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 Show Choir Community    Events    2013 Season    Benton Touch of Class 2013
Event Info

February 9th, 2013
Venue Info
Benton Community High School
600 First Street
Van Horne, IA 52346
Phone: (319) 228-8701
Event Details
Number of Attending Choirs:
18 Mixed Groups
1 Treble Group
Event Hosts:
Benton Community "Celebration Co."
Benton Community "Jubilation, Inc."
Benton Community "Illusions"
Event Judges:
Jim Berry
Gates Crisler (Critique)
Keith Curington
Pete Eklund
Ben Eklund (Critique)
Gerald Kreitzer
Emily Lange (Outstanding Performer)
Andrew Last
Scott Weber (Instrumentals)
Tickets
Daytime & Finals
$10.00

Free for Children 4 and Under
Map
Benton Touch of Class 2013





Awards
 Predictions
 Photos
 Event Site
 Live Stream
Finals
Groups    

Millennium
Waukee High School
 Grand Champion
Best Choreography
Best Band
Best Choral Sound
Most Creative Show

Good Time Company
Iowa City West High School
 First Runner Up
Best Male Soloist (Paul Ross)

Xhilaration
Xavier High School
 Second Runner Up

Choralation
Valley High School
 3rd Runner Up
Twitter Award

Northside Establishment
Davenport North High School
 4th Runner Up
Best Female Soloist (Teria Littman)

AcaPella
Pella High School
 5th Runner Up
Most Creative Song
Best Costumes

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

Showtime
Iowa City West High School
 First Place
Best Choreography

Spirit
Waukee High School
 Second Place
Best Band
Best Choral Sound

Xuberance
Xavier High School
 Third Place

Ignition
Valley High School
 4th Place

Flip Side
Indianola High School
 5th Place

Sidewayz
Indianola High School
 6th Place

Center Stage
Davenport North High School
 7th Place

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IowaJavon
Xhil/Xub Awesomeness
infj1013
minsusong
Ireland_Elkin55
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DutchMC • on Feb 12, 2013, 5:56 PM
Post #18
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Additional results from Benton Touch of Class 2013

Class 3A
1st Pella AcaPella
2nd Norwalk Sound Revolution
3rd Williamsburg
4th Marion New Creation
5th Forest City Avocado Heights

AcaPella won caption awards for Best Costumes and Most Creative Song. Waukee Millenium won caption for Most Creative Show.

Benton did have the 1A/2A/3A rule (highest score in the small school class makes finals, along with 5 top scoring groups) but Pella had the 6th highest score overall, so we qualified either way. (Sorry, I'm proud of that so I thought I would mention it)

John Hayden and the folks at Benton put on a fantastic competition each year. Their gym has the best light/sound/video setup of any gym you will ever see for a show choir contest. Blue Sky Productions does the video production, and it is top notch. And the judges at TOC are outstanding also: Last, Kreitzer, Currington, Eklund, Crisler, Berry, etc....

Props to all the groups at Benton on Saturday. Waukee was great, but IC West was very impressive too. Xavier and Valley have both improved greatly since I saw them earlier this year. We enjoyed competing with and watching each of the groups on stage Saturday. (Sadly, I didn't get to see Davenport North, but I hear their female soloist is unbelievable). Touch of Class 2013 was another great success!



infj1013 • on Feb 10, 2013, 4:17 AM
Post #17
 
Valley Choralation: Twitter Champions

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justinbeokay • on Feb 10, 2013, 2:19 AM
Post #16
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Prep Awards

GC: Iowa City West (BC)
1RU: Waukee (BV, BB)
2RU: Xavier
3RU: Valley
4RU: Indianola
5RU: Indianola
6RU: Davenport North



Jeff. • on Feb 10, 2013, 1:50 AM
Post #15
 
Awesome, thanks! Mixed results have been posted. Does anyone have the prep results?



dscvry • on Feb 10, 2013, 1:46 AM
Post #14
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GC: Waukee (BB, BV, BC)
1RU: IC West
2RU: Xavier
3RU: Valley
4RU: Davenport North
5RU: Pella

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Sluggersjd • on Feb 9, 2013, 11:47 PM
Post #13
+3
Paul Ross- Iowa City West best male soloist.



dscvry • on Feb 9, 2013, 9:24 PM
Post #12
 
Teria Littman (Davenport North) Best Female Soloist



dscvry • on Feb 9, 2013, 9:22 PM
Post #11
 
Davenport North, Valley, Xavier, Waukee, Pella, IC West in Finals



Bae • on Feb 9, 2013, 8:52 PM
Post #10
+1
Anything on this one yet?

