Photo by Malcolm Tam
The academic year 2014/15 was an exciting time for us. Following on from our win in the national Master's of Show Choir competition (watch our performance here) we were incredibly excited to make it a great year and improve as much as we could. Having won the Student Award for Most Improved Society we also wanted to keep up the positive development and make Show Choir the best society it could be!
We started off the year with early auditions, as we had a gig booked very shortly after Fresher's Week and had to get practising! After auditions we were joined by many incredibly talented new singers and started preparing for our performance on the Societies Stage at Sussex Festival, an all day music event on campus put on by Sussex Records. We managed to learn several songs in just two weeks (that's two rehearsals!) and had a great time performing at the festival.
Throughout the year we performed at many more gigs, on and off campus, including performances at the Etsy pop-up store in Brighton, the annual SMuTS Christmas cabaret, Sussex Live, and many more. We also put on two of our own gigs, where we performed all the songs we had learned and also gave our talented members the opportunity to perform solo or in groups.
This year we sang popular songs such as Empire State of Mind, Happy and Over the Rainbow and also brought back the Show Choir classic Africa by Toto, which was always well received.
Obviously we didn't neglect the social side of being in a society, so we put on several socials, meals, a themed quiz and even a trip to karaoke for our members! It was great to see many new friendships forming and all those activities outside of rehearsals are what really makes us a great group.
Unfortunately we could not defend our title as Masters of Show Choir this year, as the competition was fierce and everyone put on an incredible show. We did however learn a lot from competing again and we will certainly be back and better than ever this year!
All in all we had an incredible year and we are looking forward to welcoming lots of new members soon and to start rehearsing new songs for the coming year! If you're thinking of joining make sure you find us at Fresher's Fair on the 16th September and follow us on facebook and twitter for updates on auditions.
