By A.J. Prentice and Justin Ternet, Fort Wayne contributors
One of the Fort Wayne circuit’s only local ISSMA competitions, it’s a common stop for Fort Wayne groups on the road to the state finals. This year, all competing choirs are considered small by ISSMA standards, meaning that the overall win comes with a bit more bragging rights.
The Lineup
Mixed
Lakeland “Vocal Motion”
Burris Laboratory “Parliament Sound”
Bishop Dwenger “Summit Sound”
Garrett “Encore”
Bellmont “Brave Generation”
Fairfield “Fusion”
East Noble “Knight Rhythms”
Columbia City “City Heat”
New Castle “Red Hot Blues”
Unisex
East Noble “Premiere Edition”
Fairfield “Expressions”
Columbia City “City Lights”
New Prairie “Sing Sensation”
New Castle “Dynamiques”
Festival Class
South Side "Harmonic Archers"
The Contenders
Mixed
Columbia City “City Heat” - Despite a rough start at Northrop, City Heat managed to steal the spotlight last weekend by beating longtime rival Chrurubusco and grabbing Best Choreography and Grand Champion. Columbia City finds themselves at a slight disadvantage, being the smallest of the contenders with only fourteen performers.
New Castle “Red Hot Blues” - Being the largest group in competition, they have a numbers edge over the groups in attendance. They placed second with Best Visuals at Ball State. While they did finish last in large mixed at Carroll, they were the only small group by ISSMA standards.
Fairfield “Fusion” - Last season saw Fairfield and Columbia City go back and forth throughout the whole season. However, Fairfield finishedthird runner-up at State, defeating titans like Churubusco and New Castle. They are the easy underdog pick at this competition.
Unisex
Columbia City “City Lights” - Despite finishing last in division at Northrop, City Lights swept at Carroll alongside their sister group City Heat, putting them right back into conversations for the rest of this season.
New Castle “Dynamiques” - While City Lights swept their division at Carroll, New Dynamiques swept as well. While they may have been the underdog at Carroll, they most definitely aren’t here as one of, if not the largest unisex group in competition.
Predictions
There will be one overall finals with five groups.
Guest Predictor: Associate Editor Nathan Ensley
GC: New Castle "Red Hot Blues" (BV/BC)
1RU: Columbia City "City Heat"
2RU: Fairfield "Fusion"
3RU: Garrett "Encore"
4RU: Burris Laboratory "Parliament Sound”
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