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 Show Choir Community    Events    2017 Season    Burbank Blast! (Day Two) 2017
Event Info

March 4th, 2017
Venue Info
Burbank High School
902 N. 3rd St.
Burbank, CA 91502
Phone: (818) 558-4700
Event Details
Number of Attending Choirs:
20 Mixed Groups
10 Treble Groups
2 Bass Groups
Event Hosts:
Burbank "In Sync"
Burbank "Impressions"
Burbank "Out Of The Blue"
Event Judges:
Gina Bishop (Show)
Donna Dandino (Music)
Pete Engle (Show)
Erik Hall (Show)
Alex Hall (Show)
Michelle Jensen (Music)
Lydia Lee (Music)
Mark Myers (Music)
Tickets
Ticket prices unknown.
Map
Burbank Blast! (Day Two) 2017





Awards
Predictions
Photos
Event Site
Live Stream
Mixed Division - Tier I
Groups    

Sound FX
Los Alamitos High School
First Place
Showmanship
Best Tech Crew
Best Soloist (Sophia Wackerman)
Best Performer (Justin Min)

Flight
Wheaton North High School
Second Place
Musicianship

Evolution
American Leadership Academy
Third Place
Best Costumes
Best Show Design

Mixed Division - Tier II
Groups    

Sound Express
Carlsbad High School
First Place
Musicianship
Showmanship
Best Tech Crew

The Music Machine
Bonita Vista High School
Second Place

Sound Vibrations
Hart High School
Third Place

Royal Stewarts
Glendora High School
4th Place

Main Attraction
Chula Vista High School
5th Place

Vocal Point
Serrano High School
No Placement

Chanteurs
Arcadia High School
No Placement

Mixed Division - Tier III
Groups    

Connexion
Los Alamitos High School
First Place
Showmanship

Hart 'n Soul
Hart High School
Second Place

Production Choir
Los Altos High School
Third Place
Musicianship

High Voltage
Cypress High School
No Placement

G-Notes
Granada Hills Charter High School
No Placement

Mixed Division - Tier IV
Groups    

Ike Singers
Eisenhower High School
First Place
Musicianship
Showmanship

Soundwaves
Oceanside High School
Second Place

Sonic Boom
Gladstone High School
Third Place

Blue Heat
Saugus High School
No Placement

The Alphas
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy
No Placement

Treble Division - Tier I
Soundtrax
Los Alamitos High School
Musicianship
Showmanship
Treble Division - Tier II
Groups    

Sound Unlimited
Bonita Vista High School
First Place
Musicianship
Showmanship

Xquisite
Los Alamitos High School
Second Place

Hartbreakers
Hart High School
Third Place

Encore
Carlsbad High School
4th Place

Tartan Silhouettes
Glendora High School
5th Place

Rhapsody In Blue
Walnut High School
6th Place

Bedazzled
Serrano High School
No Placement

Harmonix
Arcadia High School
No Placement

LA Rhythm
Los Altos High School
No Placement

Bass Division
Groups    

Xtreme
Los Alamitos High School
First Place
Musicianship
Showmanship

Unleashed
Hart High School
Second Place

Attending Members displaying 6 of 6 members
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wcpoet on Mar 6, 2017, 9:38 AM
Post #21
 
Update needed on Day One please!
I've posted all I could find on that page!
Thanks!




svazzano on Mar 5, 2017, 10:37 PM
Post #20
+4
Any videos of Los Al's performance circulating yet? I've been anxious to see their show for a while now!



wcpoet on Mar 5, 2017, 6:38 PM
Post #19
+1
Novice Mixed
1st- Eisenhower "Ike Singers" (Music & Show)
2nd- Oceanside "Sound Waves"
3rd- Gladstone "Sonic Boom"

Intermediate Mixed:
1st- Los Alamitos "Connexion" (Show)
2nd- Hart "Hart 'n Soul"
3rd- Los Altos "Production Choir" (Music)




abe.martinez on Mar 5, 2017, 1:11 PM
Post #18
 
This is not correct. Twitter lied to you.

