I have been in the show choir mood lately, so I decided to talk a bit about something that has been eating me up a little bit. There are some show choirs that are known for specific things that they do every year. Jefferson is known for their tap, Washington for their dark singing during the ballad, and Totino for their belting ballads. Well, my school is known for something too, a novelty song.
A novelty song is a song that usually has a storyline to it and is meant to be funny. A lot of the time it is sung with a really bright and young tone just to make it seem funnier. My school has been doing novelty numbers ever since the show choir was first started. When I was a freshman, our varsity group did one called "Men are From Mars Women are From Venus" which made fun of the communication problems that go on between a man and a women who are in a relationship. Last year the novelty was called "Fear" and makes fun of things that are scary and irrational fears. This year our novelty is called, “This is How to Put On a Show!” and it is about how to put on a show choir show and what goes in to each song.
I think novelties are really fun to watch but not everyone thinks that way. After listening to some feedback from some friends, they don't really like the numbers and a lot of people think that novelties should be banned from show choir. This is a little harsh in my opinion but that's just what someone thinks. Novelties are supposed to be funny and make people laugh, but they also can really show case certain things about a group’s talent. Most of the time there isn't much "acting" that goes on in show choir except maybe in the ballad depending on what message is being sent, but novelties require a lot of acting to make it funny. Judges can see that people in the show choir know how to show the emotion of the song by the way they act when they sing it and that's why novelties are a fun way to show the judges that the group can act. I like novelties and think that they are a good thing to have in a show. That's my bias opinion but I'm sticking to it.
A novelty song is a song that usually has a storyline to it and is meant to be funny. A lot of the time it is sung with a really bright and young tone just to make it seem funnier. My school has been doing novelty numbers ever since the show choir was first started. When I was a freshman, our varsity group did one called "Men are From Mars Women are From Venus" which made fun of the communication problems that go on between a man and a women who are in a relationship. Last year the novelty was called "Fear" and makes fun of things that are scary and irrational fears. This year our novelty is called, “This is How to Put On a Show!” and it is about how to put on a show choir show and what goes in to each song.
I think novelties are really fun to watch but not everyone thinks that way. After listening to some feedback from some friends, they don't really like the numbers and a lot of people think that novelties should be banned from show choir. This is a little harsh in my opinion but that's just what someone thinks. Novelties are supposed to be funny and make people laugh, but they also can really show case certain things about a group’s talent. Most of the time there isn't much "acting" that goes on in show choir except maybe in the ballad depending on what message is being sent, but novelties require a lot of acting to make it funny. Judges can see that people in the show choir know how to show the emotion of the song by the way they act when they sing it and that's why novelties are a fun way to show the judges that the group can act. I like novelties and think that they are a good thing to have in a show. That's my bias opinion but I'm sticking to it.
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