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  Show Choir Community    Events    2017 Season    Ben Davis Giant Spectacular 2017


Event Info



February 18th, 2017


Venue Info

Ben Davis High School
1200 N. Girls School Road
Indianapolis, IN 46214

Phone: (317) 244-7691

Event Details

No. of Attending Choirs:

  16 Mixed Groups
  13 Treble Groups
  6 Middle School Groups

Hosts:

  Ben Davis "Premiers"
  Ben Davis "Sounds"
  Ben Davis 9th Grade Center "Preview"

Judges:

  Ron Morgan

  Judy Bridgewater

  Shawn Porter

  Paul Gulsvig


Tickets

Adult
$10 - Prelims
$10 - Finals
$15 - All-Day Pass

Student
$7 - Prelims
$7 - Finals
$10 - All-Day Pass

Map



Ben Davis Giant Spectacular 2017









Awards
Predictions
Photos
Event Site
Live Stream


Finals
 

Groups in order of placement

 Counterpoints
 North Central High School
Grand Champion 
Best Vocals 
Best Band 

 Choraliers
 Fairfield Senior High School
First Runner Up 

 Encores
 Pike High School
Second Runner Up 

 Classic Connection
 DeKalb High School
3rd Runner Up 

 Central Sound
 Lawrence Central High School
4th Runner Up 
Best Choreography 


Treble Finals
 

Groups in order of placement

 Pure Elegance
 Fairfield Senior High School
First Place 
Best Vocals 
Best Choreography 
Best Band 

 Mystiques
 Pike High School
Second Place 

 Sound Sensation
 DeKalb High School
Third Place 


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

Groups in order of placement

 Red Hot Blues
 New Castle High School
First Place 
Best Choreography 

 Rhythm Express
 Fairfield Middle School
Second Place 
Best Vocals 
Best Band 

 Rebel Rhapsody
 Roncalli High School
Third Place 

 Crimson Heat
 New Palestine High School
4th Place 

 26th Street Innovations
 Marion High School
5th Place 

 Patriot Edition

 Jay County High School
No Placement 

 Goldenaires

 Decatur Central High School
No Placement 

 Pendletones

 Pendleton Heights High School
No Placement 


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

Groups

 Choralieers
 Kokomo High School
First Place 

 Just Treble
 Jay County High School
Second Place 

 Glitz and Glamour
 Taylor High School
Third Place 


Middle School Division
 

Groups

 Class Act
 Woodside/Summit Middle School
First Place 

 Vocal Revolution
 Noblesville East Middle School
Second Place 

 Sound

 Belzer Middle School
No Placement 

 Showcase

 South Dearborn Middle School
No Placement 

 73rd Street Singers

 Westlane Middle School
No Placement 


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Grover on Feb 21, 2017, 12:26 PM
Post #30
+1


QUOTE (Jeff. @ Feb 20 2017, 11:58 PM) *

I think it's just sort of like a "oh hey, look that happened, wow that's kind of weird, interesting" sort of comment. And there isn't anything wrong with that.


Judging is and always will be "Kind of weird and interesting" to me. When a group can win best vocals and choreography over 2 top groups one week and then another, not even be ranked in top 6 in choreography after prelims is, well curious.

Didn't Waubonsie and F.C. just have a flip/flop as well? To sorta quote Forrest, Forrest Gump; "Judging is as Judging does. . ."




Jeff. on Feb 20, 2017, 11:58 PM
Post #29
+3
I certainly agree with what Dylan said. Especially the end about Indiana, seriously RT. I don't think anyone is whining, in fact these are discussion boards so it's nice to have some input once in a while. We shouldn't stray away from critical dialogue. It's a solid observation that Dylan made. Sure, this conversation has taken place a million times on SCC about how you can win GC with various caption combinations (or no captions at all). Depending how a score sheet is weighted, the scores of the actual choirs, etc. it's understandable a choir can win with BC while the BV group takes 1RU. This tends to elicit the "show CHOIR" narrative, which is a completely separate topic, but nonetheless we've discussed this various times on the SCC topics and will continue to discuss it as a new batch of students roll in every year!

The interesting thing that Dylan pointed out is that usually we don't see such drastic caption spreads or reversals from division-to-division. NC "Counterpoints" won with BV/BB while FF "Rhythm Express" took 1RU with BV/BB in their respective divisions. Certainly plausible, I don't think anyone is doubting the merit of this competition, I think it's just sort of like a "oh hey, look that happened, wow that's kind of weird, interesting" sort of comment. And there isn't anything wrong with that.




DalJPritt on Feb 20, 2017, 1:27 PM
Post #28
+1
Girls Tier II:
GC: Kokomo
1 RU: Jay Co
2 RU: Taylor


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ChartWriter421 on Feb 20, 2017, 1:21 PM
Post #27
+9


QUOTE (SingerDancer75 @ Feb 19 2017, 09:46 PM) *


Winning best band and best vocals doesn't get you first. Hard work and good scores get you first.



Headlines don't sell papes. Newsies sell papes. It's a fine life carrying the banner.




Goddess on Feb 20, 2017, 12:01 AM
Post #26
+2
So interesting to see Best Visuals go so far down, but I imagine that the scores were all really close.

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drew.childs on Feb 19, 2017, 10:41 PM
Post #25
+1
The "Pendletones" from Pendleton Heights HS also participated in the "Small Mixed" division. I believe they were also competing at Center Grove the same day and were a late addition to the schedule at BD.



