I know that going into finals LC was only 4.5 points from 5th place. Guess everyone improved a lot in finals.
Great Job everyone yesterday. Congrats East!!!
Wow I really wish I could've been there to see how all the groups looked a week after competing against each other. I mean a lot of groups (Lincoln SW, Grand Island NW, Papillion LaVista, Lewis Central, Grand Island Senior) competed against each other at The Midwest Cup at UNL and so it is interesting to see these results based off of last weekends competition. Wow!
Does anyone know point totals from both prelims and finals?
The problem with Mitchell is that from a judging standpoint they had much weaker vocals than all of the other finalist groups. They did not miss out on the finals by a large margin but they still came in seventh.
Mitchell always seems to have a lot of problems with their vocals. Their choreography is always so crisp, clean, and amazing... but choreography can't carry the entire show!
The problem with Mitchell is that from a judging standpoint they had much weaker vocals than all of the other finalist groups. They did not miss out on the finals by a large margin but they still came in seventh.
From what we could peace together at the competition was that at onalaska the judging panel consisted of 3 choreographers and 2 exclusively music professionals and at out competition our 3 judge panel and 2 critique judges consisted of just music professionals and on choreographers. This led us to believe that it was the vocals that were the deciding factor in positioning and that mitchell did not have good enough vocals to manage a finals appearance.
I have not seen any numbers nor should this be considering remotely official but that is what we were able to assume...
But overall it was a fantastic and fun competition and I congratulate all the groups that competed.
GC: Sioux City East "Headliners"
1RU: Lincoln Southwest "Resonance"
2RU: Grand Island Northwest "14 Karat Gold"
3RU: Papillion La-Vista "Free Spirit"
4RU: West Des Moines Valley "Choralation"
5RU: Lewis Central "Lewis Corporation"
Best Vocals: Sioux City East
Best Choreography: Lincoln Southwest
Best Band: West Des Moines Valley
GC Womens: Papillion La-Vista "Heart and Soul"
GC Prep: Grand Island Northwest "Bella Voce"
1RU Prep: West Des Moines Valley "Jubilation Inc."
Edit for commentary
Tonight was amazing. I saw a decent chunk of these show choirs last week, and each and every one of those stepped it up so much today. Congrats to all.
Ummm... Benton Community's Prep Group is called Jubilation, Inc. Is that the one that got 1st runner-up in Prep? Edit: Question Answered. Yes it is. Thanks
GC: Sioux City East "Headliners"
1RU: Lincoln Southwest "Resonance"
2RU: Grand Island Northwest "14 Karat Gold"
3RU: Papillion La-Vista "Free Spirit"
4RU: West Des Moines Valley "Choralation"
5RU: Lewis Central "Lewis Corporation"
Best Vocals: Sioux City East
Best Choreography: Lincoln Southwest
Best Band: West Des Moines Valley
GC Womens: Papillion La-Vista "Heart and Soul"
GC Prep: Grand Island Northwest "Bella Voce"
1RU Prep: Benton Community "Jubilation Inc."
Edit for commentary
Tonight was amazing. I saw a decent chunk of these show choirs last week, and each and every one of those stepped it up so much today. Congrats to all.
yea wooooo.... or maybe even w00t.... like w00tublica the country Thom and i came up with this morning in English!!! Sweet i'm ready to perform... and it's not til tommorrow afternoon. Devon you ready to guitar it up real crazy like?
Westside's competition is always great because they have an awesome director and terrific singers and dancers. The competition this afternoon should be exciting!
I looked around and couldn't find a topic for this competition yet! I'm beyond excited for it, I absolutely love this school and everything about the competition!
I hope I can get one of those bears this year! Last year they had run out by the time I got there...
yea wooooo.... or maybe even w00t.... like w00tublica the country Thom and i came up with this morning in English!!! Sweet i'm ready to perform... and it's not til tommorrow afternoon. Devon you ready to guitar it up real crazy like?
Omaha Westside Competition of Excellence 2007
