Bolstered Ada Music Feast Lineup Treats Ohio Show Choir Fans This Weekend

By Stella Garey, Ohio contributor

Ohio will see its first competitive event since March this weekend at Ada Music Feast, where several Ohio choirs will compete with shows in their infancies to see who will take home the crown this fall. 

AA Mixed (prelim divisions based on school size)

Findlay “First Edition”: FFE will be competing at Ada for the first time since 2021, where they were second to Piqua. Times have changed and so has this group. This season they’ve added Krista Bigger as another vocal director (in addition to the Coolidges, who were not with Findlay last time around) and Tara Tober will be choreographing the group. Finals is essentially a guarantee for this group; however, things could get close between First Edition, Piqua, and Grove City in the evening round.

Grove City “Touch of Class”: Touch of Class returns to Ada as the victors of the competition for the last three years, but they’ll need a strong performance in order to keep their streak alive. Given their track record, it's expected that TOC will compete for the win again this year, but 2026's lineup will be the toughest one that Grove City has had to deal with in the past few years at Ada. Regardless, they are all but a lock for a podium placement alongside Findlay and Piqua.

Strongsville “Mustang Express”:  This season Mustang Express will have a new choreographer, bringing Rett Genatempo into the fold.  It will be a challenge for them to make it to finals, as the group has netted one finals appearance in the past two seasons.

A Mixed

Alliance “Jetsetters”: Jetsetters is in the same boat as Teays Valley when it comes to making an appearance at finals. Assuming that both of Grove City’s groups, Findlay, and Piqua make finals appearances (which is likely), only one small mixed group will make it to finals. Jetsetters is a top contender for the spot, but Kenton is there right beside them.  

Piqua “The Company”: The Company is the odds-on favorite to win this division in prelims and is just about guaranteed to make appearance in finals. Piqua has seven previous GCs at Ada, and last won in 2022, making them a formidable opponent. While they haven't attended Music Feast the past couple seasons, their track record here and strong 2026 make them a top contender alongside Findlay and Grove City.

Teays Valley “Prominent Rendition”: Prominent Rendition returns to Ada to face Alliance and Piqua in prelims.  They’ve secured finals appearances at Ada the last couple seasons, but with the addition of several larger choirs, making it to finals might be more difficult for them this year.

B Mixed

Kenton “Top Twenty”: Top Twenty is a rising contender in the small mixed scene, and has a good chance to win this division in prelims. Of the choirs here that regularly compete in small mixed, Kenton will likely be battling with Alliance to claim best in class and potentially nab a finals berth.

South Dearborn “Opening Knight”: Indiana's lone representative at this contest returns to the site of what has become a 2020s tradition for the group. Opening Knight will travel nearly three hours each way to compete for a shot to avenge last season's finals miss and qualify for the evening round, though they will have to outscore several choirs to do so.

C Mixed

Van Buren “The Association”: The Association popped a bit of a surprise finals berth at last year's Music Feast, placing fifth and beating Strongsville, South Dearborn and Licking Valley for a finals berth. Their road to the evening round will be tougher this year, but Van Buren has shown consistent progress since their return to competitive show choir a couple seasons ago. That progress may well carry them to finals here.

Womens

Grove City “Class Act”: While their mixed counterpart Touch Of Class has run the table at Ada recently, this is Class Act's first appearance since 2023, where they won the division and placed third in finals. While they don't have the chance to win over any in-division groups this year, Class Act still has the opportunity to make finals and ruffle some mixed group feathers along the way.

Finals Predictions

Predictions are the opinion of this contributor and not of HomeRoom Show Choir.

GC: Findlay “First Edition” (BV/BC/BB)

1RU: Piqua “The Company” 

2RU: Grove City “Touch of Class”

3RU: Grove City “Class Act”

4RU: Kenton “Top Twenty”