While many people know Spring Sing can be time consuming, it really rings true for a handful of students who are involved in more than one show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophomore Abi Schliffka is a part of a show with women\u2019s social club Sigma Phi Mu and another with men\u2019s social club Omega Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI like the experience of meeting new people, and I figured the best way to do that is [to] go to practices with people,\u201d Schliffka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Emily Whitehorn is a part of the ensemble, as well as women\u2019s social club Zeta Rho\u2019s show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI danced my whole life,\u201d Whitehorn said. \u201cI knew when I came to Harding I wanted to do ensemble at some point, and this was the first year I kind of had the opportunity to.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whitehorn said that she was doing Zeta Rho\u2019s show because most of her friends were in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participating in more than one show requires additional time and commitment, so those who choose to do so attend several practices or rehearsals a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been having one [practice] every day \u2014 at least one every single day,\u201d Schliffka said. \u201cSo, especially this week, I\u2019ve just been [going] to this practice, right afterwards [going] to the other practice. And when there was vocal practice, that was even more busy sometimes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing ensemble with another show can take up even more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was like three practices a week for about three or four hours at a time,\u201d Whitehorn said. \u201cNow it\u2019s like, I guess five days a week or something, [and] then Zeta Rho is only about once a week [for] like an hour or two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students have had to work hard to keep up with their schoolwork as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had to learn what time management is,\u201d Schliffka said. \u201cEven during rehearsals sometimes I would take out my laptop and start typing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whitehorn said that sometimes she felt like she was spending more time in rehearsals than doing homework, and she had lost sleep for it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fine, I\u2019ll sleep when summer comes, and it\u2019ll be OK,\u201d Whitehorn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Schliffka and Whitehorn would both consider doing two shows again, not everyone can. Sophomore Matthew Crowson was a part of both women\u2019s social clubs Shantih and Pi Theta Phi shows in 2020, but he is only doing one this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI realized toward the end just how exhausted I was by doing two Spring Sing shows,\u201d Crowson said. \u201cI was disappointed not to be able to do both of them [last year], but I thought for my personal health I couldn\u2019t commit to doing two Spring Sing shows [this year], as much as I had wanted to.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students have learned a lot from their experience, especially about dealing with multiple kinds of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI really appreciate the fact that I can see how different people lead, and it\u2019s just as effective, just through different means,\u201d Schliffka said. \u201cAnd that just shows that, you know, there\u2019s different personalities and different people get along with other types of personalities, but that\u2019s how it is in the real workplace. I\u2019m learning a lot from them as to what leadership is and how you can still have compassion but still get stuff done.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite not doing two shows this year, Crowson said that it was still a good experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf they felt like their workload wasn\u2019t too much, I would definitely encourage people to do more than one Spring Sing show,\u201d Crowson said. \u201cI feel like it gives you the experience of two different groups of people. It really helps me not to stay biased toward a specific group of people but rather enjoy getting to know lots of different people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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