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  Show Choir Community    Events    2012 Season    Benton Touch of Class 2012


Event Info



February 11th, 2012

  8:15am

Venue Info

Benton Community High School
600 First Street
Van Horne, IA 52346

Phone: (319) 228-8701

Event Details

No. of Attending Choirs:

  20 Mixed Groups
  1 Treble Groups

Hosts:

  Benton Community "Celebration Co."
  Benton Community "Jubilation, Inc."

Judges: Unknown

Tickets

Ticket prices unknown.

Map



Benton Touch of Class 2012









Awards
Predictions
Photos
Event Site
Live Stream


Finals
 

Groups in order of placement

 Resonance
 Lincoln Southwest High School
Grand Champion 
Best Choreography 

 West Side Delegation
 Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
First Runner Up 

 The Ambassadors
 Prairie High School
Second Runner Up 
Best Vocals (Tie) 

 Xhilaration
 Xavier High School
3rd Runner Up 

 Good Time Company
 Iowa City West High School
4th Runner Up 
Best Vocals (Tie) 

 Union Station
 Union High School
5th Runner Up 


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

Groups in order of performance

 Swingspan

 Fort Madison High School
Placement Unknown 

 InMotion

 Mt. Pleasant Community High School
Placement Unknown 

 Sound Attraction

 Williamsburg Jr/Sr High School
Placement Unknown 

 AcaPella

 Pella High School
Placement Unknown 

 Sadie Street Singers

 Anamosa High School
Placement Unknown 

 Union Station

 Union High School
Placement Unknown 

 Sound Revolution

 Norwalk High School
Placement Unknown 


Prep Division
 

Groups

 Ambience
 Lincoln Southwest High School
First Place 
Best Choreography 

 Showtime
 Iowa City West High School
Second Place 
Best Vocals 

 Xuberance
 Xavier High School
Third Place 

 Ovation
 Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
4th Place 

 Focal Point
 Prairie High School
5th Place 

 Flip Side
 Indianola High School
6th Place 

 Sidewayz
 Indianola High School
7th Place 


Attending Members displaying 6 of 20 members (view all)  



Ello_Bruce





xxbriiannaaxx





sydneycath...





mmichellee





Dutch33





mattwatson



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Buffy on Feb 12, 2012, 3:15 PM
Post #42
 
Touch of Class has been my favorite competition for the past four years and I must say I had so much fun yesterday! Every group that performed gave 110% and they were all AMAZING. Kudos to every show choir at finals (and during the day) for giving your all and making the night so enjoyable. Congrats to everyone who won a Star performer award, those are pretty neat I can't wait to come back next year and creep on all of you

p.s. Shout out to our room hosts, you guys rock!




Häakon on Feb 12, 2012, 4:12 AM
Post #41
 


QUOTE (Cohagen @ Feb 12 2012, 12:13 AM) *

Is it more difficult than setting up a livestream? I feel like most competitions wouldn't mind providing an audio feed to a computer with a webcam of the stage.


In theory, no... but it's never that simple. The biggest hurdle is that you have to get a hardwired internet connection to the video source; WiFi doesn't cut it for live streaming. If a venue can't supply that, you're pretty much out of luck no matter what you do. And while a webcam could suffice in a pinch, it's not going to give very good audio or video quality. What you ultimately want is a feed from the video company so you can get nice closeup shots (a wide angle only shot doesn't show very much after it's been reduced in size and compressed for the web) and a separate audio feed from the audio board to get decent sound. Then you have to have an internet connection that isn't being throttled by everyone else in the auditorium (if the WIfi password gets out and everyone is using the connection to tweet all day long, you're hosed), and finally find a host that will effectively relay the feed to hundreds of viewers. If you want this to be free, it usually means intrusive ads that annoy people... you can pay to avoid this, of course, but then it costs $$$.

Best case scenario is to do it all in-house like Milton does it: they shoot the event themselves, stream it, and have control over the internet connection all at one time. That's rarely the case, however, and addressing each of these variables from place to place can be prohibitively tricky if you don't have a good technical director willing to work with you.

Ironically, I think the feed can actually increase DVD sales if the audio/video quality is good and people want a high quality copy of what they see. I don't think it really affects ticket sales much either; nothing comes close to being there live and I think most people who "tune in" are viewers from out of town who want to see what the shows are like.




Häakon on Feb 12, 2012, 3:57 AM
Post #40
 


QUOTE (ehawkvocal @ Feb 12 2012, 01:38 AM) *

Union-LaPorte City was the small school top scoring group and made the finals as the sixth performing group. WDM Valley placed sixth in the large school class, but did not qualify for the finals


Sorry for the confusion - I was at a competition myself today and was trying to handle everything remotely from my iPhone. The error occurred when I assigned awards to the top mixed Tier; no finals division had been created yet and the groups in Tier I were almost identical to the groups in finals so I got confused. I'm back home now and it's all fixed.




