Chapter 4: I was in Show Choir before “Glee” made it cool

As I previously mentioned, I was in Eldorado’s Show Choir Gold Rush. I spent literally all four years of High School in that choir in addition to just regular Concert Choir. That’s right. I’m just that cool. I made amazing friends in that choir, learned a lot about music, myself, life, blah, blah… blah. This was the same group where I meet Jean-Lousie, Katie Walker (technically I meet her in middle school), Taylor Bonino, Adrielle Itaii, and a lot of other cool people.

In my freshmen year we placed in 3rd at showfest and 4th place the following year, but ever since then the group has won first place ever year. We traveled every spring break to either compete in competitions or perform for different audiences. Honestly, I think we were just looking for excuses to go on fancy vacations. Our first year we went on a cruise to Mexico and we did perform for a very small audience. I mean small… Still though, we had a blast.

The second year we went on a slightly less glamorous trip to Colorado on a bus. That was interesting to say the least, but we got to go to six flags for one day, which was great. In our junior year we went to Disney land and won the Heritage festival and in my senior year we went to Chicago and this time we participated in the most important show choir competition in the country, The Fame Festvial. I don’t remember how we did. I only know that we didn’t make finals, but we came close. I think overall we placed in either 5th or 6th.

Do I miss show choir? No. I had a blast, but it was a very high school activity. What I do miss though is hanging out with the friends from the music room who have since moved on. Since high school Taylor has had an on again off relationship with New Mexico and currently is living in Arizona with his mother for the first time in a very long time and that has been something he has always been wanting to do.

Adrielle has moved to NY city and to me is the definition of free. She has worked very hard and gone through of a lot shit. She is doing very well in NY and is totally deserving of all of that.

Jean-Louise and Katie (my two Frienemies, remember them?) are currently living together in a cute house a couple blocks from UNM and are very happy together. They aren’t lesbians I promise.