Swing choir -- what is it?

Surely someone here has thoughts on swing choir, as the people I've known who have been in them seem -- decades later -- to make reference to them bafflingly often:

"This one time at band camp" = "Well I remember in swing choir..."

Still something of a mystery.

The MST3K skit I talked about:

And the first result in Google:

McCracken Swing Choir Homepage

I was under the impression that swing choirs performed songs from musicals?

Also known as showtunes.

Show choir was definitely the worst of all clubs, groups, and organizations in high school.

Oh, I guess that's what I'm thinking of.

Show choir is kind of like ROTC for log cabin Republicans

There's a comparison.

i was first tenor in our show choir. we wore sequins vests. mine was red.

Ours were blue lame (I have no idea which accent that e should have so I'm leaving it off). I was a low bass at the time; ah, laziness.

you low basses got some good parts. but i always loved the alto parts most.

Eh, baritone is a lot more interesting, especially in non-jazz stuff (generally every part in a jazz piece is omg wau).

I was never a member of any high school choir, but I seem to remember the difference being that swing choir had dancing and the others did not

you're right re: baritone.

Less of a mystery thanks to the last answers but even so.

Basically, the group in the show "Glee" is actually a swing choir; I don't know why they're calling them a glee club. Swing choir and show choir are pretty much analogous; you might argue some differences in rep (a show choir being more showtune-focused and a swing choir being more jazz-focused) but the general idea is you're singing some non-folk/non-classical song, usually one that is popular or well-known, while dancing, usually with accompaniment (the a capella version of this is seen in college a capella groups across the nation).

A glee club may do the same type of music but is not going to be dancing, ever.

Swing choir at my hs involved 1) choreography 2) smaller # of singers (4 each SATB) 3) more up-tempo less "choir" repetoire w/ occasional drum kit/guitar accompaniment or sometimes performed with the stage band (which was the instrumental equivalence of swing choir)

haha I think I just broke a multi-year self-vow to never give Ned an adequate definition of what a swing choir is

Patience is the watchword.

Since it's Sunday and I like to listen to gospel or gospel-friendly music, I thought I'd share this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUFbJHOiPII

I used to sing in choir, I hated swing choir, it was kind of snooty. Too much Broadway and indulgent crap. Contemporary "glee" has a better repertoire.

mrs a was in swing choir her junior or senior year in high school. their performance of earth wind & fire's "shining star," which was preserved for posterity on videotape, is basically my favorite thing ever.

This is a swing choir from 1989:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQDoFLyMip4&feature=youtu.be