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March 4th, 2017

Venue Info

Burbank High School
902 N. 3rd St.
Burbank, CA 91502

Phone: (818) 558-4700

Event Details

No. of Attending Choirs:

  20 Mixed Groups
  10 Treble Groups
  2 Bass Groups

Hosts:

  Burbank "In Sync"
  Burbank "Impressions"
  Burbank "Out Of The Blue"

Judges:

  Donna Dandino (Music)

  Michelle Jensen (Music)

  Lydia Lee (Music)

  Mark Myers (Music)

  Gina Bishop (Show)

  Pete Engle (Show)

  Alex Hall (Show)

  Erik Hall (Show)

Tickets

Ticket prices unknown.

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Burbank Blast! (Day Two) 2017








Awards
 Predictions
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 Event Site
 Live Stream


   Mixed Division - Tier I

  

Groups

 Sound FX
 Los Alamitos High School		First Place 
Showmanship 
Best Tech Crew 
Best Soloist (Sophia Wackerman) 
Best Performer (Justin Min) 

 Flight
 Wheaton North High School		Second Place 
Musicianship 

 Evolution
 American Leadership Academy		Third Place 
Best Costumes 
Best Show Design 


   Mixed Division - Tier II

  

Groups

 Sound Express
 Carlsbad High School		First Place 
Musicianship 
Showmanship 
Best Tech Crew 

 The Music Machine
 Bonita Vista High School		Second Place 

 Sound Vibrations
 Hart High School		Third Place 

 Royal Stewarts
 Glendora High School		4th Place 

 Main Attraction
 Chula Vista High School		5th Place 

 Vocal Point

 Serrano High School		No Placement 

 Chanteurs

 Arcadia High School		No Placement 


   Mixed Division - Tier III

  

Groups

 Connexion
 Los Alamitos High School		First Place 
Showmanship 

 Hart 'n Soul
 Hart High School		Second Place 

 Production Choir
 Los Altos High School		Third Place 
Musicianship 

 High Voltage

 Cypress High School		No Placement 

 G-Notes

 Granada Hills Charter High School		No Placement 


   Mixed Division - Tier IV

  

Groups

 Ike Singers
 Eisenhower High School		First Place 
Musicianship 
Showmanship 

 Soundwaves
 Oceanside High School		Second Place 

 Sonic Boom
 Gladstone High School		Third Place 

 Blue Heat

 Saugus High School		No Placement 

 The Alphas

 Western Sierra Collegiate Academy		No Placement 


   Treble Division - Tier I

  

 Soundtrax
 Los Alamitos High School


   Treble Division - Tier II

  

Groups

 Sound Unlimited
 Bonita Vista High School		First Place 
Musicianship 
Showmanship 

 Xquisite
 Los Alamitos High School		Second Place 

 Hartbreakers
 Hart High School		Third Place 

 Encore
 Carlsbad High School		4th Place 

 Tartan Silhouettes
 Glendora High School		5th Place 

 Rhapsody In Blue
 Walnut High School		6th Place 

 Bedazzled

 Serrano High School		No Placement 

 Harmonix

 Arcadia High School		No Placement 

 LA Rhythm

 Los Altos High School		No Placement 


   Bass Division

  

Groups

 Xtreme
 Los Alamitos High School		First Place 
Musicianship 
Showmanship 

 Unleashed
 Hart High School		Second Place 


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wcpoet • on Mar 6, 2017, 9:38 AM
Post #21
 
Update needed on Day One please!
I've posted all I could find on that page!
Thanks!



svazzano • on Mar 5, 2017, 10:37 PM
Post #20
+4
Any videos of Los Al's performance circulating yet? I've been anxious to see their show for a while now!



wcpoet • on Mar 5, 2017, 6:38 PM
Post #19
+1
Novice Mixed
1st- Eisenhower "Ike Singers" (Music & Show)
2nd- Oceanside "Sound Waves"
3rd- Gladstone "Sonic Boom"

Intermediate Mixed:
1st- Los Alamitos "Connexion" (Show)
2nd- Hart "Hart 'n Soul"
3rd- Los Altos "Production Choir" (Music)



abe.martinez • on Mar 5, 2017, 1:11 PM
Post #18
 
This is not correct. Twitter lied to you.

