SING. SING is a show, competition, that my old high school puts on every November. SING has been a tradition at Susan Wagner High School for over thirty years. As a dedicated member of SING, let me explain to you what it is all about.
SING is a competition between all grades. The freshmen are paired with the sophomores because it is their first year and they need to have guidance, they do not know how the whole process goes yet. The juniors and seniors are on their own. Therefore there are three separate shows being put on. These shows are produced in all ways by the students. The students write their own scripts, write their own music, own lyrics, own dances, own backdrops, own sound systems, and of coarse, they act and sing. The SING season begins the second week in September and the shows are actually mid- November. These weeks in between are a combination of practice, hard work, fighting, and competition. It is an unsaid war between the grades to win the title of SING. It is a very big deal in Wagner.
Besides the show aspect of SING, SING is so much more than that. SING is a time of bonding, a time to make new friends, and share many laughs. It is a great way to make friends as a freshman, because through this process you will meet many people, some who will even go on to become best friends. One of my best friends today I met through SING. SING brings people together and forms bonds like no other. Although there are many fights, it is all out of stress, because at the end of it all, we always put an an amazing show, and everyone loves each other, and we all become so close because we went through everything together. You will never understand that bond, unless you do SING.
SING was the best memory I have of high school . It was the best time of the year that everyone anticipated in the Summer, and missed in the Winter. As I mentioned before the students write their own lyrics, but to known songs. For example, our alma mata last year was How to Save a Life by The Fray. We kept the song, but made our own lyrics. As this year SING approaches in two weeks, I cannot believe it has been a whole year since Senior SING Victory 2007. Until this day, I can hear How to Save a Life on the radio and tears full up in my eyes and I get the chills from the memories made during my high school years.
"Where did the years go? They flew so fast. But we have our memories to last. And we would have stayed in this school all night. It's senior SING saying goodbye..."
SING is a competition between all grades. The freshmen are paired with the sophomores because it is their first year and they need to have guidance, they do not know how the whole process goes yet. The juniors and seniors are on their own. Therefore there are three separate shows being put on. These shows are produced in all ways by the students. The students write their own scripts, write their own music, own lyrics, own dances, own backdrops, own sound systems, and of coarse, they act and sing. The SING season begins the second week in September and the shows are actually mid- November. These weeks in between are a combination of practice, hard work, fighting, and competition. It is an unsaid war between the grades to win the title of SING. It is a very big deal in Wagner.
Besides the show aspect of SING, SING is so much more than that. SING is a time of bonding, a time to make new friends, and share many laughs. It is a great way to make friends as a freshman, because through this process you will meet many people, some who will even go on to become best friends. One of my best friends today I met through SING. SING brings people together and forms bonds like no other. Although there are many fights, it is all out of stress, because at the end of it all, we always put an an amazing show, and everyone loves each other, and we all become so close because we went through everything together. You will never understand that bond, unless you do SING.
SING was the best memory I have of high school . It was the best time of the year that everyone anticipated in the Summer, and missed in the Winter. As I mentioned before the students write their own lyrics, but to known songs. For example, our alma mata last year was How to Save a Life by The Fray. We kept the song, but made our own lyrics. As this year SING approaches in two weeks, I cannot believe it has been a whole year since Senior SING Victory 2007. Until this day, I can hear How to Save a Life on the radio and tears full up in my eyes and I get the chills from the memories made during my high school years.
"Where did the years go? They flew so fast. But we have our memories to last. And we would have stayed in this school all night. It's senior SING saying goodbye..."
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