Singing!!

Singing became my passion. When I was in sixth grade, my mother told me that my sister and I were going to join the Plainfield Girlchoir. I pleaded with my mother not to let me join because I did not know how to sing, but she would not change her mind and made us go try out. My audition was horrendous I could not sing “Mary had a Little lamb” higher than a C, but due to the lack of members I got in. As my vocal cords enhanced I began loving the choir. I loved all the members because they were all older than me and was nice. As people began leaving, new members would pop up. I loved to perform with the choir and as a little reward every girl received a stipend; the more years of experience in the choir, the more money you received. Most of our performances were in other Christian Churches in the New Jersey area, but one year we were one out of three New Jersey choirs asked to perform at the Saint Bartholomew’s Choir Festival in New York. We performed with eight other choirs and it was beautiful. Soon, my sister and I were the oldest members in the choir, but before we left we had two other amazing concerts. Since my membership in the choir, our director, Mr. Smith, had wanted to take the choir to Germany and perform in one of the churches. For three years he worked on getting grants and funds for the whole choir, which consisted of twenty-two girls and the director. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to raise enough funding, however we did have enough to go to Canada and compete. We were in Canada for five days and it was amazing, the competition was held at a local amusement park in Canada. Of course, our choir won the Best Small Chorus and the Best All Girl Chorus. In my final year of the choir, we were asked to perform in Alice Tully Hall. We were the second youngest members performing and the smallest. After we sang, everyone told us how beautiful and clearly we sounded. These performances mean a lot to me and I will always cherish these moments I had with the choir.

This is a video of the Rider Gospel choir, which I am currently a memeber of; Gospel Choir at Rider