The Linn-Mar Show Choir Invitational

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

• All performers, including instrumentalists, must be students of the participating school listed on the official Certification Form.  The only exception will be an instructor playing an accompanying instrument.  Jr. High back-up musicians are exempt.
• Choirs are free to present any type of performance they wish.  There is no minimum or maximum number of songs a group must perform.  Music need not be provided for the judges.  A choir singing in the finals must present the same program as during the day.  Suggested changes by the critique judges may be made in your finals show.
• Directors may be on stage with their choirs and may direct if they wish.
• No taped or recorded back-up music is allowed.  Sequenced and other pre-entered synthesized rhythms qualify as “recorded”.  The back-up ensemble is judged as an integral part of a group’s performance.
• All equipment and performers must move on/off from stage left.  No group will be allowed to move their equipment onto the auditorium stage until the previous performing group has completely cleared the back stage area.
• In order to avoid congestion following your performance, all equipment, including that which is carried by individual performers (e.g. hats, canes, or other props), must exit stage left as directed by our stage crew and to your designated equipment holding area.  Performers must exit stage left.
• Fog or dry ice machines will be permitted; however, pyrotechnics, smoke, and other open flames are forbidden.
• Your performance sequence will be:
  • Vocal warm-up in Orchestra Room
  • Run through in Choir Room
  • Performance on Auditorium Stage
  • Workshop with clinician in the Food Court

You will have student hosts who will meet you upon arrival and guide you through the entire day.

Finals Competition

FOR THE SIX TOP POINT WINNERS FROM THE SATURDAY OPEN CLASS COMPETITION

7:00 – AUDITORIUM

• The finals performance order following the top scoring Prep Group will be determined by a selection process including the 6 directors with groups in the finals.  The director of the group in 1^st place at the end of the day round will choose which of the 6 performance slots they want first.  This selection process will continue in order of day time placement until all 6 finals performance slots are filled.
• By 6:30 p.m. the returning show choirs are to have their equipment reorganized in their designated equipment space.
• By 6:45 p.m. the Prep group performing first is to be ready in its homeroom.  The host and hostess for this group will meet them to take the members to the warm-up room in the Choir Room.  At 7:00 p.m., the evening finals will begin with a performance by Linn-Mar 10^th Street Edition.
• The evening Master of Ceremonies will announce the Prep group and the groups will proceed in order determined at the end of the daytime awards ceremony. Each choir will have 25 minutes to set-up, perform, and remove their special equipment.  Directors, please note that the evening performance should be exactly like the day performance.  It may include recommendations made by the judges and clinicians.
• After all groups have performed, the final ranking will be determined.
• Following the last finals performance, the awards ceremony will take place in the gym.  Please have two representatives from your group available to receive awards.