Norwell Overcome Elements To Win At Northrop

The weekend weather played havoc with show choir competition scheduling, but it couldn’t prevent Norwell’s two show choirs from both taking top honors. 

At the start of the weekend, Bluffton and Southern Wells were supposed to travel north to Northrop, while Norwell headed south to Anderson. Bluffton and Southern Wells both withdrew due to the weather conditions, and Norwell's choirs were told they couldn’t travel south for the same reason.

 

So instead, the Knight Moves and Knight Stars headed to Northrop, and took over the show up there.

In all, three schools had withdrawn from the Northrop event, so there was plenty of room for Norwell on the program. Turnout was still strong however, with seven choirs, including one from West Virginia, contesting the Small Mixed division, and nine in the Women’s Division. 

The Knight Stars edged out DeKalb and Franklin Central in the Women’s Division, while Bishop Dwenger, Bishop Luers, Carroll, Columbia City, Garrett and Homestead completed the field, to put Norwell at 8-0 for the season.   

In the Small Mixed competition, the Knight Moves edged out Churubusco and Bishop Dwenger. Columbia City, Lakeland, Ravenswood, W.V., and Woodland rounded out the competition. Norwell stand at 6-0 for the season. 

Norwell also experienced success in the Solo Division competition, with Blake Lampton placing second in that competition. 

Only two special awards were announced, both in the Women’s Division, with Norwell taking both Best Choreography and Best Vocals. Winning Best Performer awards in each of the two Norwell choirs were Paige Meyer (Knight Moves) and Addie Johnson (Knight  Stars).

 

This coming weekend, Norwell host the 20th Annual Norwell Show Choir Invitational. As host school, Norwell is unable to compete, however the Knight Moves, Knight Stars and Knight Sounds will all provide exhibition performances of their respective 2010 competition routines. The program for Saturday will be announced later in the week. 

Many thanks to Denny and Kathy Meyer for providing the photo and also results from Northrop.