The judging for this competition was not just inexplicable, but an outright embarrassment. The organizers of this event need to realize they will lose all credibility with incompetence like this. It appears the judges watched a completely different competition from the rest of the audience (trust me, this opinion is shared by others). Either that or politics/personal agendas are destroying any integrity in the scoring. A shame.
There are lots of reasons that I love Main Event, but one of the biggest is the organization. Paws (the host exhibition) took the stage right on schedule for the last performance. Way to go Manteno volunteers!
There are many groups here who I am not super familiar with, or haven't seen live in a long time, so I'm sure my predictions will be wrong, but here is my best guess!
Jack Hille Middle School The Highlights ~ 5:00
Mary, Seat of Wisdom School Hawk Harmonics ~ 5:25
Prairie Junior High Powerhouse ~ 5:50
Hoopeston Middle School Cornjerker Connection ~ 6:15
Northridge Middle School Radiant Reds ~ 6:40
St. Michael School Shine! ~ 7:35
Arlington Heights Middle Schools CenterStage ~ 8:00
Edison Middle School Electric Youth ~ 8:25
St. Isaac Middle School Cadence ~ 8:50
Northridge Middle School Redcoats ~ 9:15
Manteno Middle School Grand Paws (Exhibition) ~ 9:50
Awards Ceremony 10:20
Joliet Central High School Show Steelers ~ 8:00
Hoopeston High School New Direction ~ 8:30
Argo High School Ebullience ~ 9:00
Herscher High School Class Act ~ 9:45
Shepard High School Nova ~ 10:15
Watseka High School Sensations ~ 10:45
Fremd High School Soundscape ~ 11:15
Manteno High School Best Buddies (Exhibition) ~ 11:45
Festival Solo Room Champion Performances ~ 12:00-12:15pm
Festival Division Awards Ceremony ~ 12:15pm-12:30pm
Rolling Meadows High School Leading Ladies ~ 1:00
Batavia High School Legacy ~ 1:30
Milton High School Octave Above ~ 2:00
Crete-Monee High School Faces ~ 2:30
Hersey High School Ladies First ~ 3:00
Oswego High School Commotion ~ 3:45
Batavia High School Swingsingers ~ 4:15
Bishop Luers High School The Minstrels ~ 4:45
Milton High School Choralation ~ 5:45
Pekin High School Noteables ~ 6:15
Crete-Monee High School Cavaliers ~ 6:45
Hersey High School OnStage ~ 7:15
Open/Single-Gender Solo Room Champion Performances 8:00-8:15
Manteno High School Magic (Exhibition) ~ 8:15
Open/Single-Gender Awards Ceremony 8:45
