SING

One of the free write questions was to describe a time when I felt empowered. My freshman year of high school my sister had told me to join an activity called SING. She told me that I would love it and that I would meet new people. I figured if she loved it I might as well give it a shot. For those of you who may not know what SING is, let me explain. SING is a competition between the freshmen and the sophomores, known as sophmen sing, the juniors, and the seniors. It is a student run show that lasts for 50 minutes and usually contains about nine songs that are rewritten to fit the theme of the show. The script director, the person who writes the show and the songs, picks the theme with the other directors and works from there. My freshman and sophomore years I was in the chorus, which pretty much means I jumped around on stage and sang as loud as I possibly could. My sophomore year was a complete disaster. Our show was the definition of terrible and it was twenty minutes of the chorus pretty much jumping in circles. We were the joke of SING. It was then that I decided that I wanted to give script writing a shot. After weeks of debating with myself I went and signed my name to the candidate list. I honestly never thought I would get it but a few days later positions went up and there was my name. I was the new junior sing script director. Writing the script was not easy but it was definitely worth it. After our final show the art and theater teachers were telling my grade how amazing our show was and that we deserved to win. My show. They thought the show that I had written deserved to win. It was incredible. Being the script director gave me so much responsibility. It was up to me to create the story, write the songs in the show, select a cast, and then do everything I could to make my script come to life. It was intimidating at times, knowing that everyone counted on me to keep things together, but I loved every minute of it. SING was definitely an experience I will never forget. Our show lost and while it was incredibly disheartening not being able to hold the trophy I took away so much more from the experience. I was able to create a show that people enjoyed. I was someone that my fellow directors looked to for guidance. The friendships that I made, the memories, and the show in its entirety were better than any trophy I could have gotten. To watch our grade go from the biggest joke to actual competition, and knowing that I had a large part in it, was an accomplishment on its own. SING will forever be the best part of my high school experience and I will never forget it.