Visions for the future probably didn't do Mo Show. They are based out of Brodhead, and the address is a Cedar Rapids address. And yes, it did look like they did a good job.
best band: onalaska
best vocals: onalaska
best choreography: onalaska
HAHA...thats funny...someones alittle conceded!!
We won the day show...You won finals...We both won something
You have obviously not read any of Sarah's posts on here, and you have obviously not read the rest of the topic either. Despite being probably either the most or second most talented singer who is also a member of SCC, Sarah is one of the most down-to-earth and humble people on here. You also did not read the rest of the topic either. The only reason that she probably posted that is because it had not been posted yet, and people probably would have wanted to know whether North had taken any of the caption awards. She was simply confirming that Onalaska had won them.
Especially since you did win the day show, it would have been a valid question whether or not D-North won any caption awards, a question no one had answered yet.
Really? Because I hate their camera angles this year at our show. I hate the tilted angle and then they straighten it and eew. Also they missed my favorite part of Totino's closer, instead doing like, an up-the-body shot of a random person. Psh whatever.
Oh, one more thing....not like it hasn't been said already but....Matrix Ping Pong was AWESOME!!!! I watched it both times. You guys did it so well i didn't realize how that was working at first. It was sweet
I really like Eau Claire, and I was surprised they didnt make finals at Mo Show....their vocals rock
Thanks! Yeah, we were disapointed we didn't make it, but then again the competition was REALLY tough. But we (eau claire) were really happy to see you guys (milton) make it!! Milton looks great this year so it about time you guys made finals! Yay!
Davenport North-I really love your show! The whole making a picture thing in your ballad is cool....i get it because i know the seurat painting. And your closer is sweet. The song was stuckin my my head the whole 6 hour ride home oh, and your soloists are GREAT!
Onalaska-this was the first time i saw your show...it's awesome! And hey, now i know what everyone is talking about with your soloist
Not that I care because It was still cool, but those guys ripped the Ping Pong Matrix thing off of a Japanese tv show.... Matix Ping Pong Link
Yeah, check that out. Although the boys at Mo-Show added the black light which makes it a lot better, they copied the entire thing from this. Not that it makes me like it any less
Does anyone know who the production company is that taped the comp? They were doing a REAL good job, judging from the big screens. Also if anyone knows the webpage too so I can order a DVD that'd be awesome.
I've seen three production companies this year:
-Visions of the Future (they did Monona Grove and Brodhead among others)
-United Video (they did Hastings and Totino among others)
-Whoever did Mo-Show
I have to say that Visions of the Future sucks a LOT, United Video ALWAYS does a stellar job, but a problem with most companies is that they do too many close ups and miss out on the whole picture, or they tape a soloist while missing really cool dancing, but the company that did Mo-Show looked like they had it all together! I really can't wait to get the DVD!
Ps: I am going to sound REAL stupid if the company that did mo-show ends up being Visions of the Future.... although I don't think it's them... because, well they suck a lot and I can recognize their suckiness anywhere.
Yeah I really hate that Sunday song. All the groups I've heard sing it wonderfully, for sure, but I hate the song, and if our choir does it next year, I'd seriously quit. Because eew.
Ping-Pong Matrix and Pogo Boy should have teamed up together magically somehow and made an Ultimate Stupid Human Trick. Like whoa that would have been awesome.
Also, that video asking Lauren to prom was the most adorable, cutest thing ever. We were all getting misty and jealous. If I were Lauren, I would have said yes solely because Justin (I hope I'm getting the names right...) got David to sing to me, that just sealed the cake.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!! YOU WERE MY FAVORITE SHOW THIS YEAR AND I WAS REALLY MAD THAT YOU DIDNT MAKE FINALS AT TOTINO...YOU GUYS HAVE AN AMAZING SHOW AND REALLY HOT GUYS...haha ;)
*GO DAVENPORT* We all made finals!! West-David is amazing!! For not having that many people in your choir...you guys really good vocals!! Central-You guys kicked it!! I enjoy watching your show. *GO DAVENPORT*
PS...I'M IN LOVE WITH THE PING-PONG MATRIX GUYS!!
Just as a point of refernce to the Davenport North ballad this year, here is a short interpretation on what the painting is about. I think David is thinking of the famous Picasso Painting, "les Demoiselle d'Avigion. Which is about 5 prostitutes and is talked about in the Steve Martin play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". http://home.xnet.com/~stanko/dem.htm
The George Seurat painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", is the one that is talked about in fictitiously in the Sondheim Musical, "Sunday in the Park with George".
