Tier 2 is the Festival Division
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Sissonville and Robert C Byrd are Class C
Nitro, Winfield, and Herbert Hoover are Class B
Hurricane (mixed) and Musselman are Class A
I'm not going to lie, I am really excited for the state to see what Musselman has been building over the past few years! It looks like our slot at 2:30 is right before Festival and Single-Gender awards so we hope y'all can check us out!
The WV State Festival has gone back and forth over the years. Some years it is one general championship division (i.e. Tier I) - any choir wanting to throw their hat in the ring to compete for the "state title;" and then other years there has been a broad championship division with subdivisions for class A, class B, and class C with both awards by class and then overall championship division awards. I generally prefer the former, and what the 2022 version is doing, but I'm also not a West Virginian.
We have a festival and. championship division. The festival division is designed for smaller choirs while the Championship division is for those schools who want to compete for Grand Championship Overall. Schools get to decide what division they want to enter.
I could have been more clear; my comment was only about the Championship Division. We know there's also a Festival Division and it's coded here as Tier II (although has been coded as Tier IV in previous years during the Class A-B-C format). Festival is an awesome option for those smaller/developing choirs.
Because the school is merely a venue. It’s not like the Hurricane boosters are the ones finding the judges, doing the prep work, etc. Back when South Dakota had a state contest, the host school competed.
Martinsburg South Middle School "South Spirit" - Middle School Division - 9:00 AM
Notre Dame High School "The Shamrocks" - Festival Division (Tier II) - 9:30 AM
South Harrison High School "Hawks In Harmony" - Festival Division (Tier II) - 10:00 AM
Poca High School "Visual Volume" - Festival Division (Tier II) - 10:30 AM
Jefferson High School "Pop Singers" - Festival Division (Tier II) - 11:00 AM
Grafton High School "Entertainers" - Festival Division (Tier II) - 12:30 PM
Cabell Midland "Rhythm in Red" - Women's Division - 1:00 PM
Hurricane High School "Heat Wave" - Women's Division - 1:30 PM
Sissonville High School "Touch of Class" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 2:00 PM
Musselman High School "Kaleidoscope" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 2:30 PM
Nitro High School "Show Cats" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 3:30 PM
Robert C. Byrd High School "Vocal Intensity" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 4:00 PM
Hurricane High School "Red Hot" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 4:30 PM
Winfield High School "General Admission" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 5:00 PM
Herbert Hoover High School "High Impact" - Championship Division (Tier I) - 5:30 PM
Judges:
Verda Slinkard - Overall
Rebecca Sabre - Overall
Tara Tober - Overall
Jeff Gemar - Overall
Randall Reid-Smith - Overall
Dr. Brianna Nannen - Solo Judge
Gail Kennedy - Instrumental Judge
Cheyenne McNeil - Best Performer Judge
