Sunday, May 4, 2014


Like I said in the last blog show choir is mostly seen I high school. Most show choirs are considered mixed show choir meaning they have girl and guys in them. Mixed show choirs range from 20 Singer/dancers to 60 singer/dancers. Unisex meaning all female or all male range from 20 singer/dancers to 50 singer/dancers. Mixed show choirs do the SATB chords while unisex usually do first soprano, second soprano, alto one and second alto. Mixed and unisex can compete against each other but it’s very rare for a unisex group to win grand champion over a mixed group. Mixed groups have such a different sound then a unisex group. My brother and I use to fight about this all the time. He was in a mixed show choir and I was in a unisex group. Tension is always high when you compare mixed and unisex together. Both have such different sounds and harmonies.  Most unisex can only do 4 part harmony while mixed can do 8 part harmony. Also mixed groups can do partner dancing like swing, tango and the waltz. It would just be awkward if unisex did that. Tj Rice senior at Fairfield high school said “I enjoy being in a mixed show choir. The harmonies we make can make people cry. In the ballad I get a little choked up listening to the people around me. Don’t get me wrong I love the PE girls their shows amazing but you need to have the tenors and basses to fill a cord.” I talked to Jenna Pfaff junior at Fairfield high school and asked her what she thought “I love being in PE, yes choraliers can make better harmony then us but we strut the stage like no other show choir out there” I'm bias and I think Unisex groups are awesome. They can rock a 4 part harmony.  

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