Congratulations to our 2016 WPU High School Show Choir Champions!
- NCASA Updates
- Mar 16, 2016
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On Saturday, April 16, twelve choirs from eleven high schools met to vie for the title of State Champion at the fifth annual William Peace University North Carolina High School Show Choir Competition held at Atkins A&T High School in Winston-Salem. Choirs performed everything from Motown classics like “Soul Man” to Adele’s recent megahit “Hello.” The competition followed a preliminaries-finals format, with the top six teams from the entire day moving on to the evening final. A number of individual and specialty awards were also presented.
Top 3 morning choirs were:
1- Hough High School
2- West Brunswick High School
3- Northeast Guilford
Top 3 afternoon choirs were:
1- Bull City Lights of Voyager Academy, Durham
2- Mitchell High School, Mitchell County
3- Triton High School, Erwin
The top three high schools from morning and afternoon were also our top scoring choirs and all advanced to the final. Hough High School's Howlin' Huskies took State Runner Up, and Mitchell High's Show Choir took Second Runner Up.
We also recognized the following individuals and schools:
Best Male Solo- Hank Ware, Myers Park High School
Best Female Solo- Grace Helms, West Brunswick High School
Best Male Stage Presence- Jordan Kelley, Bull City Lights, Voyager Academy
Best Female Stage Presence- Rachael Alvarez, Hough High School
Best Combo (awarded for live accompaniment)- Mitchell High School
Best Show Design- Mitchell High School
Best Choreography- Mitchell High School
Best Group Vocals- Bull City Lights, Voyager Academy
Best New Choir- Triton High School
Congratulations to all our groups and choir directors for such a spectacular day of competition!
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