Btw. Prep scores (for full disclosure):

Vocals:

1st- Prairie 76.33
2nd- In Step 75.34
3rd (tie)- Southwest 73
3rd (tie)- Wheaton 73
5th- Hi-Style 71.67
6th- SC East 71.33
7th- Valley 70.33
8th- Marion 69

Choreo:

1st (tie)- Prairie 77.33
1st (tie)- In Step 77.33
1st (tie)- Southwest 77.33
4th- Valley 77
5th- Wheaton 76.84
6th- Hi-Style 73
7th- Marion 72.67
8th- SC East 72.33

Overall:

1st- Prairie 153.66
2nd- In Step 152.67
3rd- Southwest 150.33
4th- Wheaton 149.84
5th- Valley 147.33
6th- Hi-Style 144.67
7th- SC East 143.66
8th- Marion 141.67

And 1A full placements:

1st- Hudson 144.66
2nd- Holy Trinity 134
3rd (tie)- BGM- 123
3rd (tie)- Keota 123

Also, Roosevelt was 4th in Middle School and Wilson was 5th.

So clearly the ENTIRE competition was INSANELY close. Look at those prep visual scores!!!! 1.5 TOTAL points (not averaged) between 1st and 5th. Wow. Everyone had such amazing performances all day long!!!!

Never thought I would hear that Wheaton got a 6th place ranking from a judge.

I am honestly in awe of the major variation in scores that happened here. I think "wow" sums it up. What a competition!
I think "wow" is honestly all I can say too Ethan. Those have to be some of the closest scores I think I've ever seen.

I'm currently taking a stats class and one thing we're learning right now is the difference between variability of the means and variability within the means. In this case, the differences in the average final scores of the groups, and the differences in individual scores/ranks the groups received. The variability of scores and ranks each group received far surpasses that of the final scores, that in stats we would say that not one group is necessarily better than the rest here. I'm sorry if that made anyone's head hurt because I know not everyone, including myself at times, can math.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, there was an argument to put any group in any spot above or below any other group(s), and it was blatantly evident sitting through finals and watching everyone. It was a darn good day of show choir and I really wish all the groups could've walked away with a GC trophy cause everyone truly deserved it.

I am honestly in awe of the major variation in scores that happened here. I think "wow" sums it up. What a competition!

Finals scores:

Kevin Chase:

1st- Southwest 190
2nd- Linn-Mar 189
3rd- Wheaton 184
4th- Prairie 181
5th- Valley 179
6th- SC East 173

Ines Cring:

1st- Linn-Mar 197
2nd- Wheaton 196
3rd- Prairie 195
4th- Valley 192.5
5th- Southwest 187
6th- SC East 182

Pete Eklund:

1st- Southwest 180
2nd- SC East 177
3rd- Valley 176
4th- Prairie 174
5th- Linn-Mar 173
6th- Wheaton 170

Dave Fog:

1st- Southwest 183
2nd- Linn-Mar 182
3rd- SC East 178
4th- Wheaton 177
5th- Prairie 175
6th- Valley 164

Greg Grove:

1st- Valley 179
2nd (tie)- Southwest 176
2nd (tie)- Wheaton 176
4th- Linn-Mar 175
5th- SC East 171
6th- Prairie 167

Duane Philgreen:

1st- Wheaton 188
2nd- Linn-Mar 186
3rd- Prairie 184
4th- SC East 179
5th- Valley 175
6th- Southwest 172

Michelle Philgreen:

1st- Prairie 191
2nd- Wheaton 188
3rd (tie)- Linn-Mar 187
3rd (tie)- Valley 187
5th- Southwest 184
6th- SC East 183

Ben Schmidt:

1st- Southwest 188
2nd- SC East 181
3rd- Linn-Mar 179
4th- Wheaton 178
5th- Prairie 176
6th- Valley 175

Diane Thayer:

1st- Linn-Mar 190
2nd- Wheaton 189
3rd- Southwest 184
4th- Prairie 179
5th- SC East 172
6th- Valley 162

High-Lows:

Linn-Mar- Ines Cring/Pete Eklund
Southwest- Kevin Chase/Duane Philgreen
Wheaton- Ines Cring/Pete Eklund
Prairie- Ines Cring/Greg Grove
SC East- Michelle Philgreen/Greg Grove
Valley- Ines Cring/Diane Thayer

Ranks (not a part of determining placings):

Linn-Mar- 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 = 23
Southwest- 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 = 25
Wheaton- 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 = 26
Prairie- 1 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 = 35
SC East- 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 = 39
Valley- 1 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 = 39

Notes: If we would've converted to ranks, the results would've been the same, which is very interesting. Diane Thayer got it exactly right before taking out the high-low (Wheaton 2nd, Southwest 3rd) otherwise no one else was even close. Kinda crazy that Linn-Mar won big with only getting two 1sts. Lincoln Southwest had FOUR judges place them 1st. but also had 5 5 6. This competition was clearly very close and varied greatly judge-by-judge. Enjoy!

Thanks Adam. I'm also planning on getting each judge's rankings too. FYI, we average all the scores at Mo Show, so all the points before taking out the high-low are x9 and all the points after taking them out are x7. But when averaged, it is out of 200.

As you can see, Linn-Mar's vocals were the big decider in this competition, and deservedly so. Their ballad was incredibly musical.

