Marietta Premiere is very excited to come to Garfield Heights. This will be our first competition with our new director, choreographer and arranger. We all think we are light years ahead of where we used to be. We are very excited to show everyone what we have been working on.
QUOTE(filanig @ Jan 10 2008, 05:59 AM) [snapback]411036[/snapback]
We wish you guys were coming too! Although many people didnt like your girls number we loved it!!! It was so unique and good! I wish you could see our new auditorium WAYWAYWAY better then the gym lol. And yes we squahed the dressing romm fiasco too =] Although i didnt get to talk to you guys i met some of you at twinsburg fest. and they were hilarious and cool! CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR SHOW THIS YEAR!!! AND WE HOPE YOU GUYS GET A GC THIS YEAR TOO!!
THANK YOU WE ALL HOPE THIS EVERYONE HAS AND AMAZING SEASON THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!! what comps are u guys goin to???
QUOTE(Im Just That Good @ Jan 9 2008, 05:33 PM) [snapback]410970[/snapback]
[font="Arial Black"][/font]Whats good Garfield! i really wish we could have come to your invitational but our competition is right around the corner , you guys have a nice school and Music Express is GREAT ! I had a lot of fun there last year, there were a few conflicts with the dressing rooms, but i guess everything is squashed and everyone's cool , we didnt take home grand champs, but I went home happy! OH! AND OUR HOST LAST YEAR WAS THE BEST ! you guys are definately cool peoples, i hope ur invitational goes well, and i hope you have a great competition season... and like we were told earlier, TAKE HOME A GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLEVELAND THIS YEAR!
We wish you guys were coming too! Although many people didnt like your girls number we loved it!!! It was so unique and good! I wish you could see our new auditorium WAYWAYWAY better then the gym lol. And yes we squahed the dressing romm fiasco too =] Although i didnt get to talk to you guys i met some of you at twinsburg fest. and they were hilarious and cool! CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR SHOW THIS YEAR!!! AND WE HOPE YOU GUYS GET A GC THIS YEAR TOO!!
[font="Arial Black"][/font]Whats good Garfield! i really wish we could have come to your invitational but our competition is right around the corner , you guys have a nice school and Music Express is GREAT ! I had a lot of fun there last year, there were a few conflicts with the dressing rooms, but i guess everything is squashed and everyone's cool , we didnt take home grand champs, but I went home happy! OH! AND OUR HOST LAST YEAR WAS THE BEST ! you guys are definately cool peoples, i hope ur invitational goes well, and i hope you have a great competition season... and like we were told earlier, TAKE HOME A GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLEVELAND THIS YEAR!
Yeah, no matter how you put it, it is unfair because these two adjudicators actually had these performers as students, especially Mr. Bianchi, who just retired last May. I'm sure there are many other people that could have been asked that know show choir just as well.
QUOTE(TheRiddle @ Jan 7 2008, 04:19 PM) [snapback]410711[/snapback]
It doesn't matter. It's still weird, and even if they judge them harder than they should - it still fiddles with what the results would be like. I don't like it one bit. They're both solid adjudicators, no doubt about that ... but seriously? It would be way different if more time had passed, but I'm sure they both know the majority of their students on stage by name (seeing as Frank just quit this year and Mike last year), and when you can put a name to a face ... well, whatever. I don't think it's going to really effect the results, but if I was the director or performer of another group, it'd be easy to complain about unfair judging and bring up controversy after the competition, so I don't think this was a smart choice to allow one let alone two directors formerly associated with competing groups.
I agree. Bianchi is only one year out, so most of those kids upstage were "his". Might be different ten years from now, but it's just not right to me.
Doesn't matter how good they are or how much they know about show choir - an affiliation is still an affiliation, and I can see how a good number of groups attending this competition could potentially have a lot to raise their eyebrows about.
QUOTE(pumpitup07 @ Jan 7 2008, 03:23 PM) [snapback]410707[/snapback]
Mike and Frank know show choir probably better than anyone. I think that they would be tougher on their old groups than anything because they know the groups potential.
It doesn't matter. It's still weird, and even if they judge them harder than they should - it still fiddles with what the results would be like. I don't like it one bit. They're both solid adjudicators, no doubt about that ... but seriously? It would be way different if more time had passed, but I'm sure they both know the majority of their students on stage by name (seeing as Frank just quit this year and Mike last year), and when you can put a name to a face ... well, whatever. I don't think it's going to really effect the results, but if I was the director or performer of another group, it'd be easy to complain about unfair judging and bring up controversy after the competition, so I don't think this was a smart choice to allow one let alone two directors formerly associated with competing groups.
QUOTE(WinnLoff @ Jan 7 2008, 09:30 AM) [snapback]410683[/snapback]
won't it be a little weird if teays valley and medina are there with their old directors, Mike Crandall
Frank Bianchi, adjudicating?
Mike and Frank know show choir probably better than anyone. I think that they would be tougher on their old groups than anything because they know the groups potential.
FYI:If you are using mapquest to get to the high school do not follow the directions to GHHS instead follow address 4900 turney rd garfield heights OH 44125 otherwise you will be going to the old high school which is on the other side of town lol
Here are my predictions.These are for the most part based off of last year, Teays Valley is the only group at this comp that i have seen... i haven't seen any of the other groups, so my apologies if i leave out a choir, it would most likely be because i have never seen them before.
QUOTE(Soundsationboi @ Jan 2 2008, 11:02 PM) [snapback]410327[/snapback]
Glad to see Ron Jones back on the judging circuit... I haven't seen him on it since 04..
I remember seeing him at Twinsburg last year. I beleive that he was judging the Single-Gender groups, but i could be mistaken. All i know is that he was there for something or other. lol
Garfield Heights Lake Erie Showcase 2008
, you guys have a nice school and Music Express is GREAT 
! I had a lot of fun there last year, there were a few conflicts with the dressing rooms, but i guess everything is squashed and everyone's cool 
, we didnt take home grand champs, but I went home happy! OH! AND OUR HOST LAST YEAR WAS THE BEST 
! you guys are definately cool peoples, i hope ur invitational goes well, and i hope you have a great competition season... and like we were told earlier, TAKE HOME A GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLEVELAND THIS YEAR! 
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