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Most girls, teenage girls at least, have worn high heels and know that they take some practice to just walk in; they take even more practice to dance a whole show choir show in, and look good doing it. The shoes that my school uses, for girls at least, for our prep show choirs are one inch, tan, character heels. Character just means they are plain heels no extra wow factor.

                Since they are not that tall they are pretty easy to dance in, they just take a while to get the foot noise to quiet down. Foot noise is obviously the sound shoes make when they are on the stage, when just dancing it is not a huge deal to pay attention to because the groups singing should cover it up but at times when the group is just walking, like to go to a costume change the foot noise can be something that gets on judges nerves and they can take off points for it.

                Like I said, though, the one inch heels are not that bad to control. At my school the varsity group uses two or two and a half inch heels and they are not forgiving, on the knees, feet, or the stage. They are quite painful to practice in but you need to or else you won’t be able to get through a whole show.

                Another problem with most shoes and stage for show choir is slipping, it is very simple for the shoes to not have traction and cause the wearer of the shoes to slip from one place to the other. There are a few different ways to fix that problem though.  One good idea is to put duct tape on the sole of the shoes; as long as it stays clean the tape will make the shoe less slippery, but it is very hard to keep it clean so I tend to make little grooves in it with my nails and that seems to help some.

                Another helpful thing to do is spray them with hair spray on the soles. The hair spray drays up and becomes sticky to help get a better grip of the stage.