Sunshine District was well represented at the 2015 International Convention and contest held June 29 through July 5, 2015. Congratulations first go to Sunshine District quartets who took home medals in the quartet competition. Third place bronze medals were claimed by Main Street and fifth place bronze medals were captured by Throwback in an incredibly tight contest for the top honors. Details of all the competitions follows.
Collegiate Competition
The collegiate contest was one of the best in recent memory with Sunshine District’s representative, The Institute, placing 14th with a score of 1368 or an average of 76.0%. It is interesting to note that, based on the scores recorded by collegiate quartets, competitors from the first place quartet all the way to our own representatives in 14th place would qualify for regular International quartet competition. Click here for score sheets for the collegiate competition.
Quartet Competition
As stated above, our Sunshine District quartets Main Street and Throwback were in the top honors category with third and fifth place medals respectively. Main Street posted a score of 8313 or an average of 92.4% to secure their 3rd place bronze medals. Throwback posted a score of 8074 or an average of 89.7% earning their first International medals in an incredibly tight competition. Click here for score sheets for the top 10 quartets.
Sunshine Districts other quartet representative in the contest, Signature, produced a very respectable showing making it into the international top 20 with a 15th place finish on their first attempt at International competition. Signature scored 4968 or an average of 82.8%. Click here for score sheets for quartets who place 11 through 20.
Score sheets for quartets who placed 21 through 53 are here.
Chorus Competition
In the chorus competition, we were well represented by Heralds of Harmony, Tampa, FL under the direction of Tony DeRosa (lead of 3rd place quartet medalist Main Street) who placed 9th with a score of 2576 or an average of 85.9% and THX, Sunrise, FL under the direction of Alex Rubin (baritone of 5th place quartet medalist Throwback) who placed 16th with a score of 2453 or an average of 81.8%. Click here for score sheets for the chorus competition.