Honor Choir Research Paper

Honor Choir As eighth grade started I told myself that I was going to make new goals and achieve them. One of my goals was to be in choir. I always thought and imagined what it would be like singing on stage in front of millions of people. I was always singing no matter what, from singing in the shower, in the middle of the grocery store, and singing in the car with my family. Nothing stopped me, definitely the day I got told news that changed my attitude about everything.

On the first day of school I was really nervous about going to choir, third period. Until I walked into class and seen my friends standing there, waiting for me. We all greeted each other, talked about our summer, and waited for the bell to ring. A couple minutes later the bell rang and we all took our seats. As soon as Mr. Phalen was finished with attendance, introducing himself, and babbling about the things to be looking forward to during the year, we got talking about concerts and opportunities we could do. He talked a little about an opportunity called, Honor Choir. I had raised my hand and asked when this event would be held. His response was, not until November, Friday the 13th. As class ended it was time for fourth period.

A couple weeks later:
Cameo came over the intercom and listed off some seventh and eighth graders to report to Mr. Phalen’s office after class. As she started reading the names off the list, I didn’t think she was going to call my name. Until she said the last name and it was “Ashley LaBounty”. While everyone else was looking around ;confused I knew exactly why I was being called to Mr. Phalen’s. It was for Honor Choir. I had noticed that the last couple weeks, while in choir, he had been watching some individuals (including me) very closely. He was examining how well we sing and if we would qualify for Honor