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 Show Choir Community    Events    2022 Season    Mt. Zion Midwest Invitational 2022
Event Info

January 14th-15th, 2022
Venue Info
Mt. Zion High School
Auditorium
305 S. Henderson St.
Mount Zion, IL 62549
Phone: (217) 864-2363
Event Details
Number of Attending Choirs:
14 Mixed Groups
3 Treble Groups
1 Bass Group
3 Middle School Groups
Event Hosts:
Mt. Zion "Swingsations"
Mt. Zion "Les Femmes"
Mt. Zion "You've Got Male"
Mt. Zion Junior "Sound System"
Mt. Zion Junior "Electric Youth"
Event Judges:
Shelley Johnson (scoring/finals)
Shanna Luckett (scoring/finals)
Elaine Moebius (solo comp/finals)
Sam Mulligan (critique)
Gavin Parker (best performer)
Randy Sage (scoring/finals)
Jarad Voss (critique/finals)
Tickets
$15 Friday
$20 Saturday
$30 Both Days
Map
Mt. Zion Midwest Invitational 2022





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Middle School Division
Groups    

Collective Sound
Decatur Show Choir Complex
 First Place
Best Choreography

Vocal Velocity
Peoria Area Performing Arts Studio
 Second Place
Best Vocals

Dynamics
El Paso-Gridley Junior High School
 Third Place

Shine!
St. Michael Parish School
 4th Place

Tonali-T
Troy Middle Schools
 5th Place

Finals
Groups    

The Classics
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
 Grand Champion
Best Choreography
Best Crew
Best Costumes

Express
Troy Buchanan High School
 First Runner Up
Best Vocals

Elite Energy
Decatur Show Choir Complex
 Second Runner Up

Esprit
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
 3rd Runner Up

Soundwave
Peoria Area Performing Arts Studio
 4th Runner Up

Center Stage
Columbus East High School
 5th Runner Up

Mixed Division - Tier I (Prelims) Show
Mixed Division - Tier II
Groups    

Soundwave
Troy Buchanan High School
 First Place
Best Vocals

Class Act
Herscher High School
 Second Place

Nova
Alan B. Shepard High School
 Third Place
Best Choreography

IN Session
Springfield High School
 4th Place

Take Note
Kankakee High School
 5th Place

Unlimited
Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School
 6th Place

Single Clef Division
Groups    

Esprit
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
 First Place
Best Vocals
Best Choreography

Sound FX
Mundelein High School
 Second Place

Scarlet Harmony
Springfield High School
 Third Place

Lights
Mundelein High School
 4th Place

Attending Members displaying 6 of 18 members (view all)
KSC
FunInTheSun
EastonB
ABS NOVA
Wilson Wang
Sandie
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TMiller • on Jan 17, 2022, 1:45 AM
Post #47
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One last thing…If you have never seen a show choreographed by Dwight Jordan, it’s a Show you sadly missed! If you are new to show choir or just never had the chance to see his shows produced for Mt. Zion, IL, Wheaton Warrenville South, IL, Waubonsie Valley, IL, DeKalb, IL, Onalaska, WI or Clinton, MS among other national powers for 30+ years, you should make plans. (There might be a converging event soon, stay posted on showchoir.com).

There are many great choreographers, and I don’t know if there is yet a Hall of Fame for them, but it would be hard to find a more deserving candidate. He’s a ‘lifer’ in the show choir community and runs the Show Choir Camps of America to facilitate the arts. He’s got a profile here…look him up.




Will. • on Jan 17, 2022, 8:11 AM
Post #48
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I am unaware of any choreographer Hall of Fame, but Dwight Jordan was the recipient of the first-ever FAME Aspire Lifetime Achievement Award, which is as close as it gets to being the first inductee in the HoF!

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TMiller • on Jan 17, 2022, 12:51 AM
Post #46
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We hope everyone had a good time! It was very important to us to offer a live performance in front of a live audience. There’s nothing that compares to the energy of a live audience! Imagine going to a basketball tournament and having all of your competition cheering your high points, but that’s what you get in Show Choir! That’s what we love, and what the Swingsations are all about. This was the 40th edition of the Mt. Zion Midwest Invitational. It’s a school of of 700+ students in a downstate Illinois community with a long history in show choir, and an auditorium that bests most larger schools. (No sitting on bleachers.) If you haven’t been here yet, you should come.

