wow there are going to be a lot of schools from WV, i think there are going to be high emotions between some groups that have been on top and bottom with each other throughout the season. This should be fun.
Just for explaining our point in doing this: First- we are all about students and encouraging student excellence. Please look at from the other way. We are not ENCOURAGING adults, we are trying to REWARD STUDENTS. It is a fact of show choir.....there are adults in combos.
There are schools who do not have the personnel or choose to have the director or some other adults play. There are schools who have wonderful all student groups. So if we reward just STUDENT groups, there are groups coming that are excluded from winning. That isn't our way to do things. So to reward more groups, we decided to give out 2 awards.
We'd love to have Marysville come to Wapak!
Thanks Shayne Gosh- there are lots of GREAT Competitions and people who run them. A number of them helped us. So kudos please for anyone who takes on the Competition Chair!
I understand your point here, but still by giving an award for groups who have adults in the combo will only encourage the use of adults. If it is not the director playing and only adults in the combo they should not be eligible for any awards against students.
As soon as you guys add a junior high division, we'd love to attend...
We are in the process of the final design stages on our "new" (WE DON'T HAVE ONE) auditorium and music area at our high school. This would give us 2 venues and allow us to add other dimensions to our competition. I am just beyond excited about the opportunities for our students!
However the purpose of the award is for the students in the band, not the adults. And to Shoegazer, Im not sure whether we can really compare your analogy to having adults in the band and alumni in the choir. At our school with only 400 or so students it is simply impossible to have a good show choir and a good band b/c students are limited by the amount of activity and often the people who are in show choir are the ones who are the excellent instrumental musicians as well. I myself played piano, clarinet, and did show choir. But I could not do all three at the same time, therefore you sometimes must recruit help.
Sullivan High School- Population roughly 400- National Championships-6- i think- IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE!
Wapakoneta Music & More 2009
Gosh- there are lots of GREAT Competitions and people who run them. A number of them helped us. So kudos please for anyone who takes on the Competition Chair!