Also I just went back through the years to look, and I believe this will be Los Alamitos' first time competing at a regional competition hosted at a high school outside of California. Every time they have competed outside of California, it has been at a FAME, Heart of America, or Show Choir Nationals, so this is definitely exciting!
This contest has never been won by a group outside of the Midwest. 2020 probably would’ve been the first with Burbank and an undefeated Petal coming up. Looks like Los Al is finally going to end that streak.
I attend and am a part of the groups traveling to compete from Los Al this will be our first time competing at this competition. We are all very excited to see new competition and watch everyone's sets!
I'm still amazed at the amount of diverse, high-quality groups that will be here, and we don't even have a full schedule yet. This will definitely be the competition of the year.
Here's an updated list from what's been posted below. This will be INSANE.
Broken Arrow
Center Grove
El Paso-Gridley
Lincoln Southwest
Los Alamitos
Mitchell
Mt. Zion
Omaha South
Waubonsie Valley
Zionsville
Oak Mountain has this weekend on their calendar as an unidentified contest. So far, I haven’t seen any non-Southern region contests for them, so it’d be interesting if they came here.
I am thinking of going now, too. I don't think I can pass up an opportunity to see all of these groups at one competition together, and have it be affordable