Singing in a choir is a unique and memorable experience that is kind of incomparable to anything else. While you may try to compare it to vocal athletics, the experiences you have there are different from playing on a team, or being in a musical. Growing up singing is hard work, but so rewarding. You learn so much more than just how to sing, breathe right, or read music. You learn how to communicate, work with other people, have fun, and what real commitment is. Your fellow singers depend on you, from the age of 7 or 8, all the way until you graduate choir-dom. Despite maybe graduating school, moving away, or just growing up, there are still certain aspects of life that will always remind you of your choir days. You know you were a choir kid when....

1. Solfege still haunts you.

2. There was always one person your section relied on and if they were sick you were doomed.

3. You never lock your knees because you fear you'll pass out like that one kid did in choir that time (that kid was me).

4.You have a very specific ritual for curing a sore throat from all of those times you were sick the day before a big performance.

5.There was always a little bit of competition about who go could the longest without taking a breath during warm ups.

6. You knew that each vocal part had a distinct personality, and it will probably always be that way.

7. You would always sing the men's parts in a ridiculous deep voice when they weren't at practice.

8. You still accidentally raise your hand when you make a mistake in group settings.

9. "I can't, I have choir," was kind of the motto of your life throughout high school.

10. Your old choir robes made you prepared to wear anything life may throw your way.

11. You are always keeping the beat in the car by tapping the steering wheel.

12. You have at least one janky phone recording of one of your favorite pieces that you occasionally listen to when missing choir (Jesus, Springing by Bob Chilcott is mine).

13. Your director was, and always will be THE person to be friends with (and they always seemed to know everything about everyone).

14. Nothing was better than the look your director gave you after you nailed a piece.

15. Coming in early during a performance was your worst nightmare.

16. What happened in choir, stayed in choir.

17. Someone would be in big trouble if your folder went missing.

18. You cried like a baby during your last performance before you left choir.

19. Advancing to the next level in music theory was the most difficult feat in the world.

20. You always harmonize to songs on the radio despite your friends who "don't get it" laughing at you.

21. The people you sang with growing up will always have a special place in your heart.