Seeing that in show choir you dance you have to practice regularly. Fairfield Choraliers is a class in school they do practice in that period but they also have after school practices and run-throughs. The after school practices you have about 2 and a half hours to clean but in school you have 50 minutes. Pure elegance only practices after school we used to have Tuesday and Thursdays practices but we got cut down to only one practice on Thursdays lasting 3:30 to 5. Somehow with one practice we still beat mixed show choirs at competitions. 

Choreographer Randy Sage cleaning Pure Elegance

It’s because we practiced as if we were performing. We gave it 110 percent. Even if we were sick we still preformed. Auditions were scary. At least for me we had to sing the national anthem accapella then we had to sight-read. You had to do this in front of 5 people. Waiting for the list was the worst feeling in the world. One list deciding your future. 5 judges choosing over 100 students fates. Once you made it a show choir you had to get fitted and fill out a ton of paper work. We got to a picnic to find out the theme for the year. Then hell week started in august. We started practicing in august with choreography camp and vocal camp. We started at 9am took a break at 12 to eat then at 1:30 started again going till 5pm. During camp you got familiar with people, the choreography and your vocal part. Kayla Kreiner Fairfield alumni talked to me about her reaction to the auditions “When I first tried out I was scared to death but as soon I walked into the chorus room I knew I’d do well”. Once you get over auditions its easy its just getting to the group.