make many friends! When you join a choir you meet new people and sing with them. Soon enough you will have many friends and they become your choir family! (Even if you don’t talk much)You will celebrate your past concerts together and you will…

High school gives the students the chance to engage with different sports and/or extracurricular activities, many of which are not classified as sports. Show Choir is a sport that many single out and classify as an extracurricular activity. Show Choir is a group activity which combine choral singing with dancing to tell a story. Various groups travel across the United States competing for trophies. The groups are ultimately looking to acquire a championship reputation. So, what makes up a sport?…

I joined choir in third grade and have been in it ever since. I always loved singing but it wasn't until choir at Westlake that it became a true family to me. It was freshman year when Westridge and Hill Country came together, in core classes we would pick our seats and the room would basically split in half, but in choir we were all mixed together and forced to talk and intermingle. Choir is not only about being able to sing but having fun and making friends is what it’s all about. As the year…

Choir has opened the door to multiple opportunities that have been a thrilling experience. Choir camp two years ago opened even more doors. Before I started in choir, I was shy and not as outgoing as I am today. It has helped me to develop the courage to even step onto a stage and sing in front of people. This incredible class is the best class of the day, it is the only class where a person get to use our voices to express yourself, and make a beautiful sound that people actually want to hear.…

Ever since your sixth-grade year, you have participated in concert choir, which has ultimately grown you not only as a singer but also as a person. When you first started choir, you were timid about reading music and especially nervous about singing in front of others. As you grew older, especially when you started high school choir, these fears were quickly eliminated. Looking back on your journey, I wish you would’ve eliminated these fears quicker because you would’ve grown much more as a…

Ever since I joined choir, I knew from the start I knew the goal to make the Regional and Allstate Choirs. My first year I auditioned, which resulted in a poorly fashion. Consequently, the next year I put more effort into my preparation. While I had prepared a great amount for the audition, the score came back resulting me staying out. Feeling upset, I continued to work hard on achieving this goal. My Junior year of high school I auditioned and was one point from making alternate. I was upset.…