I'm deleting it as we speak, not really but



wcpoet • on Mar 5, 2017, 12:39 PM
Post #17
+1
Judges:

Donna Dandino (Music)
Michelle Jensen (Music)
Lydia Lee (Music)
Mark Myers (Music)
Gina Bishop (Show)
Pete Engle (Show)
Alex Hall (Show)
Erik Hall (Show)



Häakon • on Mar 5, 2017, 11:57 AM
Post #16
 
Saw on twitter that for tier II the top two were:

Hart BV BC
Bonita Vista
This is not correct. Twitter lied to you.



abe.martinez • on Mar 5, 2017, 11:35 AM (Edited)
Post #15
 
Edit: my phone is dumb and won't post the link I got the placements from



wcpoet • on Mar 5, 2017, 11:31 AM
Post #14
+1
Here's what I have:

Intermediate Women
1st- Bonita Vista "Sound Unlimited (Music & Show)
2nd- Los Alamitos "Xquisite"
3rd- Hart "Hartbreakers"
4th- Carlsbad "Encore"
5th- Glendora "Silhouettes"
6th- Walnut "Rhapsody In Blue"

Advanced Mixed Tier 2

1st- Carlsbad "Sound Express" (Music & Show)
2nd- Bonita Vista "The Music Machine"
3rd- Hart "Sound Vibrations"
4th- Glendora "Royal Stewarts"
5th- Chula Vista "Main Attraction"

Advanced Mixed Captions

Best Tech Crew, Tier 2: Carlsbad "Sound Express"
Best Tech Crew, Tier 1: Los Alamitos "Sound FX"

Best Costumes: ALA "Evolution"
Best Show Design: ALA "Evolution"
Best Choreography: Los Alamitos "Sound FX"
Best Soloist: Sophia Wackerman, Los Alamitos "Sound FX
Best Performer: Justin Min, Los Alamitos "Sound FX"



abe.martinez • on Mar 5, 2017, 11:24 AM
Post #13
 
Saw on twitter that for tier II the top two were:

Hart BV BC
Bonita Vista

Anyone know the rest?



Häakon • on Mar 5, 2017, 3:43 AM
Post #12
 
Do the results get posted anywhere?
Yes, at the top of this page!

T

TwinMotoMama • on Mar 4, 2017, 1:44 PM
Post #11
 
Do the results get posted anywhere?



Häakon • on Mar 4, 2017, 8:40 AM
Post #10
+7
While I understand the Show Choir is still very new and sparse in California, I think the Tiers need to be restructured.
Show choir is neither "new," nor "sparse" in California. There is so much misinformation in this post it is making my head spin.

I can give you more specifics on the way choirs are divided out west when I have more time, but all you really need to know is that the tiers are based on skill level and nothing else. Think of it as "freshman/JV/varsity." It has nothing to do with school or choir size.



ShowChoirDirect • on Mar 3, 2017, 6:43 PM
Post #9
 
A resident California expert can share more, but unlike any of the other regions California has divisions mostly based on skill level - advanced (tier I/II), intermediate (tier III), and novice (tier IV). This is discussed a little bit in this recent thread: prep division.

So I think the time allotment difference is really just for efficiency purposes. A novice choir probably doesn't have an elaborate set or full production show like Los Alamitos or Bonita Vista, so they don't need 30-35 minutes allotted for the performance - it would just be dead space.

Until a few years ago, we structured the advanced groups into Tier 1/AAA and Tier 2/AA based on choir size (not school size as is common in the midwest). If a group was a large choir they were automatically AAA, a small choir would be AA. There were also size restrictions on lower groups on par with AA to prevent choirs of 80 from competing against choirs of 20 in a novice category.

It was sometimes 40 and up puts you in the AAA category, 39 and down, the AA category. Other times, it was "more than 40" puts you in the AAA category, and "40 or less" puts you in the AA category. That problem was quickly rectified but was ever present briefly, it showcases the important variations between the comps out here that can be overlooked.

