What is Show Choir:

Show Choir is where it all started for me.  It is a group of kids in high school that have a show arranged and choreographed for them.  The kids then perform it at various competitions, and the show is judged.  Each show choir is guaranteed one performance per competition, and if they are good enough to make the finals, then the choir gets 2 performances.  I was lucky enough to be in one of the top 3 show choirs in America.  Our group never missed the finals in the two years that I was in it.  This is what turned me onto performing as a career option or as a hobby.  The people listed above are the people that I owe any success that I have in this business or with anything that I do.  To this day, I still respect them the most. I don't forget where I come from, and who helped me get where I am. *Me Singing a Solo*

Songs that Were Performed:

You see, the problem is that the show choir would learn 3 or 4 shows a year.  We would have a camp show to get us ready, a christmas show, and a competiton show that was always our best show.  I am not going to name all seven shows that I did in my two years in the Hilltopper Show Choir.  I am just going to name the competition show numbers. I probably performed over 45 different songs in two years.

                                Junior Year:   "Freedom"
                                                         "When the Heart Rules the Mind"
                                                         "Circle of Life "
                                                         "Coffee In a Cardboard Cup"
                                                         "Hold On"

                                Senior Year:   "Beautiful Music"
                                                         "Come on Eileen"
                                                         "You'll Never Walk Alone"
                                                         "Millenium Medley"
                                                         "Stomp vs Music Man Medley"

Dancing:  

The dancing ranged from classical type dancing, to partner dancing, to all out new age hip-hop.  It all depended on the song that was being performed.  Some stuff was really technical and crisp while other stuff was funky and loose.  It was the perfect way to get a little bit of everything in a short amount of time.  We were also choreographed by the best show choir choreographer in the business, Dwight Jordan, who also does theme parks in Branson and Gurnee, IL amongst other places. *Final Pose of Our First Number*

Other:

As a senior, the choir had a record of 6-1, which is the best in the Hilltopper history.  We beat many choirs that hadn't been defeated in a long time.  This was the year that put us on the map because the next year, the show choir went undefeated and won showstoppers in Chicago.  I am most proud of what we helped to start.  Our class made a standard that the other show choirs are forced to live up to.  This is what drives them to become better every year.                     As a senior, I also won the "Best Male Dancer Award"     I did also perform solos and group songs with others in high school, but these were at Christmas concerts and cabarets, not at competitions.  So, show choir was also my first taste of solo and group singing.