As singers prepare for state choir, they must first go through all region choir which is a singing competition among choir students throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex.

“The process is a very tedious and time consuming,” sophomore Kinsey Potts said. “You have to learn three songs, sing them for Mrs. Berrier. She then decides if you will go to the auditions or not. If you make it to the auditions then you will sing a section or cut from each of the three songs that you learned for the judges.”

Potts had to learn three different songs for auditions.

“One of them was for a king’s coronation, and another one is religion based and the final song I had to learn was in Latin,” Potts said.

Although learning the music is difficult, it really does pay off in the end and can better choir students’ future as a performer.

“It helps you get to know different people who can help better your voice, and it also lets you get your voice out there in the choir/singing community, also in terms of scouting and scholarship opportunities,” Potts said.

Mrs. Terry Berrier is the choir director.

“The best part of all region choir for me is getting the one-on-one time with my students who are trying out.  It also makes my students stronger singers,” Mrs. Berrier said.

Students can make three different choirs: freshman mixed choir, treble choir (women’s) and a top mixed choir.

After all of the auditions take place, the choirs perform one big final concert.

“The final concert will be on Halloween this year, on Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. at Allen High School,” Mrs. Berrier said.