School groups throughout the UK are feeling the Glee effect. As traditional singing transform themselves into show choirs, encouraging young people to start singing for the first time. Glee is a comedy-musical show that follows the story of a group of teenagers in a US high school show choir, or glee club. Renaming school choirs Glee Club has also helped with the always lasting problem that choir leaders have to face: how to attract more boys. For the moment, there is little of the competition that is an integral part of the scene in the US but that may be about to change. Choir of the Year are launching a National Glee competition in 2012.
I think it is great that the series ‘Glee’ has such a positive influence on the pupils in the UK. To be honest, I am a fan of Glee myself and I can understand why pupils are now not that ashamed any more of singing in front of other people. Glee has made this phenomena cool. If joining a glee club makes kids learn how to be part of a team and is very therapeutic for some of them, then I am all for them joining glee club. I cannot really find anything negative about this, so kids it is okay to want to join a glee club nowadays.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/jun/18/glee-factor-school-choir-revival
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