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  Show Choir Community    Events    2009 Season    Piqua Show Choir Invitational 2009


Event Info



January 24th, 2009


Venue Info

Piqua High School
Hartzell Center For The Performing Arts
1 Indian Trail
Piqua, OH 45356

Phone: (937) 773-6314

Event Details

No. of Attending Choirs:

  18 Mixed Groups
  3 Treble Groups

Hosts:

  Piqua "The Company"

Judges:

  David Legg (Prelims/Finals)

  Gail Kennedy (Prelims/Finals)

  Elaine Moebius (Prelims/Finals)

  Richard Couchois (Prelims)

  Patricia Wiehe (Prelims)

  Mike Crandall (Critique/Finals)

  Verda Slinkard (Critique/Finals)


Tickets

$7 Prelims
$7 Finals
$12 All Day

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Piqua Show Choir Invitational 2009









Awards
Predictions
Photos
Event Site
Live Stream


Finals
 

Groups in order of placement

 Great Expectations
 Twinsburg High School
Grand Champion 
Best Choreography 
Best Band 
Best Crew 
Best Costumes 
Best Show Concept 

 First Edition
 Findlay High School
First Runner Up 
Best Vocals 

 Classic Connection
 DeKalb High School
Second Runner Up 

 Swingers Unlimited
 Marysville High School
3rd Runner Up 

 CenterStage!
 Albertville High School
4th Runner Up 
Best Male Soloist (Phillip Estes) 

 Charisma
 Northrop High School
5th Runner Up 
Best Female Soloist (Shanequa Cook) 


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

Groups

 Sound Sensation
 DeKalb High School
First Place 
Best Vocals 
Best Choreography 
Best Show Concept 

 Class Act
 Grove City High School
Second Place 
Best Band 

 Cardinal Company
 Colerain High School
Third Place 


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xstcsinger4x on Jan 25, 2009, 3:55 PM
Post #83
 
First off, Congratulations Twinsburg and all the other finalists!!! You all gave awesome performances backed by great shows! I'd like to say thanks for the St.C Singers to The Company and Piqua HS for being such great hosts again this year! Hopefully we'll be making a trip back there next season!!



KEVDOUG on Jan 25, 2009, 3:16 PM
Post #82
 
Any clue on point totals?



Shoegazer29 on Jan 25, 2009, 1:55 PM
Post #81
 
I arrived at Piqua during Albertville's daytime performance and stayed through the end of finals. Piqua is always a very well run competition, and "The Company" always gives one of their most spirited performances of the season as the host choir, but in other respects I found the competition disappointing. To me, it was obvious after daytime that there was a division between the top three groups and everyone else competing. And while I understood final results for the most part, I do think there were two faux pas that I can not come to agree with or understand.

Before commenting on the finalists, I will add that Beavercreek absolutely deserved to place in finals over either DeKalb or Northrop. Both choirs had an underwhelming daytime performance, and while Beavercreek's show lost much of its momentum in the final two numbers, their singing was much much better than that of both groups.

Twinsburg:
I felt about this year's show how I've felt about all Twinsburg shows since I started watching the group regularly - it's dense, high concept and certainly ambitious, which is admirable, but that comes at the cost of being enjoyable or particularly memorable. The group was without a doubt the most committed in finals competition. There wasn't a significant improvement from daytime competition, but that is because Twinsburg is an incredibly consistent group that always gives a hard-hitting performance.
Unfortunately, that is also one of the issues I take with the group. Regardless of song genre or the mood of the number, all of the choreography is incredibly strong and performed with an edge. This provides for some pretty dazzling moments in the trademark Twinsburg dance breaks, but during quieter moments in a show I yearn for some sensitivity and restraint from the group. To each his own, I suppose, as I'm also not a fan of the restrictive straight tone singing, but Twinsburg is a group that does what they do extremely well.

Findlay:
The first four numbers of Findlay's show are simply exquisite. The tap could of course use some cleaning as the season progresses, but at this early point I was blown away with how polished Findlay's show was. The one complaint I do have before the group reaches their closer is that the band is too restrained at points. They were times during the opener and tap number when the band was noticeably quiet compared to what I'm used to hearing from the Boingers. Once that change is made though, the only issue I foresee for this group is their dud of a closer.
It's the type of Andy Haines number I am used to seeing at the end of a Center Grove show, or perhaps in a Crandall-era Teays Valley show. The choreography is just too busy, and because of that the performers dance very uncomfortably and at no point was it clean. Also, much of the group's vocal energy is lost. While the group was noticeably tired in finals, it was only during the closer when I thought this could be a issue for securing Findlay a win. The number is a problem and I would have enjoyed the show more without it.

DeKalb:
Easily claiming the title of being the most improved group from daytime to finals, I think that factor helped bolster DeKalb into a third place finish. Unfortunately, I do not think that placement was deserved. While the energy doubled and the choreography was much cleaner in finals, I still think the level of musicianship in this group was not near that of other groups in finals. I also thought this was a fairly expected show from DeKalb and didn't find anything new to enjoy about the group.
One other issue I had with the show is that the second number hardly qualified as a tap number, in my opinion. It was clear that only four couples exited the stage to change shoes after the opener, and to not even have the entire front row of singer/dancers in tap shoes seems to be a bit of a cheat.