I'm deleting it as we speak, not really but




wcpoet on Mar 5, 2017, 12:39 PM
Post #17
+1
Judges:

Donna Dandino (Music)
Michelle Jensen (Music)
Lydia Lee (Music)
Mark Myers (Music)
Gina Bishop (Show)
Pete Engle (Show)
Alex Hall (Show)
Erik Hall (Show)




Häakon on Mar 5, 2017, 11:57 AM
Post #16
 
Saw on twitter that for tier II the top two were:

Hart BV BC
Bonita Vista

This is not correct. Twitter lied to you.




abe.martinez on Mar 5, 2017, 11:35 AM (Edited)
Post #15
 
Edit: my phone is dumb and won't post the link I got the placements from



wcpoet on Mar 5, 2017, 11:31 AM
Post #14
+1
Here's what I have:

Intermediate Women
1st- Bonita Vista "Sound Unlimited (Music & Show)
2nd- Los Alamitos "Xquisite"
3rd- Hart "Hartbreakers"
4th- Carlsbad "Encore"
5th- Glendora "Silhouettes"
6th- Walnut "Rhapsody In Blue"

Advanced Mixed Tier 2

1st- Carlsbad "Sound Express" (Music & Show)
2nd- Bonita Vista "The Music Machine"
3rd- Hart "Sound Vibrations"
4th- Glendora "Royal Stewarts"
5th- Chula Vista "Main Attraction"

Advanced Mixed Captions

Best Tech Crew, Tier 2: Carlsbad "Sound Express"
Best Tech Crew, Tier 1: Los Alamitos "Sound FX"

Best Costumes: ALA "Evolution"
Best Show Design: ALA "Evolution"
Best Choreography: Los Alamitos "Sound FX"
Best Soloist: Sophia Wackerman, Los Alamitos "Sound FX
Best Performer: Justin Min, Los Alamitos "Sound FX"




abe.martinez on Mar 5, 2017, 11:24 AM
Post #13
 
Saw on twitter that for tier II the top two were:

Hart BV BC
Bonita Vista

Anyone know the rest?




Häakon on Mar 5, 2017, 3:43 AM
Post #12
 
Do the results get posted anywhere?
Yes, at the top of this page!


T

TwinMotoMama on Mar 4, 2017, 1:44 PM
Post #11
 
Do the results get posted anywhere?



Häakon on Mar 4, 2017, 8:40 AM
Post #10
+7
While I understand the Show Choir is still very new and sparse in California, I think the Tiers need to be restructured.
Show choir is neither "new," nor "sparse" in California. There is so much misinformation in this post it is making my head spin.

I can give you more specifics on the way choirs are divided out west when I have more time, but all you really need to know is that the tiers are based on skill level and nothing else. Think of it as "freshman/JV/varsity." It has nothing to do with school or choir size.




ShowChoirDirect on Mar 3, 2017, 6:43 PM
Post #9
 
A resident California expert can share more, but unlike any of the other regions California has divisions mostly based on skill level - advanced (tier I/II), intermediate (tier III), and novice (tier IV). This is discussed a little bit in this recent thread: prep division.

So I think the time allotment difference is really just for efficiency purposes. A novice choir probably doesn't have an elaborate set or full production show like Los Alamitos or Bonita Vista, so they don't need 30-35 minutes allotted for the performance - it would just be dead space.


Until a few years ago, we structured the advanced groups into Tier 1/AAA and Tier 2/AA based on choir size (not school size as is common in the midwest). If a group was a large choir they were automatically AAA, a small choir would be AA. There were also size restrictions on lower groups on par with AA to prevent choirs of 80 from competing against choirs of 20 in a novice category.

It was sometimes 40 and up puts you in the AAA category, 39 and down, the AA category. Other times, it was "more than 40" puts you in the AAA category, and "40 or less" puts you in the AA category. That problem was quickly rectified but was ever present briefly, it showcases the important variations between the comps out here that can be overlooked.

Unfortunately, CA is a little bit like the Wild West in that respect, schools are regionals and can choose to structure divisions however they want. A few years ago the size rule was thrown out at most of the competitions that employed it, AAA became the de-facto "more advanced" division with some groups (formerly Bonita) choosing to move up (though none of the large choir groups moved down to AA). Now it is purely at the discretion of the director, Bonita has since moved down to Tier 2, and yet they recently competed at a competition where they lost in Tier 2, and yet the only group in Tier 1 was a group they had beaten the year before.

