“All right, let’s do it again,” said Show Choir director Jason Mayfield. “Heads down.”
“Thumbs up,” whispered someone from the midst of dancer singers, followed by snickers from the rest of the group.
The music starts, the Show Choirites spin into action, either carefully scrutinizing themselves in the dance room mirrors or hamming it up, all whilst singing the chords of a Journey montage. What begins as shuffling soon turns into synchronized dance, and the spirit of oneness embodies the group. Then one person does something differently from the rest of the group, flinching in hopes that Mr. Mayfield didn’t notice.
“All right, start over,” he says.

While the group has a lot of fun together, it isn’t all play and no work.
“We rehearse 4 hours a week, 2 hours on Monday nights for choreography, and 2 hours Friday with an hour in the morning for singing and then an hour after school for choreography,” senior Christian Brewer said.
Though it may seem time consuming, it is all in effort for a competition.
“We have been practicing a lot because we are going to a competition Feb. 25 and it requires us to have costumes, stage make-up, etc,” junior Whitney Sizemore said.
The main difference between the Show Choir and the vocal choirs is the level of athleticism and expression.
“When you’re doing a show choir performance you have to be conscious of your body language and try to pull the audience in by ‘connecting’ with them through your expressions instead of standing still, keeping your eyes locked on the conductor like you do in ACAP,” Brewer said.
In order to make sure his group will excel, Mayfield keeps the group small.
“In show choir you’re exposed because there’s only 12 of us spread across 4 voice parts,” Brewer said.
In addition, Mayfield only admits students from his highest level of choir.
“Everyone in show choir has to be in A Cap,” senior Alex Davison said. “Singing and dancing may look easy, but it definitely is not easy.”
As a result of the fewer amount of members, they also form tighter bonds with one another.
“Since there’s only 12 people in the group, you get a lot closer,” senior Alyvia Nichols said. “I could honestly call everyone in the group a friend.”
The other members agree.
“Sometimes I feel like we are all brothers and sisters that argue all the time,” Davison said, “but are still there for each other when the time comes.”