Going out

Last week, going out concert occurred. This is always remembered for the sobbing that occurs during the show, and afterwards. This year was a little different, but not much.

As always, it was a very boring show, with tons of gifts exchanged before each performance and it got a little ridiculous. Ok I can see giving gifts to the directors and so on, but when every parent that helps with the show gets a gift too, it gets a little lengthy. Especially when it's done for an audience that really doesn't give a shit and just wants to see a show. But apart from that, it was a pretty good experience.

Our performance was pretty good except for the ballad which was AWFUL. But for the whole show we were really feeling it, and were making the best of it since we knew this would be the last time we performed together as a group and we would never perform this show again.

After the show, everyone in the group got in a horseshoe to prepare to sing the annual "Forever". It's a song about leaving, and missing everyting etc. It's a pretty emotional song, during a pretty emotional time, but surprisingly not many people were crying or getting emotional. This was a very surprising change, escpecially considering the type of year we had, and how close we all were. We were all just having a good time singing with each other, and as the seniors went up to the front to say their last goodbyes to showchoir, only a few were balling. It wasn't until after the show that everybody broke down into tears.

For the most part, I kept my composure and just supported everyone else, but I knew that next year might be a different story. But i felt bad for several of the people that had showchoir as their life, and that would never experience it again. They felt like they had lost a relative, and they showed it. They stayed onstage for almost an hour after the show was done, just crying over their loss and the memories.