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Ankeny Centennial Braves Mother Nature and Travels to Hasting, MN, earning GC!!


Ankeny Centennial's fleet of 5 show choirs planned to travel to Hastings, MN on February 23rd to compete in the annual "Swingin on the River" competition. The school was aware of the impending winter storm, but they were leaving early enough to beat it!! They departed on 5:00pm Friday evening, arriving at their hotel before the storm came barreling in. On Saturday morning, the fleet took off to Hastings HS to compete.

A few schools pulled out of this competition due to the weather, but nothing could stop Ankeny Centennial. Wheaton-Warrenville South from Illinois was scheduled to travel to Hastings, but backed out on Friday due to the storm. Also, Waukee was scheduled to travel to Hastings, but also backed out on Friday, then headed to Southeast Polk. Waconia added to the competition line-up. They were scheduled to travel to Western Dubuque to compete at "The Main Event."

The day started out with South St. Paul's "Diamond Divas" at 8:25am. "La Voce Ballo" capped off the Single-Gender Division at 10:35pm. "Solid Gold" from Denfield opened up Prep Division at 11:00am. Ankeny Centennial's two prep show choirs, "Project X" & "Chaos," performed back to back with "Chaos" closing out the Prep Division.

After lunch, the "State Street Singers" from Waseca opened up the Class AA/Varsity division at 1:40pm. Ankeny Centennial's 2nd Varsity choir, "Eternal Rush," performed in the middle of the first afternoon block at 2:30pm. Centennial's 1st Varsity choir, "Spectrum" brought back the competition at 4:00pm after a short break. Bemidji's "Vocalmotive" closed out the daytime competition, just before Hastings "Divaz" performing in exhibition.

At 5:40pm, all the groups, parents, and spectators traveled to the gym for awards. Two Best Soloist Awarded in the Single-Gender Division, while only one was awarded in the Class A/Prep Division. Coreienne Verdugo from "La Voce Ballo" earned a best soloist award, as well as "Jaiden Holt" from Ankeny Centennial's "Rhythmic Momentum." In Class A/Prep, Kelly Killarin from Denfield's "Solid Gold" won a best soloist award. The top three placements for the Women's and Class A division with given out at this time. You can see those awards below.

Women's Division:
1st: Bemidji "La Voce Ballo"
2nd: Jefferson Senior "Jive"
3rd: Ankeny Centennial "Rhythmic Momentum"

Class A Division:
1st: Ankeny Centennial "Chaos"
2nd: Waconia "The Current"
3rd: Ankeny Centennial "Project X"

Several Awards were also given out to the Class AA/Varsity Awards. You can see the full list of prelim awards below.

Best Band: Waconia "Power Company"
Best Crew: Waconia "Power Company"
Best Soloist: Hope Erlandson (St. Francis "Bridge St. Singers")
Best Soloist: Charlotte Saxon (Bemidji "Vocalmotive"
People's Choice: South St. Paul "SouthSide Sensation"

Finalists (in performance order):
Waconia "Power Company"
Jefferson Senior "Jefferson Connection"
St. Francis "Bridge St. Singers"
Ankeny Centennial "Eternal Rush"
Bemidji "Vocalmotive"
Ankeny Centennial "Spectrum"

I believe Waconia and Jefferson Senior headed home after their finals performance, before the weather got too bad.

Hastings "Upstage Revolution" kicked off finals with an exhibition at 6:45pm. Next, the 6 finalists performed. At 9:40pm, Hastings "Riverside Company" completed the day's events with a exhibition. Awards happened at roughly 10:05pm.

Waconia and Jefferson had representative there to accept awards for their groups. Final awards can be found below:

GC: Ankeny Centennial "Spectrum" (BV, BC)
1st RU: Bemidji "Vocalmotive"
2nd RU: Ankeny Centennial "Eternal Rush"
3rd RU: Waconia "Power Company" (BB)
4th RU: St. Francis "Bridge St. Singers
5th RU: Jefferson Senior "Jefferson Connection"


 Ankeny Centennial hasn't attended this competition since 2016, where they earned Grand Champion along with Best Vocals and Best Choreography. In 2016, "Eternal Rush" also made finals and placed 5th Runner-Up.

After the competition, Centennial headed back to the hotel. A message was sent out to parents saying they were going to stay another night in Hastings due to impassable in Iowa & Minnesota. They will try and return home Monday morning, but could be moved.

"Spectrum" started out the beginning of the year at Linn-Mar, earning Best Vocals, Best Choreography, and Grand Champion. The next weekend, they competed at Johnston's "Showzam" where they placed 3rd. At Urbandale's Show Choir Invitational the group placed 4th. Now, they attained another Grand Championships with Best Vocals and Best Choreography.

"Spectrum" will complete their competition season at Heart of America Orlando on March 23rd. They will be competing against Shepherd Hill, Marysville, Westside, and Loveland for the title of Grand Champion.

Personally, I love their show this year. It is very clean and fun to watch. They have taken their costumes and props to a whole new level this year and it phenomenal!!

Keep up the great season "Spectrum!!" We are rooting for you in Orlando!! Safe Travels home, when you get a chance!!
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