There were a lot of challenges with our plans as we all punch through this pandemic. Lots of pivots as the date approached, but I think it was a ‘return to normalcy’ for us. Thanks to all that attended.
Regarding the lack of ‘live feed’, that’s tough. If you host a successful event, it’s a fund raiser for the host. You have to sell a ton of subscriptions to offset the production overhead expenses. You really have more faith in the gate admissions. With that said, we didn’t prohibit private photography or videography (Facebook Live, etc). If you saw it great; if you didn’t, come see us in 2023!

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Female_joechoir • on Jan 16, 2022, 2:47 AM
Post #45
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Turns out joe choir was right all along! Love you studmuffin, see you at home!



user banned  • on Jan 16, 2022, 2:44 AM
Post #44
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Kawaii performance from classics tonight! Great sounds and choreography and sounding.



user banned  • on Jan 16, 2022, 2:18 AM
Post #43
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Esprit classics the best band was killer. Reminds me of Palo Banda du Rio back home. ONLY LOVE number one BRASIL

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showchoirnightdrinke • on Jan 16, 2022, 1:35 AM (Edited)
Post #42
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Hot take

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showchoirdaydrinker • on Jan 16, 2022, 1:31 AM
Post #41
 
Finally, if the results were posted any later I would've had to intervene



SWINGS.EP • on Jan 16, 2022, 1:26 AM
Post #40
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Results:
GC: Wheaton Classics (BC)
1RU: Troy (BV)
2RU: Decatur Elite Energy
3RU: Wheaton Esprit
4RU: Peoria
5RU: Columbus East

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scdiva • on Jan 16, 2022, 12:54 AM
Post #39
 
Any word on finals outcome for Mt Zion



stevesing85 • on Jan 15, 2022, 11:52 PM
Post #38
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Single-Gender Division:
3rd Runner-up: Mundelein Lights
2nd Runner-up: Springfield Scarlet Harmony
1st Runner-up: Mundelein Sound FX
Grand Champion, best vocal best choreography: Wheaton Warrenville South Esprit

Prep Division
5th Runner-Up: PBL Ulimited
4th Runner-up: Kankakee Take Note
3rd Runner-up: Springfield IN Session
2nd Runner-up, Best Choreography: Alan B Shepard Nova
1st Runner-up: Herscher Class Act
Grand Champion best vocals: TBHS Soundwave

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JacobShowChoir • on Jan 14, 2022, 7:58 PM
Post #16
 
Maybe this is a hot take but I have Express with a sweep. Missouri has been more open so I imagine they've had more in-person rehearsal time.


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Ryan_Sharpe • on Jan 14, 2022, 11:48 PM (Edited)
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joechoir • on Jan 15, 2022, 12:44 AM
Post #18
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I think placing Classics as 4th with no placement after a year off, with potentially a larger budget, and at an in-person comp is an EXTREMELY hot take.

It's not outside the realm of possibility, but I think its a disservice to act like it's a common line of thinking at this comp. People are placing 1st as Express/Classics at about 66% of predictions and I would be willing to bet a sizable portion of people have the opposite as their runner up.


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JacobShowChoir • on Jan 15, 2022, 12:46 AM
Post #19
 
Agreed. I have Classics in second.




Clovis H • on Jan 15, 2022, 12:49 AM
Post #20
 
Inclined to agree with Joe here, most would call this a very hot take, that being said, everyone is completely entitled to their own opinions. Very excited to see this competition play out!


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JoeChoirFan3 • on Jan 15, 2022, 12:27 PM
Post #22
 
I couldn’t agree more Joe!


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piercethegretchen • on Jan 15, 2022, 11:48 PM
Post #37
 
JACOB SHOW CHOIR u will be wrong!!!!!



user banned  • on Jan 15, 2022, 11:46 PM
Post #36
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I remember my first choir and amazing mt zion. Troy bucnan 1. the JUST … thanks. gracias du BRASILEÑO



stevesing85 • on Jan 15, 2022, 11:46 PM
Post #35
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Best costume best stage crew: Wheaton Warrenville South Classic


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