<p>I certainly don’t think being part of show choir could possibly hurt anyone in terms of auditioning. It sounds like it would be a great experience and we already assumed that Glee probably didn’t represent them well. They just sound very labor intensive and it’s hard to imagine having time to do other shows, or lessons on top of it. However it sounds like your family did fit them in Gwen. I guess that the thing I might worry about is that the kids are receiving most of their direction from one source, so you have to hope that person or group knows what they are talking about. We are lucky in that we live in an area with a lot of good regional theater as well as a wealth of acting and voice lessons available. Not everyone does so anything that can be provided to expose kids to performing arts is great. One thing I think Glee has helped with is that just like on Glee, at our HS, the kids in choir and drama are considered to be a bit geeky in general. Since Glee, we have seen more of the non-typical kids audition; football players, surfers, etc. Glee has made it more OK to be in choir. (Not that it ever stopped my D when she was in HS!).</p>