Sioux City East brought the heat, with eight quality groups shooting for six finalists spots. At the end of the night, Stock image: Derrick Knight | Gretna East took home the first-place trophy and Best Vocals, while Mitchell grabbed the other two captions while placing fourth.

PHOTO: Nathan Ensley | Since the pandemic, the Sioux City East Sing All About It show choir competition has grown. This year, the competition attracts tons of heavy hitters from across the upper Midwest

Kennedy cleaned up over Elkhorn South and Mitchell at O'Gorman, while Jefferson took a split-caption decision ahead of Millard South at Vermillion.

Only one weekend on the calendar sees two competitions in South Dakota. Let's preview both the Sioux Falls O’Gorman Standing O and Vermillion Rhythm In Red Invitational on this busy Saturday.

A consistently deep field gathers in the Cornhusker capitol, two national powers reprise last year’s meeting a bit earlier in the season, several quality choirs make their way to Sioux Falls, the Minnesota season starts at Bloomington Kennedy, and a late addition makes Ankeny Centennial a sleeper field to watch.

Ankeny Centennial, Aberdeen Central, Sioux Falls Washington and Sioux Falls Roosevelt all took steps forward at Cavalier Classic.

Choirs dominated their events to start the season, with all four Comps of the Week winners taking captions for both vocals and choreography over their competitors.

Des Moines Christian, Holmen, Sioux Falls Jefferson and Maryville bring the heat to start the 2026 show choir season.

Summer blues got you bored? Learn a thing or two about familiar (or unfamiliar) groups in South Dakota.

The Center Stage Invitational will now be the closing event for the South Dakota show choir season.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | Friend de Coup swept over a rising Bishop Heelan and a traveling Hastings Riverside Company.

Millard West, Mitchell, and Brownsburg all took key wins as their seasons wind down, while Fairfield claimed a decisive season-end triumph.

Lewis Central, Marysville, Sioux City East and Avon deliver some of the biggest battles of the weekend.

Mitchell, Hastings, Elkhorn South, Aberdeen Central, and Bishop Heelan all bring stacked resumes to Sioux City.

A few choirs from Minnesota and Iowa also took their moments in the limelight as well.

O'Gorman and Vermillion are both set to host competitions this weekend, with most of the rest of the state's groups competing somewhere.

When weather forced The Headliners to a last-minute scramble, they capitalized on the opportunity to win a fourth Best of Show title.

Washington's comp is one of the longest-running in South Dakota. True to form, the contest will feature most of the other local powers.