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"Flight" Claims Grand Championship across town at Choral Classic


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" were crowned champions. Leanne also won Best Female Soloist in a show, while Chris Wiper from Wheaton North "Flight" won best male soloist in a show. Best Band was awarded to Naperville North's Hot Brockets (Show band for Entourage).

In the women's division, Naperville North's "High Heeled Harmony" swept the division. Full Placements can be found below:
GC: Naperville North "High Heeled Harmony" (BV, BC)
1st RU: Brandon "Bellas"
2nd RU: Batavia "Legacy"

Finalists were then announced by random draw (order as follows)
Twinsburg
Wheaton North
Solon
Urbandale
Naperville North
Glenwood

The gym was cleared out after daytime awards, and then filled quickly back up before finals started at 8:00pm.

Final awards occured after WWS's "The Classics" performed in exhibition. The audience was ready to see what group came out on top. Final awards go as follows:
GC: Wheaton North "Flight"
1st RU: Glenwood "Titan Fever"
2nd RU: Urbandale "Studio
3rd RU: Solon "Music in Motion"
4th RU: Naperville North "Entourage"
5th RU: Twinsburg "Great Expectations"


This is Wheaton North's 4th Grand Championship of the year. The group has never won the Choral Classic, until this year. The groups has worked very hard and put a great amount of effort into this show.

The group also earned 1st RU at Mt. Zion's "Midwest Invitational," falling just short of Glenwood's "Titan Fever." "Titan Fever" and "Flight" have gone up against each other 3 times this year, with Glenwood winning once and Wheaton North winning twice. The last time "Flight" placed higher than Glenwood was in Decatur 2015.

The group is now finished for the season, and what better way to end the season than a Grand Champion?

Congrats on a G-R-E-A-T season "Flight"
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