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 Show Choir Community    Events    2014 Season    Portsmouth Tri-State Show Choir Competition 2014
Event Info

January 18th, 2014
Venue Info
Shawnee State University
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts
940 Second Street
Porstmouth, OH 45653
Phone: (740) 351-3600
Event Details
Number of Attending Choirs:
6 Mixed Groups
Event Hosts:
Portsmouth "Expressions"
Event Judges:
Unknown
Tickets
Ticket prices unknown.
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Portsmouth Tri-State Show Choir Competition 2014





Awards
 Predictions
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 Event Site
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Mixed Division - Tier I
Groups    

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Colerain High School
 Grand Champion
Best Vocals
Best Band
Best Female Soloist (Pam McDermott)

Rhythm In Red
Cabell Midland High School
 First Runner Up
Best Choreography

Melodic Fusion
Riverside High School
 Second Runner Up

Harmonics
Harrison High School
 3rd Runner Up

Mixed Division - Tier II
Groups    

Rave Revue
Ravenswood High School
 First Place
Best Male Soloist (Logan Tucker)

High Impact
Herbert Hoover High School
 Second Place

Attending Members displaying 6 of 23 members (view all)
LoganRR
rhythminredmom
Kinechinacea
meganmccarren
sydneybarnett
calebkempf
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nangleys • on Feb 3, 2014, 1:21 PM
Post #34
 
Was there an official photgrapher taking photos of the perfomances? If so where can I view and purchase?



Caleb :P • on Jan 20, 2014, 2:53 AM
Post #33
 
Jeff, OMEA knows it's there, and have a show choir chair, but they don't recognize it!

VALID.
Across the nation, it's the exact same way.



Rian • on Jan 20, 2014, 2:29 AM
Post #32
 
Jeff, OMEA knows it's there, and have a show choir chair, but they don't recognize it!

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rhythminredmom • on Jan 19, 2014, 10:49 PM
Post #31
+1
River Valley High School did not attend this competition after all.



Jeff. • on Jan 19, 2014, 6:22 PM
Post #30
+1
@TheInfoGuy - I totally get what you're saying. It's a current tension in show choir. Recognized by state music associations or not? I don't believe the OMEA cares about show choir at this point. I don't necessarily disagree with you that that is the direction we should be moving towards. But we have seen state associations and show choir be linked twice without much success (Iowa & Indiana), so I think if Ohio were to EVER move in that direction (which is unlikely in the foreseeable future) that it would have to be planned meticulously so it doesn't fail like those other states.

@Caleb - Yeah I get sports are set up like that. But since Ohio show choir isn't governed by any particular association at this point, Ohio competitions don't have to follow any set format. So I think with this freedom that directors/contest chairpersons have they could have more sensible class divisions.



Caleb :P • on Jan 19, 2014, 2:52 PM
Post #29
 
To take it a step further, I never really understood why there are "overall day rankings" anyway, because that assumes everyone is judged on exactly the same scale. And if that's the case, what's the point of divisions in the first place?
Ohio is dumb.
THIS. Exactly this. Ohio show choir, specifically, has these arbitrary daytime classes usually in an A/B/C format based on school size. Which makes no sense in the first place, because school size is not the best indicator of how well a show choir performs. So anyways there are these different classes and regardless of show choirs being divided into these divisions, they are all generally eligible to qualify for finals (or overall placements in this case since there weren't finals).

So as Häakon said, what's the point of having these divisions anyways? I agree with Alex that Ohio is dumb. And to expand on that, I think the Ohio system of show choir is set up just to give out a lot of awards and make folks feel good about themselves. EVERYONE gets an award! I mean, really, what other excuse is there? Most of the time the class divisions aren't even grouped together on the performance schedule so there can't be any excuse of having similar schools compete against one another… when they're separated by other choirs in other divisions. It's just nonsense. I appreciate that some Ohio competitions are moving away from this and have more appropriate Tier I/Tier II (Large/Small or Advanced/Less Experienced) such as the Marysville Showcase (next weekend!) and Fairfield Crystal Classic. I like those formats better and it's similar to the way that some other Midwestern states do it like Wisconsin. But ultimately it's really up to each and every director/contest chairperson to initiate that change. Reform, people! Reform!

Well I suppose it makes sense to someone. I mean, if we look at athletics, schools are put in divisions based on school size (because of average funding, feed pool, etc). I assume that it worked (back at the beginning) to set show choir events similar to the way athletic events were already taking place.
For example, 4A schools with football have their own division so that during the playoffs, 4A groups only play 4A groups. However, at the end of the season, there are still overall state (and national) rankings, regardless of division. So...competivity within classes based on school size, but overall rankings afterwards.
Also, it gives very much the feel of the state MEA festivals--all choirs are put in classes based on their school sizes.

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BenSchelling • on Jan 19, 2014, 2:05 PM
Post #28
 
it still doesn't have the overall rankings.
it was
GC: Colerain: Best Vocals, Best Band
1RU: Cabell Midland: Best Choreography
2RU: Ravenswood
3RU:Riverside



The Info Guy • on Jan 19, 2014, 12:56 PM
Post #27
 
This is why I have always said, and will keep saying. Show Choir competitions should be connected back to state music education associations. So there can be a set of rules and awards like what has been said about division/class awards. So every competition will be a lot similar.