Abby_TheBlasian on Feb 12, 2012, 3:33 AM
Post #39
 
PREP DIVISION RESULTS-
GC- Lincoln SW "Ambiance"
1stRU- IC West "Showtime"
2ndRU- Xavier "Xuberance"
3rdRU- Jefferson "Ovation"
4thRU-Prairie "Focal Point"
5thRU- Indianola "Flipside"
6thRU- Indianola "Sidewayz"

CAPTION-
Most creative show- Jefferson "West Side Delegation"
Most creative song- Jefferson "WSD": Viva Las Vegas
BEST VOCALS- Varsity- IC West "Good Time Company"
Prep- IC West "Showtime"
BEST CHOREO- Varsity - Lincoln SW "Resonance"
Prep- Lincoln SW "Ambiance"


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Cohagen on Feb 12, 2012, 2:30 AM
Post #38
 
Shoot! I need to see this year's show. I guess they're pretty good??

Congrats to everybody! This is a pretty consistently tough competition.




EsAreUnimportant on Feb 12, 2012, 2:17 AM
Post #37
+2
I was at this competition and was so impressed with finals! Every group brought the noise and it made for a very exciting night of show choir. Congratulations to Lincoln Southwest on a great win in a very even field.

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ehawkvocal on Feb 12, 2012, 1:38 AM
Post #36
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QUOTE (Häakon @ Feb 12 2012, 01:34 AM) *

Who is Union? Did the 7th group in Finals just not receive a trophy?



Union-LaPorte City was the small school top scoring group and made the finals as the sixth performing group. WDM Valley placed sixth in the large school class, but did not qualify for the finals




Häakon on Feb 12, 2012, 1:34 AM
Post #35
 
Who is Union? Did the 7th group in Finals just not receive a trophy?

D

DutchMC on Feb 12, 2012, 1:25 AM
Post #34
 


QUOTE (Rian @ Feb 12 2012, 01:23 AM) *

Any idea where DVDs can be purchased?


Blue Sky Productions was doing the video today....check their website? Good job to everyone. Very competitive. Thanks to Benton for hosting a great contest.




Rian on Feb 12, 2012, 1:23 AM
Post #33
 
Any idea where DVDs can be purchased?

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blflater on Feb 12, 2012, 1:13 AM
Post #32
 
GC- Lincoln
1st RU- Jefferson
2nd RU- Prairie
3rd RU- Xavier
4th RU- IC West
5th RU- Union

Best Choreography: Lincoln
Best Vocals: Tied between IC West and Prairie

Great Job Everyone!




Jorge on Feb 12, 2012, 1:08 AM
Post #31
 
2nd for WSD. That's all I've got.

C

Cohagen on Feb 12, 2012, 12:13 AM
Post #30
 


QUOTE (Häakon @ Feb 11 2012, 10:56 PM) *

It's a lot more complicated than it seems. Every year technology gets better, though. I'm hoping to put more of my resources into this in the coming years... it will be a reality someday.



Is it more difficult than setting up a livestream? I feel like most competitions wouldn't mind providing an audio feed to a computer with a webcam of the stage. Though the videographers probably wouldn't be very happy... and they'd probably worry about cutting in to the ticket sales. Meh.




Häakon on Feb 11, 2012, 10:56 PM
Post #29
+1


QUOTE (Cohagen @ Feb 11 2012, 10:35 PM) *

Why don't competitions live stream...


It's a lot more complicated than it seems. Every year technology gets better, though. I'm hoping to put more of my resources into this in the coming years... it will be a reality someday.


C

Cohagen on Feb 11, 2012, 10:35 PM
Post #28
 


QUOTE (jrarnold5795 @ Feb 11 2012, 09:53 PM) *

Rankings of prelims



WAIT WUT?

Why don't competitions live stream...




jrarnold5795 on Feb 11, 2012, 9:53 PM
Post #27
 


QUOTE (MIDWESTSCFREAK @ Feb 11 2012, 09:40 PM) *


is this the order of performance or rankings after prelims?


Rankings of prelims


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MIDWESTSCFREAK on Feb 11, 2012, 9:40 PM
Post #26
 


QUOTE (Dustin the wind @ Feb 11 2012, 09:38 PM) *

1st Lincoln
2nd Xavier
3rd Iowa city west
4th Prairie
5th Jefferson
6th West Des Moines

West Des Moines not in finals but laport city is



is this the order of performance or rankings after prelims?


D

Dustin the wind on Feb 11, 2012, 9:38 PM
Post #25
+1
1st Lincoln
2nd Xavier
3rd Iowa city west
4th Prairie
5th Jefferson
6th West Des Moines

West Des Moines not in finals but laport city is




jrarnold5795 on Feb 11, 2012, 9:01 PM
Post #24
+2
Finals??



EsAreUnimportant on Feb 11, 2012, 1:07 AM
Post #23
+1


QUOTE (coryrude777 @ Feb 10 2012, 10:44 PM) *

Home from College just to watch this, Can't wait! :D


Me too - first competition for me since MoShow last March... excited!



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