Singing in a choir is a unique and memorable experience that is kind of incomparable to anything else. While you may try to compare it to vocal athletics, the experiences you have there are different from playing on a team, or being in a musical. Growing up singing is hard work, but so rewarding. You learn so much more than just how to sing, breathe right, or read music. You learn how to communicate, work with other people, have fun, and what real commitment is. Your fellow singers depend on you, from the age of 7 or 8, all the way until you graduate choir-dom. Despite maybe graduating school, moving away, or just growing up, there are still certain aspects of life that will always remind you of your choir days. You know you were a choir kid when....
1. Solfege still haunts you.
2. There was always one person your section relied on and if they were sick you were doomed.
3. You never lock your knees because you fear you'll pass out like that one kid did in choir that time (that kid was me).
4.You have a very specific ritual for curing a sore throat from all of those times you were sick the day before a big performance.
5.There was always a little bit of competition about who go could the longest without taking a breath during warm ups.
6. You knew that each vocal part had a distinct personality, and it will probably always be that way.
7. You would always sing the men's parts in a ridiculous deep voice when they weren't at practice.
8. You still accidentally raise your hand when you make a mistake in group settings.
9. "I can't, I have choir," was kind of the motto of your life throughout high school.
10. Your old choir robes made you prepared to wear anything life may throw your way.
