Pre Awards(455)

There is a point in every show choir competition that all the groups kind of put from their minds the fact that they are surrounded by people who would like them to fail and have fun.

                Of course performing is fun  and most of the people watching you want to you to do a good job but there would still be those people from other schools criticizing every wrong note and noticing every time you do a move that’s not up to par. Even when hanging around in home rooms or watching shows you are surrounded by the air of competition. But the one point at every show choir competition when people can forget about that is the time before awards yet after all the performances.

                Performers and parents and show goers all make their way to either the gym or the auditorium, wherever that competition holds their awards, and wait while the judges and the announcers work on counting ballots and scores to see where all the groups stack up. From my experience this normally takes about 20-40 minutes.  People sit by their school there is sections of kids on the bleachers, usually you can tell by that they are wearing, where their color stop that where that certain school stops. During that time kids from all show choirs do a variety of things.

                One thing they do is have a dance party; such classics as The Cupid Shuffle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwcoaZNauQ) always get people up on the gym floor. This is no homecoming dance, people are weird at show choir so it’s much more like a, go up and move however you feel at that moment.  Sometimes, there are certain schools that have people that can do cool tricks like back flips and interesting dance moves, and sometimes there are dance offs or flip offs. Those are always fun but also very scary. Sometimes the crowds start cheers such as the “we’ve got spirit yes we do, we got spirit, how ‘bout you?” cheer, and the “rock the boat” cheer. It’s all good fun. Most of the time is taken by talking to peers around you and just sitting down because after a long day of performing and makeup and hair doing, people tend to be tired.

                Sometimes the results take longer to get than forty minutes and that’s when people get rowdy. They could take longer to get because the scores were very close, or because there was a problem with the calculations, or their electronics were not working.  Then you start hearing the “why is it taking so long” and “come on” the sounds of tired teenagers.

                 When they do come people get quieted down to listen to the suspenseful rankings and awards.