Ben Davis High School - Giant Spectacular 2017
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Location:
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Ben Davis High School
1200 North Girls School Road Indianapolis, IN 46214 |
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Diamond Sensations Performance Time: 8:00 am
Crimson Heat Performance Time: 10:20 am |
Competition Follow-Up Notes:
We had a great crowd turn-out to support both choirs - especially the early performance by Diamond Sensations at 8 am. Thank you to all who came out to support our choirs. Here are the final results from Night Finals at Ben Davis:
WOMEN'S DIVISION:
1. Fairfield High School (Ohio), Pure Elegance - Grand Champion (Best Vocals, Best Visuals and Best Band Awards)
2. Pike High School, Mystiques
3. Dekalb High School, Sound Sensation
Because there is not a "Small School Women's Division" at Ben Davis, Diamond Sensations had to compete with the large schools attending the competition. There was only one other "Small School" choir (Dekalb). Even though they did not finish in the top 3, they still gave a fantastic performance for being the first choir out-of-the-gate at 8 am. We are proud of each of them for starting-out with a strong show.
MIXED DIVISION (Large School):
1. North Central High School, Counterpoints - Grand Champion (Best Vocals and Best Band Awards)
2. Fairfield Senior High School (Ohio), Choraliers
3. Pike High School, Encores
4. Dekalb High School, Classic Connection
5. Lawrence Central, Central Sound (Best Visuals Award)
MIXED DIVISION (Small School):
1. New Castle High School, Red Hot Blues - Grand Champion (Best Visuals Award)
2. Fairfield Middle School (Ohio), Rhythm Express (Best Vocals and Best Band Awards)
3. Roncalli High School, Rebel Rhapsody
4. New Palestine High School, Crimson Heat
5. Marion High School, 26th Street Innovations
Additional Awards For New Palestine High School:
There were no awards for "Best Performer" at Ben Davis, but each group received a participation award. There were no awards for Best Crew and there was not a Solo Competition at Ben Davis this year.
However, Crimson Heat member, Jake Purcell was awarded "Best Male Soloist" in the Mixed Division (Small School). Congratulations to Jake on an outstanding solo performance!
Both choirs did a great job with their shows. There were no major issues with either show and we kept within our allotted 25 minutes for the performance and equipment loading/unloading. After being off for so many weeks, it was nice to get back out on the road with both groups and see them perform.
We had a great crowd turn-out to support both choirs - especially the early performance by Diamond Sensations at 8 am. Thank you to all who came out to support our choirs. Here are the final results from Night Finals at Ben Davis:
WOMEN'S DIVISION:
1. Fairfield High School (Ohio), Pure Elegance - Grand Champion (Best Vocals, Best Visuals and Best Band Awards)
2. Pike High School, Mystiques
3. Dekalb High School, Sound Sensation
Because there is not a "Small School Women's Division" at Ben Davis, Diamond Sensations had to compete with the large schools attending the competition. There was only one other "Small School" choir (Dekalb). Even though they did not finish in the top 3, they still gave a fantastic performance for being the first choir out-of-the-gate at 8 am. We are proud of each of them for starting-out with a strong show.
MIXED DIVISION (Large School):
1. North Central High School, Counterpoints - Grand Champion (Best Vocals and Best Band Awards)
2. Fairfield Senior High School (Ohio), Choraliers
3. Pike High School, Encores
4. Dekalb High School, Classic Connection
5. Lawrence Central, Central Sound (Best Visuals Award)
MIXED DIVISION (Small School):
1. New Castle High School, Red Hot Blues - Grand Champion (Best Visuals Award)
2. Fairfield Middle School (Ohio), Rhythm Express (Best Vocals and Best Band Awards)
3. Roncalli High School, Rebel Rhapsody
4. New Palestine High School, Crimson Heat
5. Marion High School, 26th Street Innovations
Additional Awards For New Palestine High School:
There were no awards for "Best Performer" at Ben Davis, but each group received a participation award. There were no awards for Best Crew and there was not a Solo Competition at Ben Davis this year.
However, Crimson Heat member, Jake Purcell was awarded "Best Male Soloist" in the Mixed Division (Small School). Congratulations to Jake on an outstanding solo performance!
Both choirs did a great job with their shows. There were no major issues with either show and we kept within our allotted 25 minutes for the performance and equipment loading/unloading. After being off for so many weeks, it was nice to get back out on the road with both groups and see them perform.
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The itinerary to the left was distributed to the students on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. There is additional information below for your reference. Please note the information below if you intend to visit the Ben Davis Giant Spectacular as some of this information cannot be found in the document.
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Clicking the PDF document will give the full schedule for the entire day at Ben Davis.
