Stock photo: Derrick Knight | John Burroughs leads four of the five divisions at the midseason mark, while several groups are off to hot starts behind them.

Burbank Blast featured several noteworthy West Coast debuts, as the balance of power in California comes into focus

Five advanced mixed groups as well as a cadre of intermediate and novice programs will comprise Arizona's biggest contest of the season.

Image courtesy: Los Alamitos Choirs | Los Alamitos is on the brink of its first season under the head direction of Moana Dherlin and assistant direction of Matthew Davis.

Stock photo: Derrick Knight | Three regional experts were surveyed on 35 of the region's top show choirs. These are the results.

Two of California’s four Advanced Mixed 1 programs have new directors in 2026. That includes the newest outfit to the club, John F. Kennedy Executive Order.

Stock photo: Derrick Knight | The 2025 season felt like a triumphant return to form for West Coast show choir. Now less than a year later, it feels like everything’s changed. Three top-ten level groups in the circuit have new directors after one of the busiest offseasons in the history of the region. Things are not quite the same in the Wild West, but there’s reason to believe that this might still be one of the best seasons yet.

Stock Photo: Derrick Knight | The end of the season is here, and with it, 35 groups across five divisions are ranked.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | From caption splits in advanced to Los Alamitos sweeps in lower divisions, the final Western competition was cinema.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | From advanced to novice, everyone is trying to get one more great placement in at the end of the season.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | As everyone hits the home stretch of the season, take a look at where western choirs stand from advanced to novice.

Advanced, intermediate, and novice all feature lineups with five groups or more.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | From advanced to novice, Burbank Blast brought home no shortage of things to talk about.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | A rematch in advanced mixed, a wide-open bass division, and five novice mixed choirs offer plenty of action.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | John Burroughs, Chesterton, and several advanced mixed groups highlight the lineup.

With one competition in the Los Angeles area and one in San Diego, the western show choir scene will ease into competition this weekend.

With the conclusion of Oceanside Sound-Off, the show choir season for the major players is all done.

Oceanside will have a multitude of top choirs from the West in attendance. Who holds the power?

The Big Three happen... and then chaos behind in Advanced Mixed II.

Burroughs. Los Al. A nine-choir intermediate division. What else can you want from an early-season comp?