What a wonderful time in Martinsburg WV! Thank you to wonderful people at Martinsburg High School for their hospitality and kindness. This was my first time competing out of VA as a choral director and to make finals was thrilling. SO proud of ALL the groups that competed. To enter finals in 5th place and end up 2nd Runner Up...PRICELESS! We only placed 2nd runner up by .5, but I'll take it! Congratulations to Clover Hill on a well deserved Grand Champion win. You were Champs both on and OFF stage!
On behalf of Washington "Vocal Fusion," we would like to say thank you to everyone who made this event possible. Everything ran smoothly and we were very impressed with all of the schools that competed on Saturday. We were very fortunate to place 2nd in our division, which is the first time we ever placed as a mixed group. This year hasn't been easy for us, we went from our usual number of 20-25+ down to 7 last year and now 13 this year. Even though we were not a big group like we usually are we managed to pull it together like I'm sure a lot of schools had to do under the circumstances of Covid. Covid didn't win this battle, the performing arts did. Congrats everyone! You all are winners.
Other awards that are currently not listed-
Best Instrumental Soloists - Powhatan Resonance, Jessie Whiting
Best Female Soloist- Jefferson Pop Singers, Bria Cross
Best Sportsmanship- Hamilton CrescenDudes
Single-Gender Best Soloist- Powhatan Radiance, Delanie Healy
Congratulations to Jefferson Pop Singers and Hamilton Prestige on their first time making finals!
3rd Place - Frederick “High Fedelity”
2nd Place - Washington “Vocal Fusion”
1st Place - Tuscarora “Titan Tempo”
Clover Hill won Large Mixed, Best Band, and a couple of other awards but am unsure of placements of other schools in large mixed. Will try and get a more detailed list later.
On behalf of the Washington High School “Camerata” Chamber Choir we would like to say thank you to all of the schools who came out and competed. All of you did amazing and are winners in our eyes. Thank you so much to all of the people who helped organize this wonderful event!
Hedgesville Star Performers - Bella Kaiser & Briden Ruppenthal
Martinsburg South Star Performers - Olivia Branson & Brodie Fischel
Best Female Festival - Mia Mendez (Hedgesville)
Best Sportsmanship - Hedgesville
Best Costumes - Hedgesville
Best Choreography - Martinsburg South
Best Vocals - Martinsburg South
Overall 2nd Place - Hedgesville
Overall 1st Place - Martinsburg South
Concert Choir
3rd Place - Musselman “Treble Choir”
2nd Place - Frederick “Concert Choir”
1st Place - Tuscarora “Concert Choir”
Chamber Choir
2nd Place - Musselman “Appalachian Melodies”
1st Place - Washington “Camerata”
Overall Concert/Chamber Choir
3rd Runner Up - Musselman “Appalachian Melodies”
2nd Runner Up - Frederick “Concert Choir”
1st Runner Up - Tuscarora “Concert Choir
Grand Champions - Washington “Camerata”
Single-Gender Show Choir Division:
Hamilton HS "CrescenDudes"
Powhatan HS "Radiance"
Hamilton HS "Vocal Elegance"
Clover Hill HS "Iridescence"
Small Mixed Show Choir Division:
Tuscarora HS "Titan Tempo:
South Harrison HS "Hawks in Harmony"
Frederick HS "High Fidelity"
Washington HS "Vocal Fusion"
Large Mixed Show Choir Division:
Musselman HS "Kaleidoscope"
Powhatan HS "Resonance"
Hamilton HS "Prestige"
Jefferson HS "Pop Singers"
Clover Hill HS "New Dimensions"
Martinsburg The American Classic 2022
