The Linn-Mar Show Choir Invitational

Linn-Mar High School will provide:

• In the performance area, we will supply 4’ x 8’ stage right platforms at 8”, 16”, 24”, and 32” (4 at each level).  You may add platforms to suit your needs.  The platforms will be set back 10’ from the mic line.  The only platforms that may be moved are the 4 @ 32”.  Please indicate on your Staging Form that is found on the Director’s page of our Linnmarsupernova.org web site if you want the 32” platforms moved off for your performance.
• A DVD of your group will be provided at no extra charge.  No school or personal cameras will be allowed in the performance area.  Please inform your chaperones and parents ahead of time.  NEPO Productions will be producing and selling DVDs of all performances.  The DVDs are produced THE SAME DAY ( Finals will be mailed after the event.)
• Cafeteria:  Food will be available for purchase by our choir parents during the entire invitational.  Breakfast will be available.
• Food is NOT allowed to be brought into our school during our invitational.  Food is NOT allowed to be consumed in homerooms at any time. Food must be consumed in the food sales area.
• Five cordless microphones will be in the performance area.

In order to better assure that your soloists mics will be ready, we are insisting that each group have a person at the sound board to identify where each solo is located and when the soloist will perform.

One of your hosts will help direct your sound person to the sound booth.

• An acoustic piano tuned to A440 will be on the performance stage.  A small grand piano will be in the vocal warm-up and run though rooms.
• Director/Chaperone/Bus Driver hospitality room.  This room will be open all day with food, quiet, and privacy.
• Homerooms.  These can be used for storage, pre-warm up (no piano supplied), dressing and relaxing.  Hall monitors will be available to lock your homeroom during your performance sequence.  At all other times, YOU MUST provide your own chaperones to supervise your homeroom.  Upon departure, please help by cleaning your space.  Our hosts will be available with trash bags.  Reminder:  NO FOOD in the homerooms.
• Programs.  The cost is $5.00.  They will include write-ups and pictures of each group, judges, judging sheets, rules, performance schedules, and a variety of other information of the day.
• Workshop immediately following your performance.  In this session, the critique judge will work with each group on their concerns about the show.
• Music stands in performance and warm-up areas.
• Each performing group will be given wrist bands to distribute to chaperones for free admission.  We will give you 1 wrist band for every 10 students in your group.  (Hand stamping may be done instead of wristbands).
• There will be an awards ceremony following the Daytime Competition on Saturday afternoon at 5:15 p.m.  There will also be an awards ceremony following the Finals Competition on Saturday night.  Both of these ceremonies will be held in the High School Gymnasium.
• Please have student representatives of your group in costume and available to receive awards at the awards ceremonies that apply to your group.