This is an interner posting about the painting:
Seurat's Grande Jatte is one of those rare works of art that stand alone; its transcendence is instinctively recognized by everyone. What makes this transcendence so mysterious is that the theme of the work is not some profound emotion or momentous event, but the most banal of workaday scenes: Parisians enjoying an afternoon in a local park. Yet we never seem to fathom its elusive power. Stranger still, when he painted it, Seurat was a mere 25 (with only seven more years to live), a young man with a scientific theory to prove; this is hardly the recipe for success. His theory was optical: the conviction that painting in dots, known as pointillism or divisionism, would produce a brighter color than painting in strokes.
"Seurat spent two years painting this picture, concentrating painstakingly on the landscape of the park before focusing on the people; always their shapes, never their personalities. Individuals did not interest him, only their formal elegance. There is no untidiness in Seurat; all is beautifully balanced. The park was quite a noisy place: a man blows his bugle, children run around, there are dogs. Yet the impression we receive is of silence, of control, of nothing disordered. I think it is this that makes La Grande Jatte so moving to us who live in such a disordered world: Seurat's control. There is an intellectual clarity here that sets him free to paint this small park with an astonishing poetry. Even if the people in the park are pairs or groups, they still seem alone in their concision of form - alone but not lonely. No figure encroaches on another's space: all coexist in peace.
"This is a world both real and unreal - a sacred world. We are often harried by life's pressures and its speed, and many of us think at times: Stop the world, I want to get off! In this painting, Seurat has "stopped the world," and it reveals itself as beautiful, sunlit, and silent - it is Seurat's world, from which we would never want to get off."
congrats to everyone yesterday!!! I was so happy to hear that all 3 dport schools were in finals. In response to the confusion about our costumes in "Sunday", you probably aren't familar with the musical. Our soloist, Steve, is the painter and throughout the song we are making his picture, and at the end there's a picture frame and the people with the costumes are the picture. I think 3 other schools perform Sunday, but I like ours so much because we do the picture and a lot of the critique judges love it because they've seen the musical and understand what we are doing.
Now that I am rested... Great job yesterday, everyone! This was a fantabulous way to end out the competition season, thank you so much Washington for hosting this! You made it fun!
Davenport Central - I never got to see you guys yesterday, but I remember seeing you at Supernova. I heard from someone your vocals were awesome during the day round, you must have made a huge improvement since Supernova...congrats!
Davenport North - Congrats on 2nd place! I saw you guys during the day, and I really like your closer! Its such a fun song...though I am not a fan of your show, you guys always look like you are having a blast on stage. Good job!
Davenport West - I think this was like the 4th time I've seen your show, so as I've said before, you guys execute your show so well, choreography is so clean...and your vocals yesterday was so much better than I saw at Big Dance! And all of your soloists rock! And I still want to steal a red trench coat and run around w/ it..... " border="0" alt="ph34r.gif" />
Milton - didn't get to see you guys but WOW you must have stepped it up! Awesome job, you guys should be so proud of yourselves!
Hastings - Well I got a side view of you during the day and I looooooove Devil Went Down to Georgia...what creative staging! I like the girls fire dresses and you guys also ended with Wild wild party, and I liked yours better, just in my opinion though. It was SO close between us and I wish we would have competed together more...
Onalaska - Well WOW what can I say? I have a tape of you guys but it was grrreat to see you perform! I love your opener...your choreography just looks so much fun to do and I definitely don't think your show is a "in the box" kind of show. And lol do we even need to talk about the ballad?? Just amazing, I knew you guys would win!
Linn-Mar - Well, that was our last comp guys. I was really happy with the way it turned out, April gave us an amazing show and I wouldn't want it any other way. I'm really gonna miss this, but we still have a few more performances to go. We've come a long way since Ona, eh?
Momentum - I really like your show! It took some getting used to, but now after seeing it again I really loooove it. I love how you start out your show, and I love your closer. Its so creative. Yay for the Power Ranger shirts too!!!
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Hastings was 1/4 of a point behind Linn-Mar in finals
& our band was 1/5 of a point behind Onalaska's
Congrats to all, I had an awesome LAST competition!
Ping Pong Matrix was great...
and oh mother, was that pizza good! (maybe bcuz we waited for half-hour for it, but still it was worth it)
best band: onalaska
best vocals: onalaska
best choreography: onalaska
I actually am pretty sure Davenport North got BEST CHOREOGRAPHY.
there was a lot of confusion with the best vocals and choreography because the host didn't announce it, but we got up there and they told us we won both and gave us both the vocal and choreography trophies. Congrats to Dav. North too, you guys were great!! You have tons of energy, and your soloists are amazing.
Cedar Rapids Washington Mo Show 2004
oh, and your soloists are GREAT!
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