With February approaching quickly, that also means choir competition season is coming. There are 3 top show choirs that compete this includes Nexus, Spotlighters. and Finesse. Choir members meet at the school very early in the morning. Times as early as 4:30 a.m. Spotlighters and Finesse practice Tuesdays and Thursdays. Finesse is 3-5:30 and Spotlighters is 5:30 to 8 p.m..
Mariah Person is new to show choir and also got rewarded dance captain her sophomore year.
“Being a dance captain as a sophomore has been such a great experience for me. I feel like it has helped me to branch out and I love helping people to do the best they can. I am so excited for my first competition season. We are doing so good with our show right now and I feel like this is going to be such a good season for us. I’m most excited to meet new people and watch other shows,” Person said.
Finesse’s show choir theme for this year is girl scouts and Spotlighters theme is Wonka.
With this quickly approaching, students have been working hard to put the finishing touches on their competition shows. With new choreographer Jennifer Toney, these students have been thriving with intense choreography.
Kenna Alexander is a senior who has participated in choir for all 4 years of high school. This is her last competition season. This year she is a member of Spotlighters and Finesse.
“I’m very ready and very excited about this season. It is very bittersweet. I’m very excited but its also very sad and scary because show choir is genuinely my home and I don’t know how I’m going to adapt without it. This season is going to be great! Both choirs are very prepared and it’ll be really fun. I’m excited to show the world our shows,” Alexander said.
Jason Damron has been the choir director at Mooresville for 24 years and he talked about this upcoming competition.
“I’m very optimistic about this year.We usually have one one more song after Wagon Trails to learn but this year we learned all of the songs beforehand.And this is the year that we have had the most practices for both Finesse and Spotlighters. We are prepared and I am very excited to see where this competition season goes. I am a little nervous about concert choir but we will eventually get caught up there,” Damron said.