Unfortunately, CA is a little bit like the Wild West in that respect, schools are regionals and can choose to structure divisions however they want. A few years ago the size rule was thrown out at most of the competitions that employed it, AAA became the de-facto "more advanced" division with some groups (formerly Bonita) choosing to move up (though none of the large choir groups moved down to AA). Now it is purely at the discretion of the director, Bonita has since moved down to Tier 2, and yet they recently competed at a competition where they lost in Tier 2, and yet the only group in Tier 1 was a group they had beaten the year before.

It's a strange scenerio, they likely would have had a win in Tier 1, but since they made the decision to compete in Tier 2 this entire year, they went up against a group that consistently performs at a higher standard (Hart) than the only group in Tier 1.

While I understand the Show Choir is still very new and sparse in California, I think the Tiers need to be restructured. I hardly see more than 2 or 3 Tiers in the midwest not counting the Single-Gender or middle school divisions. While Novice groups are expected to provide less in terms of time consumption (staging, set length, prep time, etc.) if a school has two choirs, one really should be competing in an advanced category, that excess time of AAA or AA might give the directors, staff, and students ideas on how to utilize it in future years.

Out here, placing 2nd or first runner up is sometimes viewed as "losing", well that was our own fault when we have so many divisions that sometimes we only have two or three (or one!) choir(s) in each division. If we had fewer divisions with 10+ choirs in each division, then maybe students (and directors) would start looking at those 2nd and 3rd place trophies as valuable as a Grand Championship. Not to mention not placing 1st all the time would give you more reason to work harder rather than simply placing 1st at every comp and deciding the show was "good enough"



wcpoet • on Mar 3, 2017, 11:03 AM
Post #8
+1
A resident California expert can share more, but unlike any of the other regions California has divisions mostly based on skill level - advanced (tier I/II), intermediate (tier III), and novice (tier IV). This is discussed a little bit in this recent thread: prep division.

So I think the time allotment difference is really just for efficiency purposes. A novice choir probably doesn't have an elaborate set or full production show like Los Alamitos or Bonita Vista, so they don't need 30-35 minutes allotted for the performance - it would just be dead space.
Exactly Jeff...also- by giving Novice groups 20 minutes and Intermediate groups 25 minutes, you can host more groups. For example- this competition has 32 groups just on Saturday!
It would be kind of hard to host that many groups if they each had 30 minutes on stage...



Jeff. • on Mar 3, 2017, 9:56 AM
Post #7
+1
Why, at California competitions, do Tier 4 groups have only 20 minutes allotted to perform?

I am assuming tiers are divided based on school or group size. To me, it doesn't seem like that would need to affect performance length, unless it has just become standard practice.

Or maybe tiers are divided based on something else entirely. Can someone more knowledgeable than me give me more info?
A resident California expert can share more, but unlike any of the other regions California has divisions mostly based on skill level - advanced (tier I/II), intermediate (tier III), and novice (tier IV). This is discussed a little bit in this recent thread: prep division.

So I think the time allotment difference is really just for efficiency purposes. A novice choir probably doesn't have an elaborate set or full production show like Los Alamitos or Bonita Vista, so they don't need 30-35 minutes allotted for the performance - it would just be dead space.

J

Johnathon • on Mar 3, 2017, 12:59 AM
Post #6
 
Why, at California competitions, do Tier 4 groups have only 20 minutes allotted to perform?

I am assuming tiers are divided based on school or group size. To me, it doesn't seem like that would need to affect performance length, unless it has just become standard practice.

Or maybe tiers are divided based on something else entirely. Can someone more knowledgeable than me give me more info?



wcpoet • on Mar 1, 2017, 6:27 PM
Post #5
+2
Hi Friends,

Anyone know if there are still tickets available at the door for Mixed Tiers I and II?
Burbank is saying totally sold out. Tickets went very fast (not surprising because of all the amazing groups performing). They did say "seat hoppers" were available at the door...



keresey • on Mar 1, 2017, 3:58 PM
Post #4
 
Hi Friends,

Anyone know if there are still tickets available at the door for Mixed Tiers I and II?



wcpoet • on Feb 28, 2017, 12:01 PM
Post #3
+2
Burbank Blast! 2017 Schedule
Looks to be an amazing competition! (As usual for Burbank )

R

RandyIL • on Jan 12, 2017, 3:17 PM
Post #2
+1
Only a few spots left! Please register ASAP if you have not yet. See you in 7 weeks!!


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