1st: Clinton "Attache" (Showmanship)
2nd: Burbank "InSync" (Musicianship)
3rd: John Burroughs "Powerhouse"
I've seen Clinton twice this year and Burbank on youtube. I think Clinton has the edge. I'm excited to see how it turns out! It's already been asked, but I'm going to reinforce the question, who are the judges?
Edit: Also good luck to Edgewood "Music Warehouse"!
Can we also add the other divisions that are competing on day three?
Intermediate Women, Mens, Advanced Women, and Double A have yet to be added on to here.
Well, the complete schedule has been posted now. But truthfully, it's a bit uninspiring putting effort and energy into some of these West Coast events when there's little to no conversation or results reporting… (ex. Chaparral, Cypress, Hart, Burbank…) So, recruit your friends to be active on SCC!
This competition seems like a big secret: no possible way of getting a live feed, no access to tickets... What happens behind the closed doors of Los Al stays at Los Al...
I am forwarding that Los Al shall now be known the 'Las Vegas' of Show Choir.
This competition seems like a big secret: no possible way of getting a live feed, no access to tickets... What happens behind the closed doors of Los Al stays at Los Al...
From what I remember last year is that it is very difficult/impossible to hook up to a wired internet connection in the theater. So, with that (along with Haakon not being there), I doubt that there will be a live stream this year as well.
Every competition in the West Coast is in a theater space (Except SoCal, where we have to make a theater space in Golden Hall (which is nicely and conveniently designed to have one)).
Gyms tend to echo (throwing off timing), and Gym entrances may not be big or flexible enough to get set pieces in (which is a problem since more choirs are starting to use more and larger set pieces).
I imagine seating can also be a bit of a problem in gyms, too, but I'm not so sure about that.
Not to mention the lighting...ugh....a lot of choir utilize lighting effects (Diamond Bar Swanee River, Burroughs Fireworks), that would be impossible to pull off in a gym. People talking would be loud and echoing yuck. I hated having to do concerts in the gym just because we had no place else to do them (we weren't lucky to have a theater in multiple places) but I can't imagine hosting a competition in one.
The Mundelein Invitational is in our Auditorium. It did used to be in the gym. We had to spend a fortune making the gym as accoustically friendly as possible. Now, instead, we've invested in purchasing great sound equipment so that when the invitational is over, we have a great sound system for the other 364 days of the year. However, there are definitely mid westerners who wonder aloud why we are not in the gym. Because the audience and judges get to really hear the performance. I think that's a huge part of a choir: hearing them!
Victor is right, though... I can't think of a single West Coast competition that is held in a gym. To say that "normal" competitions are held in gyms is a little invidious; it's just not what you're used to.
I know that this is a west coast forum... Making a west coast to Midwest comparison, but making comparisons between regions is my favorite part of this site! So, I would like to add that I cannot think of a single southern competition that is in a gym either! They are all either in the school's auditorium or In a local college's auditorium! Soooo I guess the whole gym scene is a Midwest thing....
It's just a regional difference; I've been to competitions in auditoriums that were awful and I've been to ones in gyms in the Midwest that have been fantastic (and of course vice-versa to both). Arcadia and Burroughs both have huge auditoriums that accommodate lots of people and the experience is very nice. Other groups like Diamond Bar who may not have the space in their own theaters rent out local spaces (for example, a college auditorium) to hold their events. Obviously this costs more than just hosting it at your own school - and competitions are fundraising events at their core - so many groups may not want to go this route so they can keep their expenses low.
That being said, I'm with Nick in that if you can't meet demand and are at the point of turning away parents of groups that are actually competing at your own event, that's very disappointing. I know Chula Vista doesn't have tons of money and my guess is that a lot of what they make from hosting the SoCal competition goes back into the event itself (renting out Golden Hall for example), but in the end it makes their competition a vastly better experience for everyone involved. Everyone who wants to watch can do so... there's no fear of not being able to attend even if you show up last-minute.
Victor is right, though... I can't think of a single West Coast competition that is held in a gym. To say that "normal" competitions are held in gyms is a little invidious; it's just not what you're used to.
..or just in a gym like normal competitions across America. If I were a parent that couldn't get in I would be really disappointed.
Every competition in the West Coast is in a theater space (Except SoCal, where we have to make a theater space in Golden Hall (which is nicely and conveniently designed to have one)).
Gyms tend to echo (throwing off timing), and Gym entrances may not be big or flexible enough to get set pieces in (which is a problem since more choirs are starting to use more and larger set pieces).
I imagine seating can also be a bit of a problem in gyms, too, but I'm not so sure about that.
Los Alamitos Xtravaganza (Day Three) 2014
