This evening I attended a performance of the Carroll Show Choir which is quite good and has won several awards this year. My granddaughter is in the show choir band which means I couldn't see her but I could hear her clarinet solo. From Girl Scouts to Batman, I enjoyed the whole show. I did have to reflect though on how things have changed. When I was in high school I sang in the choir. They didn't call it show choir, just choir. I stood in the back row because I was one of the tallest and we all stood still in rows and sang show tunes. One year it was My Fair Lady and another year it was The Music Man. We didn't move, we certainly weren't choreographed. We just stood in rows and sang. 28 years later I watched the Carroll Show Choir perform when my son was in the show choir band. They were already winning prizes and moving in nice dance moves around the stage but nothing like tonight. I came away feeling like I had been watching a Broadway show. Between the rap tunes, the rapid costume changes, the constant movement on stage, and some great solo voices it was "a really good show."
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