Fleetwood Area High School has many different clubs and activities in which students can participate. The Glee Club was a new addition to the ’10-’11 school year, and it is already undergoing some significant changes.
A typical glee club involves singing, dancing, and interpreting music in different styles. Sometimes Glee Clubs even get the chance to perform in front of crowds, but the Fleetwood Glee Club will be taking a different path.
Glee Club now only involves singing, and here’s the catch—It’s all for fun! Participants will not have the stress of performing in front of others, so they can just have fun singing along to their favorite songs. The primary reason for the change is the inconsistent attendance of some club members.
“I’m hoping that this won’t always just be a karaoke sing-a-long, but, for now, we had to make a change,” said Advisor and Spanish teacher Anita Lewis.
The Glee Club originally began with 25 members, but these members would come and go as they please. No two meetings had the same attendance, and sometimes students had other commitments, such as sports and other clubs. Another problem was the schedule. It was almost impossible to fit all of the dancing routines and singing rehearsals into less than an hour.
Karaoke is a great way to have fun singing without the worry of what other people will think. Most students seem to prefer singing karaoke because it enables them to sing only the songs they want to sing. Many students still hope that someday Fleetwood Area High School will have a more traditional Glee Club.
“Singing and dancing well, having confidence, and selling a song take a lot more time, energy, and commitment than most students are able and willing to give right now. But I would love to see these talented students perform and be recognized someday,” said Lewis.
Glee was new to Fleetwood, but Fleetwood just isn’t quite ready for it yet.
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Cristina Moniz-Pereira
July 1, 2011
With the ‘Glee Fever’, also in Portugal, my students have been pressuring me to start a “sort of” Glee Club. I’m an English teacher and I love singing. I also believe it is very useful to help you learn a foreign language – so I am actually thinking about it. I’d really appreciate your help in telling me how you’ve organized it, its rules/regulations to see if I could adapt it to my reality here.
I don’t have any musicians at hand or even instruments I can play in my school. However, I was thinking about using YouTube videos and start it all with a sort of “group karaoke”. What do you think?
Good luck with your Club.
Cristina