PHOTO: Shot by Talon | Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Des Moines Christian and Prairie ran it back from a year ago, all claiming podium finishes at Ascension for the second consecutive year.

PHOTO: Shot by Talon | Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Des Moines Christian, Prairie and Millard South seek to reprise finals berths from the 2025 edition of Ascension.

PHOTO: @shotbytalon | An intense match up between Waukee and Urbandale was interrupted by a third player, Prairie.

Linn-Mar starts their competition slate off with a sweep, Urbandale shows that they haven’t missed a beat, De Pere goes back-to-back to start 2026 and ATSC shows vintage form at Millard West.

Des Moines heavyweights face off at Johnston, a Midwest mix of choirs collides at Milton, and Nebraska fields two good lineups at Gretna East and Millard West.

PHOTO: @shotbytalon | Two local Des Moines-area groups will take their fight to be the best to Johnston this weekend.

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.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Prairie, Des Moines Christian, and others join to create a wild later-season event.

Linn-Mar remains undefeated while Waukee Northwest and Urbandale stay within the top three.

The lineups are deep this weekend, both in quantity and quality. From Wisconsin to Missouri to Iowa to Nebraska, the action will be tight.

Linn-Mar, Waukee Northwest and Urbandale will do battle in an early-season mid-Iowa titan battle.

One of the largest 4A lineups in the state this year will have choirs top to bottom fighting for everything.

By William Soquet, Editor-in-Chief The second weekend of 2024 brings the opening competition weekend for three more circuits – Iowa,...

Deep fields at Johnston and Pleasant Hill, titans at the top of Millard West, and a varied UNL Midwest Cup lineup are featured this week.

A sweep by a longstanding choir, a sweep by a new choir, and two split-caption decisions highlight this week's COTW recap!

Contests at Johnston, Millard West, Milton and Twin Lakes highlight this week's competition schedule!