Chiquita on More Show Choir, 'tis the Season!

Well, in the spirit of the show choir season, I thought it would be appropriate to add some video links of some performances over the past few years.


The first one is of Buffalo Grove at Show Choir Nationals in Nashville, Tennessee last spring break. Happiness was also at Nationals. There is one single reason why i chose to put this video up, and that is the male soloist in the beginning. He's amazing. I just love his voice. The girl is also good, but when i heard this guy, I was rather blown away.


The second video is of Happiness, our varsity group. The song is called Fix You, and its by Coldplay. I chose to put this one up here because it was really moving when you saw it live. The group worked so hard on this number. I remember many practices that were devoted solely to perfecting this song. I'd say the group did a pretty damn good job of doing that. Its definitely one of my favorite ballads by Happiness.


The next video is of a novelty, or a comical song of Happiness's Its called "Toledo Surprise". It had a ton of props, so the tech crew was really involved in this one. We worked really hard to put this together, and when it finally did come together, it was AMAZING!


This next one is a parents dance, and its a parody of Toledo Surprise. The parents in Happiness are great, and very supportive. Even if you're not their kid, they treat you like you are.


This rather interesting number is done by none other than our 42nd street rival, Xavier. The song is called "Never Dance" and i chose to share it because of the band's participation in the number. I really like when show choirs incorporate all aspects of the group onto the stage. Not going to lie though, these costumes look like ketchup and mustard.


Ok, I like pretty much every show choir season. We always put together a really great show, and we work really hard all year long to perfect, and when something is that close to perfect, how can you not love it? So I pretty much love every season, but I still have a favorite. Happiness 2007 was an unstoppable force. That being said, you should probably see the whole show. I'm not 100% sure about this, but i think this is the opener. The soloist is Anthony Rohr, and he's amazing! I just love his voice. His sister Katrina has a solo this season in the closer, and it's amazing as well! I guess it runs in the family. The next song is "That's All" by Genesis. This is probably my all time Happiness favorite. The whole thing is just bad ass. The vocals are amazing, and the coreography is perfect for the song. The wave towards the end is intense. I especially love how at certain parts they just soft of talk to each other. I just LOVE this song! The next song is the ballad, Fly Again. It's a favorite by David Phelps. The amazing soloist is Derek Boots (Who's now in the United States Army <3).The next is a novelty written by Damon Brown, our coreographer. The epic speaking solo in the beginning is David Siegel, brother of our own Happiness member, Josh Siegel. There's a story behind the part where Dave says, "...and wireless mircrophones, that don't work!" You see, this is the second show we'd done that day. It was the finals round. During the first round, Dave's microphone wasn't on/didn't work. Yea, it was a huge fail, but he made a joke out of it, and it was pretty funny actually, at least to us! Anyways, this song basically tells the story of our lives, in a really funny way. The people with the concession box things are techies. And then there's the closer. The song is called "Show Off" and the soloist is the lovely Paige Hauer. I just love the costumes in this one. The girls dresses are just great!