By the way if your going to have a 4-way tie for the solo contest, you should have ALL FOUR sing their solos is finals.
for example:
soloist #1
finalist group #1
Soloist #2
group #2
and so on.... and so on!
Agreed, it would have been helpful/beneficial for all 4 student to compete again. This would have filled a lot of dead space.
In my personal overall I'm not too big on this competition. It is (or at least to me) very unorganized in some areas, but it's still a new competition and have time to develop and become better. It would be great if they used scoring and not ranks to select finalists. Hopefully next year they have clear divisions, or any at all, and mark them on a scheduled. Throughout the entire day no one knew there was two divisions until awards when it was formally announced.
like this competition, but i'm NOT a fan of how they select finals: two group from the "large" division and two group from the "small" group division. in opinion ranking system should be used in finals not prelims. they should go by overall scores. By the way if your going to have a 4-way tie for the solo contest, you should have ALL FOUR sing their solos is finals.
for example:
soloist #1
finalist group #1
Soloist #2
group #2
and so on.... and so on!
I would love to hear the FOUR soloists who got an amazing 140 out of 140 points!
AGAIN, this my opinion. of course we will be there next year. but I really hope they improve some of the issues.
Results are posted... if folks do get accurate clarity in terms of who was actually in the "Prep Division" and who was in the "Mixed Division" let me know and I can edit it.
Best Band: Alan B. Shepard NOVA
Best Costume: Troy Buchanan Express
Best Male Soloist: Bryan Douglass (Hannibal)
Best Female Soloist: Calia Cole (Springfield Southeast)
Best Set: Mehlville Adrenaline
People's Choice: Troy Buchanan Soundwaves
update Oswego dropped due to financial difficulties. There are divisions but they will not be announced until awards. On an incredible awesome note they sell chick-fil-a at this competition!!!
Any idea on divisions? The O'Town promotion mentions Mixed Open Division (eligible for finals), Mixed Festival Division (not eligible for finals), and High School Single-Gender Division. I don't see any women's choirs, so I guess that just leaves Open vs. Festival...?
Schedule for this compettion
groups transfer to warm-ups warm-ups performance critique
Mehlville “Adrenaline” 8:45 8:55 9:30 10:00
Bayless ‘Xpression” 9:15 9:25 10:00 10:30
Helias High School “Impact” 9:45 9:55 10:30 11:00
Troy Buchanan “Soundwave” 10:15 10:25 11:00 11:30
Springfield “IN Session” 10:45 10:55 11:30 12:00
Lunch Break: 12:00 – 1:00pm (Cafeteria)
Springfield Southeast “Sesations” 12:15 12:25 1:00 1:30
Frankfort Community HS “Rockin Redbirds” 12:45 12:55 1:30 2:00
Oswego “OHS Commotion” 1:15 1:25 2:00 2:30
Hannibal “River City Revue” 1:45 1:55 2:30 3:00
Alan B. Shephard “NOVA” 2:15 2:25 3:00 3:30
Parkway Central “Pizzazz” 2:45 2:55 3:30 4:00
Glenwood “Titan Fever” 3:15 3:25 4:00 4:30
Troy Buchanan “Express” 3:45 3:55 4:30 5:00
Any idea on divisions? The O'Town promotion mentions Mixed Open Division (eligible for finals), Mixed Festival Division (not eligible for finals), and High School Single-Gender Division. I don't see any women's choirs, so I guess that just leaves Open vs. Festival...?
O'Fallon O'Town Showdown 2015
