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, 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, 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...

Some great things happened this past Show Choir Saturday. I have listed them below. Carmel "Accents" pass Carmel "Ambassadors" Carmel HS traveled to Olentangy, Ohio to compete at the Keynote Classic 2018. This was one of Ohio's premiere competitions of 2019. 4 Tier 1 groups competed, 3 Tier 2, 3 Tier 3, 4 Single-Gender, and 5 Middle School groups. 6 groups advanced to finals, including Fairfield "Choraliers," Carmel "Ambassadors," Findlay "First Edition," Loveland "By Request," Carmel "Accents," and Fairfield "Pure Elegance. Carmel "Accents" placed top in the Womens Division with Fairfield "Pure Elegance" coming in 2nd. The final results are posted below: GC: Fairfield "Choraliers" 1st RU: Carmel "Accents" 2nd RU: Carmel "Ambassadors" 3rd RU: Findlay "First Edition" 4th RU: Loveland "By Request" 5th RU: Fairfield "...

On Saturday, February 23rd, 10 Mixed Groups, 5 Women's Groups, & 2 Men's Groups traveled to Sullivan, IL to compete in the Sullivan Show Choir Invitational. The day kicked off with Danville's "The Executives" at 8:00am. Mt. Zion's "Les Femmes" finished out the Unisex Division at 11:10am. Right after lunch, Troy-Buchanan's "Soundwave" started the Prep Division Competition, with Springfield's "IN Session" completing the Prep Division at 2:25pm. Troy-Buchanan's "Express" started out the Mixed Division Competition with El Paso-Gridley's "Modulations" closing the division. Sullivan "Singers" completed the daytime with an exhibition at 5:40pm, just before awards. The top three finishers in each division were awarded, as well as finals announcements. Daytime awards were as follows: Single-Gender Division: 1st: Mt. Zion "You've Got Male" 2nd: Danville "Contempor...

On Saturday, February 16th, Glenwood's "Titan Fever" traveled to El Paso, IL to compete in the El-Paso-Gridley "Show Choir Showdown." This event hosted 6 - Tier I and 4 - Tier 2 groups in a single-round performance. Final Awards were at 6:50pm, and everybody in the audience knew the name "Titan Fever." "Titan Fever" only let go of 4 caption awards, while they took the rest. I will give you a list of the caption awards Glenwood took: Best Vocals Best Choreography Best Band Best Costumes Best Opener Best Ballad Best Closer Best Stage Presence - Jake Mathias Best Male Soloist - Ryan Croteau Holy buckets Glenwood, you guys are awesome. "Titan Fever" was also named Grand Champion, with no doubt, along with all of the caption awards above!! Titan Fever has competed at Mt. Zion, where they swept the competition. They have also competed at Wahlert Catholic, earning 2nd & Best Chorography, as well as Troy-Buchanan, e...

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 D...

On Saturday, February 9th, one of the top show choir events of the year happened in Troy, MO. This competition always hosts a great line-up, and this year was not short of that. 2 Prep Groups, 7 Women's Groups, and 10 Varsity Mixed Groups traveled to Troy to compete at the 2019 Troy-Buchanan "Show Choir Invitational." The day started at 7:25am with the Women's Division kicking things off until about 10:45am. After that, the 2 Prep Division Groups kicked off their portion of the event. Starting at about 12:30pm, the 10 Varsity choirs brought crazy energy to the stage. The competition order goes as follows: 12:30 Marquette “Center Stage” 1:00 Wheaton Warrenville South “The Classics” 1:30 Warrensburg “Soundwave” 2:00 Broken Arrow “Tiger Rhythm” 2:30 Rock Bridge “City Lights” 3:00 Glenwood “Titan Fever” 3:30 Wheaton North “Flight” 4:00 Neosho “Choraleers” 4:30 Omaha Westside “The Amazing Technicolor Show Choir” 5:00 Mt. Zion “Swingsations” Daytime Awards t...

Photo Courtesy of Wheaton North "Flight" on Twitter Wheaton North's "Flight" was seeking a Grand Championship after ending just behind Glenwood's "Titan Fever" at Mt. Zion on January 19th. On February 2nd, Wheaton North "Flight" went to compete at Danville's "Midwest Classic." Coming out of daytime awards, "Flight" was in first place and earning caption awards for Best Crew, Best Costumes, Best Male Soloist - Chris Wiper, and Best Band FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN "FLIGHT" HISTORY! Photo Courtesy of Wheaton North "Flight" on Twitter As I mentioned, Wheaton North's show band received Best Band for the 1st time ever in show choir history for the school!! What a great accomplishment. Congratulations!! During Final Awards, "Flight" was awarded their 1st Grand Champion of the season. Best Vocals and Best Choreography was added to their awards that they received alre...