Marysville:
I was very proud to see the level of improvement since I last saw the group at their holiday concert. The show was more than slightly underwhelming at that point, and significant cleaning still needs to happen in the last two numbers, but the show was well done and very entertaining at Piqua. The first half is more polished than the second, and perhaps more inviting in its diversity, but I think once the second half is a bit more ironed out this has all the makings of being the best Marysville show yet. It is a more creative and choreographically-interesting show than last year's, and more balanced than the 2007 set, so with work I hope they may prove themselves to be a championship caliber group.
Oh, and it must be noted that the band was the best at Piqua. No contest. They are featured one too many times during the show, but the power of the combo was palpable at several moments in the show.

Albertville:
An odd duck in finals, I appreciated Albertville for presenting such a different and interesting show. And while the show was extremely confusing when the singer/dancers first began performing in the period costuming, it came together during the ballad to make a new and appealing statement. I do wish that the group was backed up with a stronger and better supported vocal sound though. The sound was rather hollow during several points in the show, and if not for the solid opener and closer, I could have seen the group placing sixth.

Northrop:
Unfortunately not much makes this group memorable. I thought the vocal sound in finals was solid, and definitely improved from daytime competition, but otherwise this was an unremarkable show. Unoriginal song selections, mostly unison choreography and some poor costuming decisions amounted to a blase reaction from the audience. I can see that there is talent at this school, I'd love to see this group try out some more creative material in the future, as I think they could succeed handily with it.




Mouser on Jan 25, 2009, 1:21 PM
Post #80
 
This was such an amazing time... I have made many new bonds, and it was a great way to close that chapter of Show Choir. Congratulations to everyone... I saw some pretty amazing things happen last night, and it is definitely something I will always remember. I hope to see you all at other competitions, and I hope that relationships that were formed with stick around.

Good luck to everyone as the season progresses.


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ptcanamu on Jan 25, 2009, 1:13 PM
Post #79
 

Congrats to all six groups. This was the most competitive top six I have seen in a long time. All six deserved to be in finals.


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goinggray on Jan 25, 2009, 10:58 AM
Post #78
 
Beavercreek, take a breath and come back strong this week. You've improved a great deal in the past several rehearsals, but we still have much to do! I appreciate how you've been applying yourselves and making the show jump higher. God Bless, Damon

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r.y.a.n. on Jan 25, 2009, 1:45 AM
Post #77
 
QUOTE(KEVDOUG @ Jan 24 2009, 08:53 PM) [snapback]448516[/snapback]
The floor in Ohio is completely open


agreed.
very interesting year so far.


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jtfry01 on Jan 25, 2009, 1:01 AM
Post #76
 
Official results on http://www.piquashowchoir.com Invitational link, results link



Rian on Jan 25, 2009, 12:54 AM
Post #75
 
QUOTE(Stolby @ Jan 24 2009, 11:52 PM) [snapback]448513[/snapback]
See, this is why you don't post results

I read the text wrong, I even double checked it, oh well! haha




WesTraen on Jan 25, 2009, 12:53 AM
Post #74
 
QUOTE(Stolby @ Jan 24 2009, 10:52 PM) [snapback]448513[/snapback]
See, this is why you don't post results



haha!! oh stolby




KEVDOUG on Jan 25, 2009, 12:53 AM
Post #73
 
The floor in Ohio is completely open



SteffahnMaclin on Jan 25, 2009, 12:53 AM
Post #72
 
GO TWINSCLID!! IKNEW YOU COULD IT!!!
CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO COMPETED!




asda08 on Jan 25, 2009, 12:53 AM
Post #71
 
GO TWINSBURG!!! WHOOOO!!!! YOU GUYS ARE SO AWESOME!!! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS AT YOUR COMPETITION!!!



Stolba on Jan 25, 2009, 12:52 AM
Post #70
 
QUOTE(Rian @ Jan 24 2009, 08:50 PM) [snapback]448510[/snapback]
not anymore... sorry friends.



See, this is why you don't post results




Rian on Jan 25, 2009, 12:50 AM
Post #69
 
QUOTE(I_Got_Rhythm @ Jan 24 2009, 11:50 PM) [snapback]448508[/snapback]
Those are two different results....

not anymore... sorry friends.


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ajm41827 on Jan 25, 2009, 12:50 AM
Post #68
 
Those are two different results....

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krounds on Jan 25, 2009, 12:46 AM
Post #67
 
Can anyone post some of the shows?
THANKS




Rian on Jan 25, 2009, 12:45 AM (Edited)
Post #66
 
GC: Twinsburg (combo/choreo/show)
1ru: FFE (vocals)
2ru: Dekalb
3ru: marysville
4ru: albertville
5ru: northrop

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Stolba on Jan 25, 2009, 12:45 AM (Edited)
Post #65
 
Final Results
gc twinsburg
1st RU- Findlay
2nd RU- Dekalb
3rd RU- Marysville
4th RU- Albertville
5th RU-Northrop

Best vocals- findlay
Best choreo- twinsburg
show- twinsburg
band- twinsburg


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jtfry01 on Jan 24, 2009, 9:34 PM
Post #64
 
Finals results will be available on the website in real time as they happen. This should be right around 11:30 - 11:45. Please check the website for results.


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