Four Competitions Headline Ohio's Busiest Weekend of 2026

The last weekend of February is the most packed weekend in Ohio show choir this season, with 4 competitions taking place throughout the state! Alliance, Grove City, Ross, and Teays Valley each bring competitive lineups that should help Ohio end February on a high note. 

Last Weekend’s Results: 

• Hamilton Double H Showcase - Piqua picked up their second Grand Champion title of the season, sweeping 2nd place Grove City. Donelson Christian from Nashville, TN, rounded out the podium in 3rd, while fellow Tennessee group Bradley Central placed 4th. Grove City’s women’s group earned a finals slot and placed 5th, beating out Edgewood, who placed 6th. Norwood won the Small Mixed division, with St. Clairsville placing 2nd. 

• Kenton Cup - Kenton’s celebration of their new auditorium turned into one of the most contentious comps of the season after Brownsburg was disqualified from making finals due to going over time. This opened the way for Solon to sweep, with Twinsburg taking 2nd and Jay County 3rd. Perrysburg took 4th, beating 5th place finisher Teays Valley. In Single Gender, Jay County’s women’s group swept after Brownsburg’s women’s group left before finals. Van Buren won Saturday’s Small Mixed division, while Norwell placed 2nd and Whitehall-Yearling 3rd; Buckeye Valley won over Medina in Friday’s Small Mixed division. 

Now for this weekend’s competitions: 

Alliance Royal Aviation Show Choir Competition - 

Large Mixed - Euclid “Varsity Chorale,” North Royalton “Royal Harmony,” Kenton “Top Twenty” 

Small Mixed - River Valley “Music Company,” Van Buren “The Association,” Scranton (PA) “First Edition” 

The headline here is the long-awaited matchup between Euclid and North Royalton, two of Ohio’s top Small Mixed groups. Both have done quite well so far this season; Euclid has only lost to Large Mixed groups (Piqua, Solon, and Findlay), while North Royalton has beaten Piqua, but did fall to Ross at Homestead (though they did take the Best Vocals caption). Past results may be instructive as to how the rest of the placements will play out; for instance, North Royalton has beaten Kenton this season (at Findlay), while Euclid beat Van Buren at Walsh Jesuit. Kenton beat Van Buren at North Royalton, while Van Buren beat River Valley last weekend at Kenton. The wildcard here is Scranton, making the trip from eastern Pennsylvania; they mostly compete in New England’s Small Mixed division - where they have done quite well so far this season. Last weekend, they even took home a podium finish (behind both Fairfield groups) at Robert C. Byrd in WV and could definitely make the podium again here. The good news for these groups is that Royal Aviation will take six finalists, meaning that all of them should make finals (barring any weirdness). 

Grove City Voices in the Grove - 

Large Mixed - Lebanon “Singers,” Hurricane (WV) “Red Hot” 

Middle Mixed - Milton-Union “Center Stage,” Mayfield “Limited Edition,” Twinsburg “Great Expectations” 

Small Mixed - Central Crossing “Excelsior,” Norwood “The Silhouettes,” Licking Valley “Vocal Impact,” Grafton (WV) “Entertainers,” Shepherd Hill (MA) “Fantasy” 

Single Gender - Twinsburg “Blue Harmony,” Shepherd Hill (MA) “Illusion,” Hurricane (WV) “Heat Wave” 

The obvious favorite at this year’s VIG is Hurricane. Red Hot is hot off their first win of the season last weekend at Capital, and they should be able to find another one here. The only other group in their division will be Lebanon, who have not made finals since Van Buren in early January; they’ll be looking to change that here, and in theory they have a decent chance. In Middle Mixed, Twinsburg is a contender for finals; they’ve made finals at each of their competitions so far this season, including a podium finish last week at Kenton. They should be favored to win Middle Mixed in the daytime as well; they’ve beaten Mayfield already this season (at Medina), and Milton-Union has yet to make finals this season. Both Mayfield and Milton-Union should be in contention to make overall finals here, but it will come down to their performances. 

