CONTEST
All contest related questions should be directed to Tricia Harris, Contest & Judging Chairman for Area 2. The Judging Panel will be posted here as soon as they are available. Terri Bennett is handling the contest responsibilities for Silk'n Sounds.
The Contests will be held at Wilbur Cross High School, 181 Mitchell Drive, New Haven, about 2 miles from the Omni. The Quartet Contest will begin in the late afternoon on Friday. The Chorus Contest will begin mid-day on Saturday.
The draw for Order of Appearance for Area 2's AC&C was held 3/17 with the Silk'n Sounds chapter. Following are the results of the draw by Tricia Harris, Area 2 Contest & Judging Chairman.
QUARTET CONTEST:
MT East Coast Serenade
1. Sound Byte
2. Basic Black
3. Foreign Exchange
4. Three and a Half
5. New England Sound
6. Cloud 9
7. Relative Ring
8. In Cahoots!
9. Showcase
10. Take 4
11. Back in Town
12. The Long & Short of It
13. Inspirations
14. Blue Notes
15. Sound Investment
16. Omigosh!
17. Escapade
1. Silk'n Sounds
2. Capital Chordettes
3. Chair City Pipers
4. New England Voices in Harmony
5. Women of Note
6. Montreal City Voices
7. Thousand Islanders
8. Harmony Heritage
9. Barre-Tones
10. Sounds of the Seacoast
11. Champlain Echoes
12. Maine-ly Harmony
Quartet Stage
Awareness & Contest Schedule -
download in Excel format, there are 2 sheetsChorus Stage
Awareness & Contest Schedule - download in Excel format, there are 2
sheetsAdditional Contest Information
-- Contestants
will be assigned a classroom at Wilbur Cross High School to use as they
prepare to go onto the contest stage. There will be no other warm-up rooms.
When you are escorted from your assigned classroom, your next stop will be
the stage door.
-- All
contestants will enter Stage Right and exit Stage Left.
-- The stage has a center split curtain that will be used during the chorus
contest. The curtain will be open during the quartet contest. There will not
be a quartet shell.
-- The stage is 50 feet wide, 30 feet deep, and 7 feet 3 inches from the
front drape (curtain) to the edge of the stage.
-- Contestant photos (portraits) will be taken immediately following the
contestant's onstage performance.
-- The Contestant briefing will be 3:15 - 3:45 on Friday afternoon at the
Omni Hotel.
-- There will be 3 rounds of quartet evaluations on Friday after the
contest. These will be held back at the hotel.
-- There will be 2 rounds of chorus evaluations on Saturday after the
contest. The current plan is to hold the first round at the high school and
the second round at the hotel, but this is subject to change.
Judging Panel
Susan Wright
Charlie Hill (Assoc)
Rob Campbell
Steve Delehanty
Linda Janes
Myrt McCardyle
Ken Fisher
Ed Fritzen
Tricia and Terri
This page was updated on 04/07/2009