Show choir has been a huge part of my life the past four years. I have grown so much from it and I am very sad this will be my last year in it. I love show choir and I always will. There are so many reasons why I enjoy it. These are some things only us show choir kids understand.

1. The long rehearsals.

We may be smiling in this picture, but boy our bodies were exhausted! This was after an eight hour or so rehearsal. Dancing, cleaning choreography and so much more over and over again. This is where all the hard work really happens. Rehearsals can be fun, but also just plain exhausting. I'm sure every show choir kid knows how these days go.

2. The love / hate relationship we have with costumes.

Sequins. Who doesn't love a cute sequined dress? Let me tell you something. Show choir girls dislike them 99 percent of the time. Why? Because the sequins scratch up our arms and underarms when we dance. Don't get me wrong, we love the glitz and glam and how it looks onstage, but most of the time, show choir dresses are just not that comfy! I'm sure every show choir gal can relate to this.

3. Bus rides and competitions.

Bus rides can are usually super fun, unless you are on the bus for eight hours. You become tired, cranky and ready to be home or at the hotel. Competitions are so exciting, yet extremely stressful. A competition day consists of waking up early, doing hair and makeup, warming up, performing, watching other show choirs, awards and so on. They are long days, but also my favorite days.

4. Slippery risers.

We all know what it feels like to see clean risers before we go on stage. We all kind of have a sinking feeling in our stomachs and kind of die a little on the inside. I'm kidding, but we definitely don't like it. Clean risers are probably one of the scariest things because that means they are slick. It is so easy to fall on the risers and it is quite painful, too.

5. The director.

Without the director, us show choir kids wouldn't be able to do what we do. Our director becomes a second mom or dad to us. We can't do this show choir thing without them. They are the ones that push us, takes time out of their days for us and so much more.

6. The love we have for each other.

In show choir, we are like a family. We all love each other at the end of the day no matter how much we can get on each other's nerves. We have our ups and downs, but we can't imagine our lives without each other. We are always there for each other no matter what.