The focal point of my fieldsite where I am doing my field notes is the choir room. To some people, the choir room is just a room full of chairs and pieces of music. But to the people that are in choir, the choir room is more than that. It is a room where they can get away from the outside world and be in an environment where they are not judged by the color of their skin or the way they act or dress. It's a place where they feel like they fit in and they can what they love to do without being criticized, sing. Some people might not understand why so many people love to sing and be in choir, and they never will understand until they are in that culture for a long period of time.
Some of my perspectives are affected because of the fact I was in choir for eight years, but some of my perspectives have remained the same. For example, I still look in a choir room and see the same old setting. The piano, chairs, music, props, etc. But to some people, like choir members, for example, the choir room is more than that. It's their way of life. It's a place they can go to when they are having a bad day or want to get away from the outside world. I didn't realize all of these things until a few weeks ago, when I went to my old choir room and observed all of the people in the room as well as the environment around them.
The choir room is the main focal point when it comes to studying the musical choir subculture. In order to understand the musical choir subculture better, you first have to understand the members of choir and their environment, their environment being the choir room. You must observe how they sing, what they do for fun, how they warm up, where they put their music, what their environment smells like, how the teacher teaches them the music, etc. All of these things you can find out if you go and observe the main focal point of their culture, and that is the choir room, which is their enironment.
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