Man In the Mirror

Choir has always been a huge part of my life, especially these past two years. Countless hours have been spent practicing not only inside the classroom, but outside as well. Between the choreography rehearsals, the vocal sessions and all of the performances, choir had become apart of who we are. All of that slowed down one night a few months ago, but instead of feeling sad and alone the song we sang made me feel empowered and ready to help make a change.

It was the day of my last choir concert where we all had to relive the good moment and hold back the tears That was one of the saddest days of my life up until that point. The show must go on though, and we had to continue to rehearse even while holding back tears. Finally it was show time and we performed all of our songs and dances with smiles because even though we were dreading what was to come we loved what we doing. Eventually the time did come for us to sing our last song.

The song we decided to sing was "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. Each senior had their own solo and at the end we all came together to sing one last time. The lyrics of that song are already very powerful in suggesting that to make a change in the world we must first look at ourselves. While singing, all of the seniors began to hold hands thus showing our unity not only as a choir but as friends. After this I no longer felt sad about leaving all of the great times behind, but empowered, like I could really do something great, because I have a great group of people standing with me.

The frame of this song was the emotional choir concert. Holding hands through this song was the sign that stood for our unity. The song itself was the object. Than the interpretant was the feeling of empowerment that I felt. The symbol was the powerful lyrics, and the icon was the lyrics and their encouraging words. Now whenever I hear Man in the Mirror I still feel that empowerment because of the co-occurrence. Hopefully this song can make you feel the same empowerment I felt.