Midwest Show Choir

On Saturday, March 16th, Decatur's "Elite Energy" hosted their annual "Premiere Show Choir Invitational" at Millikin University. The day was jam packed full of great performance only allowing groups to perform once. The event turned out to be a great turn-up between Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin show choirs. This was a one-and-done competition due to all the groups competing. 8 Varsity, 7 Womens, and 5 Single-Gender Division groups competed. Many of these groups have competed before already this season. When awards came out, the audience was kind of shocked at the results. Going into this competition, nobody could really predict exactly how this was going to go due to prior competitions. You can see the full results below: Prep Division: Grand Champion: Peoria Area "Soundwave" (BV, BC) 1st Runner-Up: Mt. Zion "Premiere" 2nd Runner-Up: Craig "Illuminations" Single-Gender Division: Grand Champion: Center Grove "Debt...

On Saturday, March 9th, Johnston Show Choirs, as well as many others, traveled to Kansas City to compete in the annual Heart of America competition. The day kicked off with the Concert Choir portion of the event. After that, Oak Grove's "Centerstage" started off the Varsity Division at 9:30am. Johnston's "Innovation" was second out of 10 varsity choirs to perform. Lunch then proceeded the Varsity Division awards. Finalists were quickly announced before the women's division kicked off. Broken Arrow's "Tiger Catalyst" kicked off the women's division while Johnston's "Synergy" kicked off the Prep Division. After a host performance by Mt. Mercy's Show Choir, the Showcase performance was announced, earning and exhibition performance after the finalists performed. Finalists (in order) ALA "Evolution" Kellar Central "Voices of Central" Mitchell "Friend de Coup" Jenks "Trojanairs...

On Saturday, March 9th, 13 mixed show choirs and 3 womens show choirs traveled to Wheaton, IL for the renowned Choral Classic. This event has been a hot spot for show choirs for as long as people can remember. It never fails to amaze the spectators with the amount of talent that runs through the stage. The day kicked off with the Women's Division participants. After the three of them performed, the mixed division kicked off right away!! The talent kept growing throughout the day with groups traveling in from all across the country. Defending champions, "Titan Fever" closed out the daytime competition right before WWS "Espirit" presented their A-M-A-Z-I-N-G show. The daytime awards ceremony followed after WWS's exhibition performance. During daytime awards, each group was presented with a certificate of participation, then we went on to the actual awards. In the Solo Competition, Leanne Telger and Ryan Croteau from Glenwood's "Titan Fever...

On Saturday, March 2nd, Totino-Grace hosted their annual "Show Choir Competition." 8 Varsity, 6 Women's, and 6 Prep Groups traveled to Fridley, MN to compete. During Daytime Awards, Women's Division Placements and Prep Division Placements up to 3rd were given out. You can find the full list below, as well as Varsity Daytime Caption Awards: Women's Division: GC: Bemidji "La Voce Ballo" 1st RU: Mundelein "Lights" (BB) 2nd RU: Mundelein "Sound FX" (Best Male Soloist) Prep Division: GC: Hastings "Upstage Revolution" 1st RU: Craig "Illuminations" (Best Female Soloist) 2nd RU: New Prague "Emotion" Varsity Daytime Caption Awards: Best Female Soloist: Mundelein "Sound" Best Crew: Chippewa Falls "Chi-Hi Harmonics" Best Male Soloist: Hastings "Riverside Company" Best Band: Bemidji "Vocalmotive" Best Spirit: Bemidji "Vocalmotive" Finalists were ...

On Saturday, March 2nd, Glenwood HS in Chatham, IL hosted the 7th Annual "The Event" Show Choir Competition. 29 show choirs from 7 states were hosted at this year's event. On Friday, March 1st, the Middle School portion of "The Event" took place. Mt. Zion's Middle School's "Sound System" took home the Middle School Grand Champion Friday evening, along with Best Choreography. You can see the final Middle School Awards below: 9th Place: Peoria Area "Mixed Harmony" 8th Place: Franklin "Fantastic Falcons" 7th Place: Mt. Zion "Sound Check" 6th Place: John Hill Magnet "Xperience!" 5th Place: Sullivan "Singer, Jr." (Best Female Soloist) 4th Place: Edison "Electric Youth" 3rd Place: Troy "Tonali-T" 2nd Place: Peoria Area "Vocal Velocity" (Best Vocals, Best Male Soloist) Grand Champion: Mt. Zion "Sound System" (Best Choreography) Saturday morning sta...

What a tremendous and historical season for Sioux City East's "The Headliners" so far this year!! The group has attained 4 Grand Champion Sweeps at the competitions they have attended this year!! Here are their results so far... Papillion-La Vista South "Titan Classic" Grand Champion Best Vocals Best Choreography Best Band Best Crew Best Male Soloist - Max Braunstein Davenport North "The Big Dance" Grand Champion Best Vocals Best Choreography Best Band Best Male Soloist - Eddie Voloshen Cedar Rapids Washington "Mo Show" Grand Champion Best Vocals Best Choreography Best Band Best Opener People's Choice Best Male Soloist - Eddie Voloshen Bishop Heelan "Crusader Classic" Grand Champion Best Vocals Best Choreography Best Band People's Choice Best Male Performer - Carter Vanderloo The group still plans to compete at Westwood's "Jubilation" and head to Nashville to compete at "...