March Post - Supaf Experience

Ryan Bethers

Supaf Experience

Going to Supaf was an awesome experience. I really liked seeing all of the other choirs from the other schools compete to see who was the best choir. Though we didn't win I thought that we did an amazing job, and should have won. I will tell you about my personal experience of Supaf and what I liked about it in my opinion.

The day, started when we were called down to the commons area to rehearse our songs before we leave to perform. I think that it was a good idea to practice a lot before we left, and we did. After practicing the songs the buses arrived shortly after, and then we split into two groups and one group went on one bus and the other group on the other bus. The bus ride was pretty fun and scenic. Once we got to the school were we would be performing we exited the bus and made our way to the theater. We quietly found seats in the back left of the theater were all one hundred of us sat down. I remember watching the other choirs sing, though none of them were as good as us. Finally it was our turn to get ready and we left the theater and headed for the practice room.

On our way to the practice room we had to wait in a dark hallway for what seemed like forever, but eventually the choir that had been practicing came out and headed for the stage. It was our turn to practice in the room, which was barely big enough to hold a hundred bodies. We then practiced our songs over and over until it was our turn to enter the stage and have what it seemed like a thousand of faces watch and stare at your every movement. We then finished practicing our songs and headed for the stage, on our way to the stage it was so quiet that if anyone made a tiny little sound, then everyone in the packed theater would hear it. We took our places and somehow our entire choir managed to fit onto the risers. And then we began to sing.

Singing the songs was fun and hard, fun because it sounded amazing but hard because I couldn't sing as high as the songs were written so I basically just mouthed the words and every now and then I would sing a line or two. Though it was very exhausting because trying to sing just one line took all of my effort to try and sing that high but it was still fun. I was so tired that once we were done singing it felt like my head was about to pop. Then the judge came over and gave us some advice on how we should have sang.

I didn't really like the judge it was kind of embarrassing doing what he wanted us to do while we were in front of a ton of people. He showed us how to put our hands on our cheeks and make the sound, sound better. Though I didn't think what he showed us helped at all because Mrs. Harris had already showed us how to do it. And Mrs. Harris had already taught us to do it while we are singing, and I thought that we did it just fine. The judge was a nice guy and he gave good advice to other choirs but what he told us we already knew and did.

My experience of Supaf was fun, and our choir should have won without a doubt. Though the other choirs did a good job too, but they weren’t as nearly as good as us. I really like Supaf not just because I got to miss school, but also because it was cool to see and hear the other schools in our district. If I could I would do Supaf again it was a fun and a cool experience.