December 2011

Dear Director:

Linn-Mar High School would like to extend a very warm and friendly welcome to our annual Supernova: The Linn-Mar Show Choir Invitational.  We hope that all is going well for you during the early stages of your show choir season.  We are excited to have you and your students participate in our invitational and hope that it provides an enjoyable experience that includes valuable feedback for your use in improving your performance.  We have had a wonderful response from those wishing to participate.

During the regular competition, there will be three judges who will use an objective scoring system to determine placement in the Ninth Grade, Prep and Open classifications on Saturday.  There will be a band judge during the Prep and Open competitions to select the Best Band Caption for those two competitions.  There will not be Caption Awards given in the Ninth Grade Division.  The band judge, plus two additional clinic judges, will join the three scoring judges to evaluate the Saturday evening finals that will involve the top six scoring groups from the Saturday Open Class Competition. In addition the top scoring group in the Prep Division will do an exhibition performance at the beginning of the evening finals competition.

There will be two awards ceremonies at Supernova:

A ceremony following the daytime competition will award as follows:

• Ninth Grade Division – Placement trophies to all groups
• Prep Division – Prep Grand Champion through 2nd Runner-up, plus captions for Best Band, Best Choreography, and Best Vocals
• Open Class will recognize all choirs of the day, and announce the 6 finalists for evening competition
• Caption awards for Best Female Soloist, Best Male Soloist, and Best Band will be awarded in Open Class in this ceremony

Saturday night Open Class Finals Competition Awards will present trophies for Grand Champion through 5^th Runner-up, plus Best Choreography, and Best Vocals in the evening ceremony.

Please submit all information, including your group picture, via www.linnmarsupernova.org website by December 13, 2011.  Our deadline is to ensure your information can be placed in the program.  Please submit all necessary documents according to the deadline so we can make the day run as smoothly as possible.

GOOD LUCK in the remaining weeks prior to the Supernova: The Linn-Mar Show Choir Invitational and in your preparation for your holiday activities.  We are looking forward to seeing you and your groups on the January 14, 2012.   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

Sincerely,