After a couple of weekends of southern show choir, it’s time to update the rankings to currently reflect who stands where. This is a weekly poll voted on by five panelists and will change every week until the end of the season. In the spirit of recognizing all of the South's best choirs, large mixed, middle mixed, small mixed and single-gender choirs are ranked. Take a look at the first weekly rankings below:
Super Large/Large Mixed:
1) Clinton “Attachè”
2) Homewood “The Network”
3) Oak Mountain “Singers”
4) Brandon “Brio”
5) Auburn “Varsity Singers”
6) Petal “Soundsations”
7) Grenada “Visions”
8) West Jones “Imagination”
9) Jackson Academy “Encore
10) Northwest Rankin “The Ambassadors”
Receiving Votes: Enterprise "Encores", Biloxi "Sound Surge", Madison Central "Reveille", Jackson Prep "Reveillon"
Single Gender:
1) Tupelo “Synergy”
2) Oak Mountain “The Muses”
3) Homewood “Nexus”
4) Petal “Innovations”
5) Brandon “Bellas”
6) Auburn “Elan”
7) Northwest Rankin “The Allure”
8) Tift County “Ladies Choice”
9) Enterprise “Esprit”
10) Auburn “Men at Work”
Receiving Votes: Northwest Rankin "The Ambition", Tallassee "Divas", Madison Central "Renown", Tift County "Tiftosterone"
Middle Mixed:
1) Northeast Jones “Gold Horizons”
2) Vestavia Hills “Singers”
3) Hoover “Paradigm”
4) South Jones “Company”
5) Pearl River Central “Central Attraction”
Receiving votes: Spain Park "Rhapsody in Blue", Tift County "Eighth Street Singing Company", Homewood "Continuum"
Small Mixed:
1) Oxford “Sound”
2) Wayne County “Orange Sensations”
3) Laurel “Showstoppers”
4) Pisgah “Innergy”
5) West Marion “New Era”
Receiving Votes: Clinton Christian "Extreme"
Things worth noting in the rankings:
Attachè Reigns, Movement Below:
While Attachè still reigns at the top of southern show choir (and show choir in general), there has been a shift in rankings below them, with Homewood taking 2nd and Brandon falling to 4th. Grenada and West Jones also jump into the top 10 mix.
Small Division Decided:
With Oxford winning what’s considered to be the biggest small division lineup of the year at the Mississippi Show Choir Contest, they have claimed the title of top small division group of the south. They look to defend this next week at Northeast Jones.
Brandon Bounce-Back:
After two weeks of falling short, Brandon looks to regroup and claim their first grand championship of the season against the likes of groups such as West Jones Imagination and Madison Central Reveille at Northeast Jones.
A new batch of poll rankings will be released next week - but be on the lookout for more southern content before then!