I can see with bigger competitions, there are more misc. captions like Best Costumes, Set Design, Show Concept, etc. But there are still basic captions like Vocals, Choreo,Combo,Male and Female Soloist.

Someone has to understand what I'm trying to say.



BakerFF • on Jan 19, 2014, 9:51 AM
Post #26
 
You know honestly I just never questioned it till I saw the ass awards for this competition. But now that I've thought about it I would definitely agree for a reform in awards!



Jeff. • on Jan 19, 2014, 5:54 AM
Post #25
+1
Not to diminish the class trophy wins but why would they do that if there aren't any finals? That seems rather strange because once those are announced you can pretty much assume who won
To take it a step further, I never really understood why there are "overall day rankings" anyway, because that assumes everyone is judged on exactly the same scale. And if that's the case, what's the point of divisions in the first place?
Ohio is dumb.
THIS. Exactly this. Ohio show choir, specifically, has these arbitrary daytime classes usually in an A/B/C format based on school size. Which makes no sense in the first place, because school size is not the best indicator of how well a show choir performs. So anyways there are these different classes and regardless of show choirs being divided into these divisions, they are all generally eligible to qualify for finals (or overall placements in this case since there weren't finals).

So as Häakon said, what's the point of having these divisions anyways? I agree with Alex that Ohio is dumb. And to expand on that, I think the Ohio system of show choir is set up just to give out a lot of awards and make folks feel good about themselves. EVERYONE gets an award! I mean, really, what other excuse is there? Most of the time the class divisions aren't even grouped together on the performance schedule so there can't be any excuse of having similar schools compete against one another… when they're separated by other choirs in other divisions. It's just nonsense. I appreciate that some Ohio competitions are moving away from this and have more appropriate Tier I/Tier II (Large/Small or Advanced/Less Experienced) such as the Marysville Showcase (next weekend!) and Fairfield Crystal Classic. I like those formats better and it's similar to the way that some other Midwestern states do it like Wisconsin. But ultimately it's really up to each and every director/contest chairperson to initiate that change. Reform, people! Reform!



Alex. • on Jan 19, 2014, 1:34 AM
Post #24
 
To take it a step further, I never really understood why there are "overall day rankings" anyway, because that assumes everyone is judged on exactly the same scale. And if that's the case, what's the point of divisions in the first place?
Ohio is dumb.



Häakon • on Jan 18, 2014, 11:34 PM
Post #23
 
Not to diminish the class trophy wins but why would they do that if there aren't any finals? That seems rather strange because once those are announced you can pretty much assume who won
To take it a step further, I never really understood why there are "overall day rankings" anyway, because that assumes everyone is judged on exactly the same scale. And if that's the case, what's the point of divisions in the first place?



BakerFF • on Jan 18, 2014, 11:14 PM
Post #22
 
Not to diminish the class trophy wins but why would they do that if there aren't any finals? That seems rather strange because once those are announced you can pretty much assume who won

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rhythminredmom • on Jan 18, 2014, 9:14 PM
Post #21
+6
Results are as follows...
Class B:
2nd Herbert Hoover
1st Ravenswood
Class A:
2nd Cabell Midland
1st Colerain

Combo: Colerain
Male Soloist: Logan Tucker-Ravenswood
Female Soloist: Pam McDermott-Colerain
Choreography: Cabell Midland
Vocals: Colerain

Overall:
3rd RU Riverside
2nd RU Ravenswood
1st RU Cabell Midland
Grand Champs Colerain

Congrats to Jason Johnson for choreographing two AWESOME show choirs in Colerain and Cabell Midland!!!



King Of Games • on Jan 18, 2014, 8:46 PM
Post #20
 
any updates?



Rian • on Jan 18, 2014, 11:07 AM
Post #19
 

Portsmouth doesn't do finals.

Typically.



Patrick • on Jan 18, 2014, 10:45 AM
Post #18
 
Since there's only seven groups, it's going to feel really awkward when only one of them doesn't move to finals... Maybe they should just have a "re-score" or something like that, where every group just gets scored twice; Once in daytime's, once at night.

Portsmouth doesn't do finals.



Alex. • on Jan 18, 2014, 10:35 AM
Post #17
 
Since there's only seven groups, it's going to feel really awkward when only one of them doesn't move to finals... Maybe they should just have a "re-score" or something like that, where every group just gets scored twice; Once in daytime's, once at night.



The Info Guy • on Jan 18, 2014, 10:16 AM
Post #16
 
No, we were lucky that all but one small community in Cabell County was not affected by the chemical spill. Thanks for asking though
That's good! Good luck to everyone today! It'll be a good match between Colerain and Cabell for GC!

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rhythminredmom • on Jan 17, 2014, 11:30 PM (Edited)
Post #15
 
The area where Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia meet is referred to as the "Tri-State" area. So Portsmouth, Ohio is in the Tri-State. That is my guess as to where this competition gets it's name.


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