Small Mixed has quite an interesting mix of groups. Central Crossing is in the same district as Grove City, but haven’t seen quite the same success, having failed to place at North Royalton. Licking Valley will be making their 2026 debut at VIG (though they did compete at Ada in November 2025, where they failed to make finals), while Norwood is one of the favorites in this division - they have a finals placement at Marion Harding and a divisional win at Hamilton to their name this season. The two out of state groups are just as interesting, and both have only competed once so far this season, making them difficult to predict. Grafton placed 5th last weekend in Small Mixed at Robert C. Byrd, while Shepherd Hill (making the trip from Massachusetts!) placed 3rd in Small Mixed at Tantasqua. Both could do well here, but their performance is difficult to predict at this moment. Hurricane’s women’s group is probably the favorite in Single Gender; Heat Wave has a decisive numbers advantage over both Blue Harmony and Illusion, and has competed more so far this year (3 competitions compared to 1 for Twinsburg and 0 for Shepherd Hill). 

Voices in the Grove will take 2 Single Gender finalists and 5 mixed finalists. Heat Wave should be a lock for one spot, leaving Twinsburg and Shepherd Hill to compete for the other. Hurricane is also a lock for the mixed finals, and Twinsburg should be strongly favored as well. Beyond that, really any combination of Lebanon and the other Small and Middle Mixed groups have a good chance of taking the rest of the slots. 

Ross Legacy Championship - 

Large Mixed - Solon “Music In Motion,” Loveland “By Request,” Fairfield “Choraliers,” Marysville “Swingers Unlimited” 

Small Mixed - Middletown “Purple Pizzazz,” Lawrenceburg (IN) “Tiger Pizzazz,” Brown County (IN) “Rhapsody,” Owen Valley (IN) “Soundwave,” Anderson Prep (IN) “Vocal Velocity,” Pendleton Heights (IN) “Pendletones,” South Dearborn (IN) “Opening Knight” 

Single Gender - Loveland “Allure,” Fairfield “Pure Elegance,” Marysville “Swingers Select,” Pendleton Heights (IN) “Emerald Suites” 

The Large Mixed division at this year’s Legacy Championship contains four of the top five groups in Ohio, making it a veritable contender for Ohio’s competition of the year. Solon enters with the most wins so far this season at 3, including their win over Loveland (among others) at Beavercreek; however, their loss to Findlay a few weekends ago has raised some questions about how they’ll perform against top groups, as has losing to Brownsburg in prelims at Kenton. Marysville enters with two wins, including a caption split against Daniel Hand at Loveland; they’re almost certainly the favorite to take Best Choreography here, and their record is probably the best of all competing groups. Swingers Unlimited has beaten both Fairfield and Loveland so far this season, though they haven’t faced Solon since 2024 (SU won that matchup). Fairfield and Loveland, for their parts, both have one win so far this season, which they earned at out-of-state competitions last weekend (Loveland at South Dearborn, Fairfield at Robert C. Byrd). Loveland beat Fairfield at Olentangy, and they’ll be looking to do so again here, with the hope of beating one or both other top Ohio groups as well. 

Single Gender is also a battle between several of Ohio’s top groups. Marysville’s women’s group (in only their 2nd season competing!) is quite possibly the favorite to win, as they’ve beaten Loveland’s women’s group and gone 1-1 against Fairfield’s women’s group so far this season. Pure Elegance is the other top contender in this division; they did beat Swingers Select at Olentangy, though they later failed to make finals against them and Olentangy at Loveland. Allure shouldn’t be counted out either; they did make finals in a tough Beavercreek field, and they beat multiple Large Mixed groups to place 3rd last weekend at Ross. The wildcard here is Pendleton Heights Emerald Suites, an Indianapolis-area group that hasn’t seen any Ohio groups in 2026. They’ve done fairly well so far in their scene, but they have competed mostly in Small Single Gender divisions, so it remains to be seen how well they’ll do against Large Single Gender groups. 

