2012 Host Choirs
10th Street Edition | In Step | Hi-Style | Contest Results
10th Street Edition is an auditioned show choir that is open to 10-12 grade students. Members are required to be registered to and performing with one of the four curricular choirs at Linn-Mar. Show choir is an extra-curricular activity at Linn-Mar, thus they do not meet during the regular school day. 10th Street Edition rehearses on Monday evenings for three hours and on Wednesday and Friday mornings before school for one hour each day. This year, 10th Street Edition will attend four competitions. In the 2012 season they will appear at Viterbo 101 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Fort Showcase in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, the Great River Show Choir Invitational in Davenport, and Mo Show at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. In addition they will appear locally at “Get in the Spirit” for Linn-Mar High School, at the Fab Five performances in Cedar Rapids. 10th Street Edition, along with In Step and Hi-Style, is pleased to welcome all the competing groups to Supernova, The Linn-Mar Show Choir Invitational.
Members
The production team of Bob Anderson and April James along with Kevin Chase have brought innovation and success to show choir at Linn-Mar High School. Creating non-traditional shows, anchored by rock music closers each year, has motivated some outstanding performance by Linn-Mar students.
The music for the 2011 show includes:
Adiemus/Africa
Soloist: Mic Evans
Pegate
Soloist: Conor Schulz
Nearer My God to Thee
Soloists:
Baby Love/Cut Me Loose
Soloists: Abby Sevcik with Erica Noyes, Katie Ramsey, Christina Swenson, and Eileen Vander Velden
Who Are You/I Don’t Wanna Stop
Soloist: Logan Sardzinski
The 2011-12 show choir season marks the seventeenth year of In Step’s existence, having begun in 1997. In Step is Linn-Mar’s prep show choir, and is formulated from students in grades 9 through 12. This year, the group consists of 52 singers, 15 band members, and 10 crew members. In Step enjoys developing a show with variety. Their 2011-12 show consists of the following selections: “Hold On, originally sung by “Triumph with soloists Lindsay Randklev and Jon Schaerr; their ballad – “The Call” from “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” with soloist Kyle Brendes; a guys’ feature, which includes Michael Jackson’s “Workin Day and Night”; a girls’ feature called “Work Me Down”, from the movie “Disorderlies” with soloist Lauren Soukup; and finally their closer, including “We Built This City” and the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s rendition of “Rock This Town”. Most importantly they are singers, having a number of members who have been selected for the Opus Honor Choir and the three Iowa All-State ensembles.
Members
In Step will compete at four competitions this year – Viterbo in Wisconsin, at Fort Atkinson, Wi.; the Great River Competition in Davenport, and finally, at our neighbor’s – Cedar Rapids Washington. Along with local events, In Step will perform in February at this year’s Fab Five Concert. In addition, they are the hosts, along with Tenth Street Edition for Super Nova – Linn-Mar’s annual show choir competition.
In Step is directed by June Schmidt and choreographed by Kevin Chase, originally from Bemidji, Mn., and presently from Minneapolis.
Here’s to seventeen years of sequins, suits, singing, and sensational support. Best wishes to all of you from all of us!!
2011-2012 marks the fifth season for the Hi-Style Show Ensemble at Linn-Mar! The increasing demand and potential for students in vocal music has inspired a third auditioned show choir consisting of male and female students in grades 9 through 12. Keeping with Linn-Mar tradition, Hi-Style strives to create a show filled with variety and personality. Their show opens this yearwith a “Shake and Rock Medley,” followed by “Ordinary Miracle,” Soloists Zoey Nanke and Madi Stahl. Their show also includes “Marry Me,” Soloist Alex Shie and the popular song “So What”. They close their show with “Highway To The Danger Zone.” Hi-Style is directed by Jody Nekvinda and choreographed by Kevin Chase and Emily Begnaud, and is excited to be a part of the Linn-Mar family, and of course, Supernova! We wish everyone the best of luck.