After seeing Auburn this past weekend at Opelika, I do believe they could upset Clinton’s now (I think) 5 year streak. Their vocals, visuals, and overall show design are near perfect with little to fix. At the very least I can most definitely see auburn stealing a caption in show design or possibly visuals! I have to say that if I wasn’t already going to the West Jones invitational I would definitely be here to see how it all goes down.
Their choreography isn’t near difficult enough to beat Clinton in Visuals. If they can darken the sound and add in a lot of dynamics, then they could upset Clinton in Vocals. All depends on judge’s preferences and the criteria on the score sheets.
^^^^^ yaaa really It will all come down to if the judges prefer that dark and round sound of Mississippi or the bright but tall sound of Auburn. Will be a fantastic competition!
Clinton may have a five year streak with wins , but they have a 20+ year streak with winning in the south as far as this website and their website is concerned. Waubonsie Valley Highschool (In their prime) was the last group to beat them. This same type conversation came up last year in the Homewood thread, and It tends to happen every year. Auburn has a stunning show (I mean absolutely amazing) this year, but Clinton is just on another level. Choreography they will take for certain. vocals could be close, but Clinton will certainly take that as well. Auburn would have to beat them in vocals by such a large margin to compensate for how to visual scores will play out. I'm going to agree with Tyler when he says "until proven otherwise", because Clinton has been winning in the south since before many of us show choir students were even born. David Fehr has instilled such a tremendous force to be reckoned with, even show choir giants in the midwest/west (who sweep several competitions a year regularly) get nervous competing against them. I don't see them losing to another southern group until long after he decides to take his leave. (this is all my opinion though <3) the real question is... is there gonna be a live stream>?
^^^ this. Although I haven't seen any of these groups, I feel like this will be a fight for 1st ru between Auburn and Oak Mountain. If Clinton gets beaten this season, I highly doubt it will be to a Southern choir. Never say never though! There have been multiple surprises and upsets this season already.
Predictions:
GC - Clinton (issa sweep until proven otherwise)
1st RU - Auburn (this is going to be the south's best shot at Clinton so it'll be quite interesting to see how this plays out)
2nd RU - Oak Mt (I wouldn't count them out of the race with Auburn they could very well shock some people here)
3rd RU - Tupelo Ladies
4th RU - Auburn Ladies
5th RU (if there are 6 finals spots) - Oak Grove/Briarwood (it was very close between these two at Jackson Prep and I'm very intrigued to see how a rematch plays out)
Predictions
GC- Clinton- (Sweep/ Possibly BV BC)
1st RU- Auburn- (Best Show Design)
2nd RU- Oak MT.
3rd RU- Auburn Ladies
4th RU- Tupelo Ladies
5th RU- Oak Grove
It will be interesting to see how Auburn fairs against Clinton.
Jasper Foothills Show Choir Classic 2019
