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Top 10 Choruses
2nd Place
Lions Gate Chorus • Score: 2945 Most Entertaining Chorus
REGION: #26, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada DIRECTOR: Sandy Marron SEMIFINALS SONGS: Something Good (C. Hine); Cabaret (C. Hine) FINALS SONGS: The Impossible Dream (C. Hine); Ascot Gavotte (C. Garriock); Life Would Be Perfect (D. Metzger); How To Get A Gold (S. Marron)
3rd Place
Melodeers Chorus • Score: 2931
REGION: #3, Northbrook, Ill. DIRECTOR: Jim Arns SEMIFINALS SONGS: The Very Thought Of You (J. Arns); Georgia May/Georgia Brown (J. Arns) FINALS SONGS: Can’t Help Falling In Love (J. Arns); Dancing In The Streets (J. Arns); Beatles Medley (P. McAlexander); Good Vibrations (P. McAlexander)
4th Place
Harbor City Music Company Chorus • Score: 2815
REGION: #19, Baltimore, Md. DIRECTOR: Michael Gellert SEMIFINALS SONGS: If I Loved You (R. Craig/Intro by L. Wright); This Can’t Be Love (D. Wright) FINALS SONGS: Caberet (M. Gellert); Let’s Be Bad (M. Gellert); Let Me Be Your Star (M. Gellert); They Just Keep Moving The Line (M. Gellert)
5th Place
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Scioto Valley Chorus • Score: 2803
REGION: #4, Dublin, Ohio DIRECTOR: Kerry Denino SEMIFINALS SONGS: How Deep Is The Ocean (R. Hopkins); Jazz Me Blues (J. Johnson) FINALS SONGS: It’s You (R. Rund); Headline Theme (P. McAlexander); Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves (P. McAlexander); I Will Survive/I’m A Survivor (M. Hine); The One’s For The Girls (L. Wright)
6th Place
Toast of Tampa Show Chorus • Score: 2785
REGION: #9, Tampa, Fla. DIRECTORS: Tony DeRosa and Clay Hine SEMIFINALS SONGS: Maybe This Time (C. Hine); My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (D. Wright & C. Hine) FINALS SONGS: One Moment In Time (C. Hine); Overture/Big Bright Beautiful World (C. Hine); Story Of My Life (C. Hine)
7th Place
Christchurch City Chorus • Score: 2764
REGION: #35, Christchurch, New Zealand DIRECTOR: Virginia Humphrey-Taylor SEMIFINALS SONGS: May I Never Love Again (R. Craig & B. Beck); This Joint Is Jumpin’ (N. Bergman & R. Krigstrom) FINALS SONGS: Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square (J. Bescos); That Cat Is High (R. Craig & B. Beck); Birdland (R. Craig); Twilight Tone (B. Beck); Trickle Trickle (R. Krigstrom)
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8th Place
9th Place Stockholm City Voices Chorus • Score: 2713 Harmony Achievement Award Recipient
REGION: #32, Stockholm, Sweden DIRECTOR: Tindra Thor SEMIFINALS SONGS: I Wish You Love (D. Wright); Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) (J. Brockman) FINALS SONGS: No Other Love (D. Wright); Daft Punk (D. Satter/Amend. Tindra Thor); Freedom ’90 (K. Kitzmiller)
REGION: #15, Baldwin, N.Y. DIRECTOR: Harriette Walters SEMIFINALS SONGS: Alexander’s Ragtime Band (B. Beck); Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring (A. Dale) FINALS SONGS: Back In The Old Routine (R. Craig & B. Beck); Great Day (D. Harrington); Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (J. Minshall); Sing (L. Wright)
10th Place
Forth Valley Chorus • Score: 2652
REGION: #31, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK DIRECTOR: David Sangster SEMIFINALS SONGS: Beyond The Sea (E. Gain/Amend. D. Sangster & S. Marron); Jazzin’ In New Orleans ( J. Lund/Amend. D. Sangster) FINALS SONGS: I Got The Sun In The Morning (D. Sangster); If I Ain’t Got You (R. Johnson); I Got The Sun In The Morning (D. Sangster); Autumn Leaves (D. Sangster); Hold My Hand (R. Johnson)