Show choir, to me is not all about winning. It's about getting up in front of tons of people, performing my little butt off , making great memories with my fellow members, and growing as a person. But I have to admit, winning doesn't hurt.
This weekend our freshman and prep show choir competed at Prairie High School. They both seemed to be in a good position for the very first competition of the show choir season. They had sharp choreography and good vocals. Of course there are things that need some practice time in each show. But competition is not just based on how well they do by them selves, but also by how well their competitors are prepared. And after seeing some of their competitors I still thought our prep had a good chance at first or second. Last year they went undefeated and I know many of them wanted to do the same this year.
After all the wonderful performances we waited in the gym to find out who won. We waited...and waited....and waited. It turns out we waited for an hour and a half because the judges had technical difficulties. After all that wait we learned that our freshman got first place and our prep got third, which was kind of a shock but it sparks the idea for this blog; how to deal with results, whether bad or good.
I would first like to start off by saying that winning is not everything, just as I mentioned before.
Okay let's start with worse case senerio, what do you do if you get 7th out of 7 groups? I'll tell you what you do. You accept the ward graciously. You do not act shocked, or insulted or anything. Other groups should applaud you just the same. That basically goes for all spots your particular group considers a "low" ranking. Then your group should go back to rehearsal and work hard to fix the things the critic judge told you after your show. They shouldn't go around talking bad about other groups. It's bad etiquette.
After the announcer tells everyone who the second place winner is, everyone will know who the first place winner is because of process of deduction. But that doesn't mean the second place winner shouldn't get their own recognition. That means the winners should be gracious and give the second place winner their applause and not cheer that they one. They cam cheer after the announcer says they are the winner but not before that.
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