PHOTO: Ryan Sigmon | Hurricane and Winfield defended titles in championship and womens, while Musselman broke through in festival.

PHOTO: Nathan Ensley | Powhatan Diamond Classic closes out the Virginia show choir season in style

PHOTOS: Hurricane Media (left), Parker Armstrong (right) | The state show choir festival features a new venue, new rules, a revival of the middle school division, and more storylines.

PHOTO: Nicki Marcum | RCB will be the first gathering for eastern panhandle choirs this season, while several Charleston ensembles will collect at Capital.

Stock image: Ione Berken | Four large mixed programs headline Virginia's first competition of 2026.

Stock photo: Derrick Knight | A total of 11 choirs from Ohio and West Virginia will be competing in one of West Virginia’s largest competitions both in size and quality of groups.

PHOTO: Nathan Ensley | Seventeen groups will lay their hearts out on stage this weekend at the Grand Ole Opry.

Small groups from Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania will battle with the best of their class at Alliance this weekend.

Hurricane leads the Large Mixed field, while a handful of Medium Mixed groups look to start the season off on the right foot.

See how everything shook out in the Country Roads State this season!

The Fairfield Crystal Classic will once again feature a deep field gunning for two sets of finals!

Grove City, Ross, Alliance, Cabell Midland and Robert C. Byrd all host great competitions to round out the February competition season!

Show Choir Nationals and Heart of America New York are national throwdowns, West Virginia states, and local comps at Brandon and Rouse!

A titanic showdown at HOA Nashville, an Indy bloodbath at Brownsburg, a commanding Choral Classic field and oodles of choirs at Hart!