Dylan Turner. on Feb 19, 2017, 10:34 PM
Post #24
+1


QUOTE (Brockstar @ Feb 19 2017, 10:27 PM) *

Dylan isn't whining. I think where he's getting at is the fact that vocals are sometimes worth more points than choreography. Idk how often score sheets do this, but I've seen a lot of groups win with just 'best choreography'. I've only done show choir for about 5 years, but it just seems like the scores are so complicated and subjective, all that matters is that the groups leave everything on the stage, which I'm sure everyone did. Thank you.



Thank you. I just want to know how points are used on the scoresheet is all. Like I thought most points were in vocals. I am not taking anything away from any group. I'm sure they all performed amazingly and were all deserving.




BrockLee on Feb 19, 2017, 10:27 PM (Edited)
Post #23
+2


QUOTE (SingerDancer75 @ Feb 19 2017, 09:46 PM) *


Winning best band and best vocals doesn't get you first. Hard work and good scores get you first. If your choreography wasn't deserving of first place scores, work harder. Don't whine about it on social media. Thank you.


Dylan isn't whining. I think where he's getting at is the fact that vocals are sometimes worth more points than choreography. Idk how often score sheets do this, but I've seen a lot of groups win with just 'best choreography'. I've only been involved with show choir for about 5 years, but it just seems like the scores are so complicated and subjective, all that matters is that the groups leave everything on the stage, which I'm sure everyone did. Thank you.


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SingerDancer75 on Feb 19, 2017, 9:46 PM (Edited)
Post #22
 


QUOTE (Dylan Turner. @ Feb 19 2017, 06:35 PM) *

throws me off how in large mixed winning best vocals and best band gets you grand champ but in small mixed getting best vocals and best band gets you second. Indiana is beyond me.



Winning best band and best vocals doesn't get you first. Hard work and good scores get you first. If your choreography wasn't deserving of first place scores, work harder. Don't whine about it on social media. Thank you.




TCSinger on Feb 19, 2017, 6:44 PM
Post #21
 
This was my first show choir contest in about ten years. Surprisingly, not a whole lot has changed other than the use of stage lighting (I had a feeling that trend would come over from California).

I'm really impressed with the Indy groups. You all represented my city so well and put on a very solid and entertaining show. Great job to the hosts for a well-run event.




Dylan Turner. on Feb 19, 2017, 6:35 PM (Edited)
Post #20
+2
throws me off how in large mixed winning best vocals and best band gets you grand champ but in small mixed getting best vocals and best band gets you second. Indiana is beyond me.



Grover on Feb 19, 2017, 6:12 PM
Post #19
 


QUOTE (Jeff. @ Feb 19 2017, 06:06 PM) *

Hearing Tier II went 1st: New Castle, 2nd: Fairfield MS, 3rd: Roncalli, 4th: New Palestine, 5th: Marion. The schedule only has 4 tier II making finals, though, so not sure if they added a 5th finalist or just announced it that way during prelims. Anyone know?

Getting clear, accurate, and timely information on this event is like pulling teeth. I'm unconvinced that parts of Indiana realize it's 2017 and that the internet exists.


Small Mix captions Fairfield Rhythm Express Best Vocals and Best Band. New Castle has Best Visuals.




Jeff. on Feb 19, 2017, 6:06 PM
Post #18
+1
Hearing Tier II went 1st: New Castle, 2nd: Fairfield MS, 3rd: Roncalli, 4th: New Palestine, 5th: Marion. The schedule only has 4 tier II making finals, though, so not sure if they added a 5th finalist or just announced it that way during prelims. Anyone know?

Getting clear, accurate, and timely information on this event is like pulling teeth. I'm unconvinced that parts of Indiana realize it's 2017 and that the internet exists.


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allismom on Feb 19, 2017, 6:06 PM
Post #17
 


QUOTE (Grover @ Feb 19 2017, 04:38 PM) *

I know Fairfield Pure Elegance was Grand Champion. I think Pike was 1st runner up and Dekalb was 2nd runner up. BV, BC, BB to Fairfield.

For Large Mixed I heard some talk about solo heavy shows and how they afford the choir extended vocal breaks and such. Not sure about that but North Central was VERY GOOD.



Wow! Descants didn't place?




Grover on Feb 19, 2017, 4:38 PM
Post #16
+1


QUOTE (allismom @ Feb 19 2017, 04:01 PM) *


Single-Gender results?


I know Fairfield Pure Elegance was Grand Champion. I think Pike was 1st runner up and Dekalb was 2nd runner up. BV, BC, BB to Fairfield.

For Large Mixed I heard some talk about solo heavy shows and how they afford the choir extended vocal breaks and such. Not sure about that but North Central was VERY GOOD.


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allismom on Feb 19, 2017, 4:01 PM
Post #15
 


QUOTE (ajlaf3 @ Feb 19 2017, 03:02 PM) *

GC: North Central (BV, BB)
1RU: Fairfield
2RU: Pike
3RU: Dekalb
4RU: Lawrence Central (BC)



Single-Gender results?




ajlaf3 on Feb 19, 2017, 3:02 PM
Post #14
+1
GC: North Central (BV, BB)
1RU: Fairfield
2RU: Pike
3RU: Dekalb
4RU: Lawrence Central (BC)


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scho1 on Feb 19, 2017, 1:06 PM (Edited)
Post #13
+1


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cj-mckay on Feb 19, 2017, 8:19 AM
Post #12
+6
Where are the full finals results?

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midevoice4 on Feb 18, 2017, 10:37 PM
Post #11
+1
Middle school results
GC Woodside Class Act
1st runner-up Noblesville East



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