First Place
Best Vocals
Best Choreography
Best Band
Best Female Soloist (Miranda Poncelet)
Best Female Stage Presence (Sabrina Astar)
Best Show Design
Best Instrumentalist (Laura Lunde)
Thanks, Mr. McCoy! It's all been posted above. Major props to Hastings on the sweep, Findlay for representing Ohio, and Craig for taking the final qualifying spot here at Branson!
Folks can also go back and watch the Branson live feed as many times as you want!
GC - Hastings riverside company
1RU - Findley first edition
2RU - Janesville Craig Spotlighters
Vocals - Hastings riverside company
Choreography - Hastings riverside company
Band - Hastings riverside company
Female soloist - Hastings riverside company Miranda Poncelet
Male soloist - Norris high school Spencer Dorn (sp?)
Female stage presence - Hastings high school Sabrina Astar
Male stage presence - Arlington high school Scott Spraggs (sp?)
Crew - Findley first edition
Show design - Hastings riverside company
Fame award - belleview west west connection
Best instrumentalist - Hastings riverside company Laura Lunde
I just shivered during Hastings' ENTIRE ballad. And then started crying. Wow. What a sound!
This is my favorite Hastings Ballad of all time! I love it!
Link to the pretty decent livestream: http://www.showchoirs.org/live.html
I had no idea that FAME did live streams for their regional competitions. I thought the only live feed that FAME had was the one for Nationals (and that one you have to pay for)...
So this what happens when my choir gets out of the midwest region: I don't know the choirs!
So how does FAME work now? Back in the day (which was a Wednesday, by the way), they were just a series of invitationals meant to bring choirs from around the country together
It's largely the same, except that each of FAME's different events now act as "regional qualifiers" for their big throwdown in April; the top three groups at each one are invited to participate. Whereas they used to call one FAME event the "cup" each year, now there is just one definitive competition in Chicago that they call the national championships. The idea is that the best of the best are culled from each of the qualifiers and then you end up with a massive super competition at the end, but of course not every group participates in the FAME series and so you're still left with something that isn't exactly an end-all national championship event. Their idea is solid, though, and I give them credit for making it happen - these events take a lot of resources and energy to run and they have been consistent with it for years now. They do tend to run on the costly side, however, and I know not everyone wants to go to Chicago every year, so the likelihood that you're going to end up with all of the best groups in the country there every single year is slim to none. Still, there have been exciting nationals at the end and with different groups attending, it keeps things fresh and fun.
So this what happens when my choir gets out of the midwest region: I don't know the choirs!
So how does FAME work now? Back in the day (which was a Wednesday, by the way), they were just a series of invitationals meant to bring choirs from around the country together
FAME Branson 2014
