Although he statements to have a girlfriend, Rachel refers to him as a "closet circumstance", and he is fired for his inappropriate sexual behavior toward a male pupil. The courtroom shot down his situation 7-2. The go enraged anti-slavery proponents in the North, which in aspect helped spur the American Civil War. He has also turned down the concept of getting a solo occupation, stating that "there will under no circumstances be a solo record. I would faster have a different band". Colluding with Sue Sylvester to convey down New Directions, Sandy is appointed the school's arts director. Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) is William McKinley High School's "stern but honest" principal. Near the conclusion of the season, he hires the glee club to perform at the school's junior promenade. She and rival glee club director Dalton Rumba give Principal Figgins evidence that Sue served them cheat, main to Sue's suspension. She is persuaded by Sue to use songs from New Directions' established record at Sectionals to give her group an edge in the opposition. Sunshine sings the original song "As Long As You're There", and her team finishes in second location, even though New Directions areas twelfth. Harmony (Lindsay Pearce) is released in "The Purple Piano Project" at an Ohio mixer for long term candidates to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA), and is one of a team of aspiring college students to have been attending monthly since they ended up freshmen.

Kevin Fallon of The Atlantic explained that her introduction bodes nicely for potential Glee Project contestants and that "she introduced, which the best new characters do, fresh and enjoyable aspects in the show's proven sales opportunities". Lisa Respers France of CNN named Pearce's general performance the most effective moment of the episode, and found that the character positively reminded her of "Glee of previous". Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) is the mentor of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline all through period 1, explained by Murphy as "a form of Faye Dunaway of Network". Puck falls in adore with her, but Shelby tells him in "Mash Off" that the kiss was a mistake. She compounds the slip-up in "I Kissed a Girl" when she sleeps with him, and Shelby resigns from McKinley in the eighth episode, "Hold On to Sixteen". Shelby offers to include things like both of those Quinn and Puck in Beth's lifetime. Murphy described Dustin as "a finish villain", stating that he will "turn into pretty intertwined in Will's life". When he desires to be a part of Will's band, the Acafellas, they initially reject him for currently being way too "creepy", but adjust their minds when he tells them that Josh Groban is a mate of his and will show up at their upcoming efficiency if Sandy is in it. (Image: https://www.youtucams.com/1.jpg)

The purpose of Holly was developed for her by collection creator Ryan Murphy, a private pal who suggested that she showcase her vocal and dancing talent ahead of the December 2010 release of the movie Country Strong, in which Paltrow performs a region singer. Tobolowsky, who plays Sandy, describes him as a humorous character who "just can't connect with the standard world" and exists on the "outer boundary of actuality". Also in the fifth and sixth period, Christopher Cousins plays Superintendent Bob Harris. Phoebe Strole very first seems in the fifth period as Penny Owen, a faculty sophomore who wants to develop into a nurse however she is not however pretty competent, and whom McKinley High senior Sam Evans is captivated to. Shelby returns in the second episode of season 3, "I Am Unicorn", possessing been recruited to direct a 2nd glee club at McKinley High by Sugar Motta's father when Sugar is refused entry into New Directions.

Shelby is upcoming witnessed in the nineteenth episode of year 4, "Sweet Dreams" she is dwelling in New York, and visits Rachel at NYADA. Adler's closing overall look is seen in a flashback by Will to the pilot episode in the sequence finale "Dreams Come True". Sunshine reappears in the period two finale "New York" for the National present choir competitors. Rachel invites her to be a part of the glee club following observing Sunshine sing together to New Directions' edition of "Empire State of Mind", mistakenly thinking that Sunshine idolized her, but when the two sing "Telephone", Rachel feels threatened by Sunshine's singing prowess and tricks her into likely to a crack property in its place of the auditions. Though she is straight away acknowledged into the club, Sue Sylvester contacts Dustin Goolsby, the new director of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, who secures long-lasting U.S. Sunshine tells Rachel that she has come to despise staying in Vocal Adrenaline, and desperately wishes to depart on the day of levels of competition. In that episode, Sunshine hears of New Direction's fundraising profit for the McKinley team's finals bills and volunteers to execute, promising to ask her 600 Twitter followers to show up at.