Showchoir

I know this blog is about the outdoors, but I want to share with you another passion of mine; Showchoir. I am in Cedar Rapids Kennedy Happiness Inc. This showchoir was the first of its kind in the Midwest. It paved the way for other showchoirs to come. Now, there are many showchoirs in the area. There are 5 in the Cedar Rapids area alone. That means a lot of competition for us. For the past couple years we have been the best group in Cedar Rapids, and I hope this year is no different. We had our first competition last weekend at Linn-Mar High School. Going into the competition we were worrried about just making finals. Once we found out that there were a ton of great groups there we were even more afriad. The director of the competition even expanded the groups that could make finals to 7 from 5. There were about 12 groups that won grand championships the previous year. We felt somewhat unprepared and didn't know how we were going to stack up against these outstanding groups. It turns out we had less to worry about that we thought. We ended up placing first in the day round and 2nd in the night rounds. Our group was so excited, and happy to see all of our hard work finally pay off. We start practicing in July so as you can see it is a long process full of ups and downs. The competitions always bring out the best in us. We are excited to be having another opportunity for competition this weekend. Happiness is traveling up to the high school Davenport North to compete in the competition held there. I'm sure it will be another fun filled day of showchoir! Wish us luck!