Choir looks like the lightest line on the activities list until December, when an active program performs more in three weeks than the rest of the year combined. The winter concert, community holiday events, and assembly performances stack up, and every one has a call time well before the listed start.
The competitive layer runs through auditions rather than games. All-state and honor choir auditions land in early fall in most states, judged on prepared music and sight-reading, with results that mean a winter trip to the all-state event for the kids who make it. Making all-state is the varsity letter of this activity.
Spring belongs to the contest circuit: solo and ensemble for individuals and small groups, large-group festival for the full choir, both scored on state rating scales. Costs stay low all year (attire, accompanist fees, a trip if your kid makes all-state), which makes choir one of the best value-per-hour activities a school offers.
Last updated June 2026.