FINALS VOCALS-

1st- Linn Mar (93.06)
2nd- Lincoln Southwest (90.44)
3rd- Wheaton Warrenville (90.27)
4th- Prairie (88.44) *TIE
4th- Sioux City East (88.44) *TIE
6th- West Des Moines Valley (88.06)

FINALS CHOREOGRAPHY-

1st- Wheaton Warrenville (92.61)
2nd- Lincoln Southwest (92.22)
3rd- Prairie (91.79)
4th- Linn Mar (91.17)
5th- Sioux City East (88.89)
6th- West Des Moines Valley (88.55)

TOTAL POINTS-

1st- Linn Mar (184.3)
2nd- Wheaton Warrenville (182.88)
3rd- Lincoln Southwest (182.66)
4th- Prairie (180.23)
5th- Sioux City East (177.33)
6th- West Des Moines Valley (176.61)

TOTAL WITH HIGH/LOW REMOVED (FINALS RESULTS)-

1st- Linn Mar (184)
2nd- Lincoln Southwest (183.14)
3rd- Wheaton Warrenville (182.86)
4th- Prairie (180)
5th- Sioux City East (177.43)
6th- West Des Moines Valley (176.43)

......woof

FINALS VOCALS-

1st- Linn Mar (93.06)
2nd- Lincoln Southwest (90.44)
3rd- Wheaton Warrenville (90.27)
4th- Prairie (88.44) *TIE
4th- Sioux City East (88.44) *TIE
6th- West Des Moines Valley (88.06)

FINALS CHOREOGRAPHY-

1st- Wheaton Warrenville (92.61)
2nd- Lincoln Southwest (92.22)
3rd- Prairie (91.79)
4th- Linn Mar (91.17)
5th- Sioux City East (88.89)
6th- West Des Moines Valley (88.55)

TOTAL POINTS-

1st- Linn Mar (184.3)
2nd- Wheaton Warrenville (182.88)
3rd- Lincoln Southwest (182.66)
4th- Prairie (180.23)
5th- Sioux City East (177.33)
6th- West Des Moines Valley (176.61)

TOTAL WITH HIGH/LOW REMOVED (FINALS RESULTS)-

1st- Linn Mar (184)
2nd- Lincoln Southwest (183.14)
3rd- Wheaton Warrenville (182.86)
4th- Prairie (180)
5th- Sioux City East (177.43)
6th- West Des Moines Valley (176.43)

Post!!

I'm hounding the scoring chair, trust me. So is Ben. Sounds like I might be able to get them tomorrow. Maybe emailed to me tonight. We'll see.

*edit* One thing I DO know..... In the prep division, the first 3 groups were ALL tied for the highest visual score. Just an example of how crazy close this was!

I'm going to try to get my hands on those tomorrow and post them.
Post!!

I've gotta speak on this because this is really something I noticed throughout the entire day. The Lincoln Southwest kids were probably the nicest kids I think I've ever met at a competition. Not only did you guys put on a great show but you brought such a fun energy with you all the way from Nebraska. It was really nice getting to see some of my UNL camp friends as well so thank you guys for being so positive and friendly! Yesterday was definitely a treat and congrats to everyone on a great day!
I want to reiterate this!!! The students who hosted Southwest ABSOLUTELY LOVED everyone in Resonance and Ambience.

Also, I want to shout out to the blonde girl who was the main character in Resonance. Girl..... you are freaking PHENOMENAL. Not one single moment in either show where her face wasn't on. Her kicks made me die. I love her.

Wow I'd love to see the judges break down! Probably very varied.

I'm going to try to get my hands on those tomorrow and post them. 9 judges made it impossible for me to keep track throughout the night. Especially because everyone was SO CLOSE and the judges all had totally different rankings. I want to see them too!!!!!
Jay, you are a saint

There was a 9 point seperation between 6th and 1st after finals.

Congrats to all because this in and of itself is such a testament to the caliber of these groups, regardless of final placements. These are some of the best show choirs in the nation, and I'm so psyched to have competed with them last night. Also s/o to CR Washington for hosting an awesome competition and also killing it in their exhibition!

Tonight was great! It was an honor competing at this competition with all of these phenomenal groups. Linn-Mar deserved this GC! To all of the competitors: thank you for being so fun! I wish you all a fantastic rest of the season! Washington, thank you for being great hosts!!
I've gotta speak on this because this is really something I noticed throughout the entire day. The Lincoln Southwest kids were probably the nicest kids I think I've ever met at a competition. Not only did you guys put on a great show but you brought such a fun energy with you all the way from Nebraska. It was really nice getting to see some of my UNL camp friends as well so thank you guys for being so positive and friendly! Yesterday was definitely a treat and congrats to everyone on a great day!

Any word on finals rankings?

I'm going to try to get my hands on those tomorrow and post them. 9 judges made it impossible for me to keep track throughout the night. Especially because everyone was SO CLOSE and the judges all had totally different rankings. I want to see them too!!!!!

Any word on finals rankings?

Tonight was great! It was an honor competing at this competition with all of these phenomenal groups. Linn-Mar deserved this GC! To all of the competitors: thank you for being so fun! I wish you all a fantastic rest of the season! Washington, thank you for being great hosts!!

There was a 9 point seperation between 6th and 1st after finals.

FINALS AWARDS

5RU: WDM
4RU: SCE
3RU: Prarie
2RU: WWS (BC)
1RU: LSW
GC: Linn-Mar (BV)