It's a strange scenerio, they likely would have had a win in Tier 1, but since they made the decision to compete in Tier 2 this entire year, they went up against a group that consistently performs at a higher standard (Hart) than the only group in Tier 1.

While I understand the Show Choir is still very new and sparse in California, I think the Tiers need to be restructured. I hardly see more than 2 or 3 Tiers in the midwest not counting the Single-Gender or middle school divisions. While Novice groups are expected to provide less in terms of time consumption (staging, set length, prep time, etc.) if a school has two choirs, one really should be competing in an advanced category, that excess time of AAA or AA might give the directors, staff, and students ideas on how to utilize it in future years.

Out here, placing 2nd or first runner up is sometimes viewed as "losing", well that was our own fault when we have so many divisions that sometimes we only have two or three (or one!) choir(s) in each division. If we had fewer divisions with 10+ choirs in each division, then maybe students (and directors) would start looking at those 2nd and 3rd place trophies as valuable as a Grand Championship. Not to mention not placing 1st all the time would give you more reason to work harder rather than simply placing 1st at every comp and deciding the show was "good enough"




wcpoet on Mar 3, 2017, 11:03 AM
Post #8
+1
A resident California expert can share more, but unlike any of the other regions California has divisions mostly based on skill level - advanced (tier I/II), intermediate (tier III), and novice (tier IV). This is discussed a little bit in this recent thread: prep division.

So I think the time allotment difference is really just for efficiency purposes. A novice choir probably doesn't have an elaborate set or full production show like Los Alamitos or Bonita Vista, so they don't need 30-35 minutes allotted for the performance - it would just be dead space.

Exactly Jeff...also- by giving Novice groups 20 minutes and Intermediate groups 25 minutes, you can host more groups. For example- this competition has 32 groups just on Saturday!
It would be kind of hard to host that many groups if they each had 30 minutes on stage...




Jeff. on Mar 3, 2017, 9:56 AM
Post #7
+1
Why, at California competitions, do Tier 4 groups have only 20 minutes allotted to perform?

I am assuming tiers are divided based on school or group size. To me, it doesn't seem like that would need to affect performance length, unless it has just become standard practice.

Or maybe tiers are divided based on something else entirely. Can someone more knowledgeable than me give me more info?

A resident California expert can share more, but unlike any of the other regions California has divisions mostly based on skill level - advanced (tier I/II), intermediate (tier III), and novice (tier IV). This is discussed a little bit in this recent thread: prep division.

So I think the time allotment difference is really just for efficiency purposes. A novice choir probably doesn't have an elaborate set or full production show like Los Alamitos or Bonita Vista, so they don't need 30-35 minutes allotted for the performance - it would just be dead space.


J

Johnathon on Mar 3, 2017, 12:59 AM
Post #6
 
Why, at California competitions, do Tier 4 groups have only 20 minutes allotted to perform?

I am assuming tiers are divided based on school or group size. To me, it doesn't seem like that would need to affect performance length, unless it has just become standard practice.

Or maybe tiers are divided based on something else entirely. Can someone more knowledgeable than me give me more info?




wcpoet on Mar 1, 2017, 6:27 PM
Post #5
+2
Hi Friends,

Anyone know if there are still tickets available at the door for Mixed Tiers I and II?

Burbank is saying totally sold out. Tickets went very fast (not surprising because of all the amazing groups performing). They did say "seat hoppers" were available at the door...




keresey on Mar 1, 2017, 3:58 PM
Post #4
 
Hi Friends,

Anyone know if there are still tickets available at the door for Mixed Tiers I and II?




wcpoet on Feb 28, 2017, 12:01 PM
Post #3
+2
Burbank Blast! 2017 Schedule
Looks to be an amazing competition! (As usual for Burbank )


R

RandyIL on Jan 12, 2017, 3:17 PM
Post #2
+1
Only a few spots left! Please register ASAP if you have not yet. See you in 7 weeks!!


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