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IowaJavon • on Feb 9, 2013, 8:59 AM
Post #9
 
I'm still thrown off by seeing Valley, Waukee and Dav North here... It's going to be an interesting day, that's for sure.

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drumcorpsnut42 • on Feb 8, 2013, 11:57 PM
Post #8
 
Does this competition still have the rule that the highest 1A/2A/3A group makes finals automatically? It did last year, so I am making my predictions like that.

Predictions:

GC. Waukee
1RU. Xavier
2RU. Valley
3RU. Iowa City West
4RU. Davenport North
5RU. Pella

Two things: Iowa City West is a question mark for me. This year, they have lost to Milton, who lost to Davenport North. I know you can't use the transitive property in competitions but it's still interesting to think about.

I also believe Pella will make finals here, but they did lose to Union here last year. Indianola could also make a case for finals instead of Davenport North or if they dont have the 1A/2A/3A rule.

Good luck to everyone!


Prediction:
GC:Waukee "Millenium"
1RU:Cedar Rapids Xavier "Xhilaration"
2RU:Iowa City West "Good Time Company"
3RU:Davenport North "Northside Establishment"
4RU:Valley "Choralation"
5RUella "AcaPella"



juliofrommississippi • on Feb 8, 2013, 5:42 AM
Post #7
 
Waukee is going to slaughter this competition. I expect to hear their sopranos all the way in La Crosse this weekend. I'm in total awe of their show.



juliofrommississippi • on Feb 7, 2013, 9:55 PM
Post #6
 
They should have the 1A/2A/3A rule. They have since at least 2003



The Ethan Price • on Feb 7, 2013, 7:59 PM
Post #5
+1
Does this competition still have the rule that the highest 1A/2A/3A group makes finals automatically? It did last year, so I am making my predictions like that.

Predictions:

GC. Waukee
1RU. Xavier
2RU. Valley
3RU. Iowa City West
4RU. Davenport North
5RU. Pella

Two things: Iowa City West is a question mark for me. This year, they have lost to Milton, who lost to Davenport North. I know you can't use the transitive property in competitions but it's still interesting to think about.

I also believe Pella will make finals here, but they did lose to Union here last year. Indianola could also make a case for finals instead of Davenport North or if they dont have the 1A/2A/3A rule.

Good luck to everyone!



Häakon • on Feb 4, 2013, 2:58 PM
Post #4
+7
...While Waukee was straight up amazing last year, I heard they lost a lot of seniors last year, and we all know how much that can screw over a group.
They swept their first competition and beat out some other good groups (including Prairie who had a GC of their own the week before)... it doesn't look like they're hurting too much.

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IowaJavon • on Feb 4, 2013, 1:08 PM
Post #3
 
Yikes. There's a huge change here. No Lincoln SW? No CR Jefferson? That actually kind of makes me sad. And while Waukee was straight up amazing last year, I heard they lost a lot of seniors last year, and we all know how much that can screw over a group. This should be interesting, but not as exciting as before.



FindYourStage • on Feb 3, 2013, 10:41 PM
Post #2
+1
Prediction!

GC: Waukee (sweep)
1RU: Xavier
2RU: City West
3RU: Dav North
4RU: Indianola
5RU: Pella

Good Luck to everyone!



Jeff. • on Feb 3, 2013, 10:00 PM
Post #1
 
Schedule is posted above. For those of you who like it in the forum as well, here it is:

2013 Touch of Class Performance Times

8:30 Illusions (MS) (exhibition)
8:55 SideWayz
9:20 Showtime
9:45 Xuberance
10:10 Spirit
10:35 Flip Side
BREAK
11:10 Ignition
11:35 Center Stage
12:00 Avacado Heights
12:25 Sound Attraction
12:50 Jubilation, Inc. (exhibition)
Lunch Break
1:25 New Creation
1:50 Union Station
2:15 Sound Revolution
2:40 AcaPella
3:05 UNI Vocal Ammunition (exhibition)
3:30 Choralation
3:55 Millennium
4:20 Northside Establishment
4:45 Side One
5:10 Good Time Company
5:35 Xhilaration
6:00 Celebration Co. (exhibition)

Huge thanks to the Benton Vocal Music website. It's incredible and has all the information one could want. Judges and ticket prices have been posted. For anyone interested in scoresheets, those are also available here: daytime and finals.

Benton is also putting an interesting spin on the traditional "People's Choice Award" by calling it the "Twitter Award" where people can follow @bcvocalmusic to vote for their favorite choir!




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