Respect

Attitudes will never make a show choir successful. Unfortunately, they tend to invade the atmosphere of every show choir. Attitudes in show choir tend to stem from laziness, jealousy, exhaustion, and conflicting personalities. In order for a show choir to work as a single unit, the members must respect the leadership and must respect each other. Without respect, show choir becomes a stressful and exhausting experience. It results in constant discord and frustration. Respect needs to be mutual. It is in our nature to have a need for control and a need to be defensive at times. A lesson that anyone participating in show choir (really to ANYONE who has any contact with another human) is that respect breeds respect, and love breeds love, but one must be willing to humble themselves enough to be the first to do so.