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The microculture that I plan on studying is the choral community on campus, specifically the Carolina Choir. This group willingly takes a class four days a week, which serves as their practice time, with minimal compensation. Before they can even enroll in this class, they must audition and demonstrate adequate skills to be beneficial to the group. As a whole, Carolina Choir is more than half women. A friend of mine is a member of the Carolina Choir and devotes his time this art. Several times during the semester they perform concerts for the students and public. The fact that these people have a working knowledge for music as well as intrinsic skill interests me.

Taken from what I already know about people in Carolina choir, the multitudes of time that need to be put into this class through the practicing during class time and concerts performed in the students free time, I expect the Carolina Choir to be people who are not only skilled but also extremely dedicated. This dedication would make them more inclined to putting in extra effort in another area of study. From this, I hypothesize that Carolina Choir members are dedicated to another area of study, which they commonly discuss. Their dedication would be determined by the amount and how they talk about their other subjects.

My purpose for studying the Carolina Choir would be to determine any positive effects from their devotion to music. The way the members discuss their other subjects, compared to choir, would determine their dedication to these other subjects. If they do put in the same effort, their dedication can be beneficial to the rest of campus. Not only would the music bring culture to campus but also their work ethic can also have a positive effect on the people around them.