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Here is the one-page summary posted to the Facebook Fan Page on February 14, 2017:
If you are planning to attend this competition, here are a few additional points for your awareness:
- All Women's Show Choirs will perform in the Gymnasium between 8 am and 12:45 pm. The Small Mixed Show Choirs will perform in the Auditorium between 9:55 am and 1:20 pm. Note: This schedule arrangement started in 2016 and is different from past history. If you had a previous student in show choir at NPHS prior to 2016 and you attended a Ben Davis Competition - Diamonds has always performed in the Auditorium and Crimson in the Gym. Please ensure you are in the proper location for your student's performance. Once a performance starts, they will shut the doors and they will not allow entry until after the performance is over. We strongly recommend you arrive in time to see the group before either Diamond Sensations or Crimson Heat to ensure you are in the proper location for the performance.
- The spectator entrance is door # 1 at the front of the building, which is the main entrance to the school. Spectator parking is in the front parking lots and in the southwest parking lots.
- An adult admission ticket for $10 will allow you access to both all of the Women's and Mixed Show Choir "Day Performances" - through the Awards at 6:30 pm. An "all day ticket" to allow access to all performances for the entire day is $15. If you do not purchase an "all day" ticket for $15 upon your arrival and one of our choirs makes "Evening Finals" and you wish to stay, an evening show ticket will cost another $10. There is no way to predict if either or both show choirs will reach the Night Show, so we don’t know how to advise you on your purchase. Student ticket (age 6 through high school) is $7 for either day or evening show, or $10 for the entire day. Children under age 6 are free. When you purchase tickets, please be aware of the differences in ticket prices for adults and students, plus whether you want "day session only" or "all day" as the greeters will prompt you.
- Ben Davis is the largest school we will visit this season and they have much more strict rules and security than we see at most locations. Please note that they will restrict access to the choir homeroom hallway to only authorized personnel. They will thoroughly check each person trying to move from the commons area to the homeroom hallway. If you have gone back into or near the homeroom at other locations, you will find that you cannot do that at Ben Davis. This is for safety and security of all students attending the competition. We appreciate you taking a note of this and abiding by the rules. NPHS Choir Boosters will provide Ben Davis with a list of authorized names and they will distribute the few passes we are allowed. Only those with approved passes will be allowed access to the choir homeroom and hallway.
- The Ben Davis Giant Spectacular is an ISSMA qualifier. The scores received by either Diamond Sensations or Crimson Heat can be used for submission at ISSMA finals. The best possible score received by either show choir is always the primary objective of any competition and not necessarily the final finishing order.
- The Top 3 overall Women’s choirs, the top 4 Small Mixed choirs and the top 5 Large Mixed choirs will move on to the Night Show. In 2016, Ben Davis started splitting their Mixed Choir Night Finals so that Small School choirs compete separately from Large School Mixed Choirs in their Night Finals. The Small School Mixed Choir “Night Show” will occur in the Auditorium, just like the day performance. The Women’s Choirs and Large School Mixed Night Show will occur in the Gymnasium.
- At 5:05 pm in the Gymnasium, they will have Daytime Awards and announce the top three Women’s groups moving on to the Night Show. If the Gymnasium is too full, this will also be broadcast in the Auditorium. They will also announce the top 4 Small Mixed groups moving on to the Night Show. We should know by roughly 5:15 pm whether we will be staying for the Night Show or not.
- If either group qualifies for the "Night Show", both groups should plan to remain onsite through the end of the NPHS choir performance. The Night Show runs from approximately 7:00 pm through 11:30 pm. Note that if neither group qualifies for night finals, then we will pack up and return to NPHS around 7:00 pm.
- There will be no spectator video recording allowed at the Fishers Silver Spotlight Show Choir Invitational. Professionally-recorded videos will be available for purchase throughout the day in the Atrium.
- Action Photos are expected to be on-site again this time and will likely frown upon personal photography. Ben Davis states, "no flash photography allowed" in their guidelines. They previously did not allow photographic equipment to be carried-in. Photographers in the venue or the MC on the stage may request "no photography". We respectfully request that, as a representative of students at New Palestine High School, that you follow the rules as you hear them the day of the competition.
- After their performances, both groups will immediately go to a "video review" of the performance they just completed. They will then see the same 20+ minute performance. Following the video review, they will change, organize and hang-up their costumes, then return to the auditorium to see other performances or to the cafeteria for food. Please be aware that they will not be available to see you until at least the conclusion of the next show choir following their performance. Also note that because the Crimson Heat performance time is very close to the conclusion of Diamond Sensations, Diamonds will likely change from their outfits and head directly to the Auditorium to prepare for crowd support of Crimson Heat. Ben Davis is one of the largest competitions we will attend this season and we will see some very large schools competing. For the Women's division, Only DeKalb High School and New Palestine fall into the "Small School" category and the remaining 8 are "Large School". For the Small Mixed School category, we will mostly see schools we have not seen this season and some of those schools have goals of reaching ISSMA State Finals.
- Programs are available for $5 at the ticket counter.
- Food - the school cafeteria will be open from 7 am through 9 pm for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as concessions. No outside food may be brought into the school.
