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Mt. Zion "Swingsations" dances their way to GC at Naperville North


On Saturday, February 16th, Naperville North hosted their 4th Annual "Clash of the Sequins" show choir invitational. This invitational is centered around boxing. Along with their crazy light displays, they play their own song before each group takes the stage, how cool is that!!

6 - Women's Groups, 5 - Prep Groups, and 9 - Varsity Division groups traveled to Naperville, IL to go head-to-head with each other at the event. The day started bright and early at 7:00am with Mt. Zion's "Premiere." At about 9:15am, Mundelein's "SoundFX" took the stage, starting off the Unisex division. Right after lunch, there was 1 final Unisex Division Groups to compete, "Espirit." After they performed, the Large Mixed Division kicked off with Oswego's "The Oswego Commotion."

Preliminary Awards were announced at 6:30pm. The awards first started out with presenting each group with certificate of participation. After that, the Small Mixed Division Awards were announced. Troy-Buchanan's "Soundwave" was announced the Small Mixed Division Champion. The Unisex Division awards were next announced. Wheaton-Warrenville South's "Espirit" came out on top. 4 awards were given to the Large Mixed Division and those are listed below:

Small Mixed Division:
1st: Troy-Buchanan "Soundwave" (BV, BC)
2nd: Peoria Area "Soundwave"
3rd: Springfield "IN Session"

Unisex Division:
1st: Wheaton Warrenville South "Espirit" (BV, BC)
2nd: Mundelein "Lights"
3rd: Mt. Zion "Les Femmes"

Best Band: Mundelein "Sound"
Best Costumes: Mt. Zion "Swingsations"
Best Male Soloist: from Mundelein
Best Female Soloist: from IDK

Finalists were then announced. They announced in a random order, then the directors met backstage and figured out the finals performance order. The Finals performance order is listed below:
WWS "Espirit"
Lawerence Central "Central Sound"
Mundelein "Sound"
Troy-Buchanan "Express"
WWS "The Classics"
Mt. Zion "Swingsations"

Final Awards happened at 11:30pm after Naperville North's "Entourage" performed in exhibition. The Final Awards went like this:

5th RU: WWS "Espirit"
4th RU: Lawrence Central "Sound"
3rd RU: Mundelein "Sound"
2nd RU: Troy-Buchanan "Express"
1st RU: WWS "The Classics" (BV)
GC: Mt. Zion "Swingsations" (BC)



Mt. Zion has competed at two competitions already and has placed 4th at Franklin Community and 3rd at Troy-Buchanan. At each of these competitions, the group has earned Best Choreography (3 consecutive BC's). The group plans to still compete at Sullivan, next weekend,  Glenwood, Decatur, and travel to Massachusett's for Andover's "New England Show Choir Showdown."



Congratulations on your first Grand Champion of the season "Swingsations," keep it up.

I have attached a link to their performance at Franklin Community. If you would like to see pictures from "Clash of the Sequins," click here and look at all the pictures from the day!!


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