Show Choir Shoes

I was in Protégé, the "JV" show choir at my school last year. Our show consisted of a foreign opener, a Glee number for our second piece, and a medley consisting of "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and "I Love You" for the ballad. After the ballad, the girls exit the stage to change out of the second number costume which consisted of black yoga pants, a light blue tank top, and a turquoise zip up vest over the light blue tank top. With this outfit, we wore black ballet slippers. The song after our ballad was an upbeat medley with a “sixties” feels. The boys started the medley off before the girls came back on stage in pink, green, and white, long sleeve, floral dresses complete with white, knee high, go-go boots. The go-go boots were intended more for the closing number, a sixties medley.

These boots took a long time to break in and get used to. By “a long time” I mean all year and I still wasn’t used to dancing in them and the pain that followed. Despite all of the black scuffs, every judge complimented the boots and my grandma went so far as to ask if she could borrow mine after the season was over. Lucky for Grandma, she totally could because we got to keep the boots. Now my junior year, I’m in Happiness Inc., the varsity show choir. I’m not the only girl who is lucky enough to own these beauts. Any girl who was in Protégé last year has the boots in their possession. This year, Happiness’s show is as follows: an elegant, ballroom opener, an ominous second number, a beautiful mash-up of two songs for the ballad, a comedic fourth song, and a medley of sixties songs closer.

If you haven’t predicted where this is going, I’ll clear it up for you.

Sophomore year closer=sixties medley. Junior year closer=sixties medley.

THE BOOTS ARE BACK. That’s right folks, white, knee high, go-go boots for a second year. The show choir moms had warned us this was a possibility so when they announced they couldn’t find any other boots, none of us were surprised. On a positive note, the mom’s only have to order about half the amount of shoes since so many girls have their boots from last year. I’m excited to wear these bad boys again because of the compliments I’m sure we’ll get and because they really complete the sixties outfit. I am not, however, excited to not feel my feet after a performance because of them. It could be different this year, though, because the boots are only being worn for one song instead of two. Needless to say, I’m expecting the worst but hoping for the best.

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