The Small Mixed field at this year’s Legacy Championship is a raft of Indiana groups (plus Middletown) that are either starting their seasons or have few results that might be of predictive insight. The favorites here are probably Pendleton Heights, who are in something of a down year this season but have traditionally done quite well in the Indiana Small Mixed scene, and South Dearborn, who are also in something of a down season but have done well historically in Ohio. It is worth noting that Pendleton Heights is competing here as part of a two competition weekend; they will be competing in Small Mixed at Franklin Central in Indianapolis on Friday night before coming to Ross on Saturday. 

The Ross Legacy Championship will take five overall finalists, as is usual for this competition. The four groups in Large Mixed should be locks to make the finals round, leaving one slot for either the top Small Mixed group or top Single Gender group, bringing new intensity to those divisions in prelims. It would be a large upset if more than one Small Mixed or Single Gender group made the evening finals. 

Teays Valley Classic - 

Large Mixed - ETC “All Americans,” Olentangy “Keynotes,” Piqua “The Company” 

Middle Mixed - Winfield (WV) “General Admission,” Hamilton “Prestige” 

Small Mixed - Ravenswood (WV) “Rave Revue,” Buckeye Valley “Visions,” Elgin “Energizers,” Teays Valley “Prominent Rendition” 

Single Gender - Winfield (WV) “Emerald Elegance,” Olentangy “She-Notes,” ETC “Rouge” 

Teays Valley’s competition has a much more interesting field than in past years, reflecting the TV program’s general improvement this season. The three groups in Large Mixed have not seen each other so far this season, though 2 have won Grand Champion titles. Piqua has won two competitions (Van Buren and Hamilton) so far this season, and will be looking to conclude their season here on a high note with another win. Olentangy has one win to their name this season (at Marion Harding), though they did fall behind several of Ohio’s top Large Mixed groups at Loveland. Piqua and Olentangy have seen a common opponent - Grove City - and both swept them, perhaps showing that they are close in strength to each other. ETC has not won a competition so far this season, though they have mostly competed so far in Indiana. At their one Ohio competition (Twinsburg), they got swept by Marysville, but they are certainly not out of contention for a title here. 

There are only two groups in Middle Mixed this year at Teays Valley. Hamilton has only made finals once so far this season (at Findlay) and will be looking to get another finals appearance under their belt here. Winfield has done decently well in West Virginia (though they have placed behind their women’s group) but failed to place in a crowded field last weekend at Center Grove. Either could realistically win this division. Small Mixed is quite interesting as well. Buckeye Valley is probably the favorite to win the division - they’ve pulled out wins in a decent Small Mixed field at Kenton and a great Small Mixed field at Carroll so far this season. Ravenswood may also be a contender; they won their division at Poca but struggled in larger fields at Homestead and Robert C. Byrd. Neither Elgin nor Ada have made finals or placed in their division so far this season. 

Single Gender is going to be an interesting division at the Teays Valley Classic. Winfield is coming in with multiple overall Grand Championships (at Nitro and Poca), as well as a win in Small Single Gender at Center Grove. Their record so far this season is certainly impressive, but it remains to be seen how they’ll do against Large Single Gender groups. ETC Rouge, once Ohio’s top Single Gender group, is in something of a down season; they fell to Marysville’s women’s group at Twinsburg, though they did make overall finals. Look for them to try to bounce back with a win in Single Gender here. However, the probable favorites are the Olentangy She-Notes, who have defeated Grove City and Fairfield’s women’s groups so far this season (though like ETC, they did fall to Marysville). 

This year’s Teays Valley Classic will take 2 Single Gender finalists, 3 Middle/Small Mixed finalists, and 3 Large Mixed finalists. In Single Gender, this means that one group will get left out, though it is quite difficult to predict which. Middle/Small Mixed finals will be interesting; both Winfield and Hamilton should both make finals (though it wouldn’t be an upset if one missed), leaving one spot for the top group in Small Mixed. Finally, all Large Mixed groups are guaranteed a finals spot; the intrigue there will be the placements themselves and whether they change between prelims and finals.