Show Choir


MS ACDA ALL STATE SHOW CHOIR

General Information

1. ACDA All State Show Choir is an enriching SATB experience for talented high school show choir students of Mississippi.

2. Rehearsals and concerts take place in conjunction with the annual MMEA/ACDA State Convention.

3. 25-30 students in each voice part are chosen by audition to rehearse and perform a concert with a nationally recognized show choir specialist.

4. Directors must be a member of ACDA to audition students for this group.

  1. 5.Directors should audition their most outstanding and best prepared students.

  2. 6.$5 registration fee per student.


Specific Information

1. Detailed information concerning fees, audition sites, music, etc., is mailed to all high schools in the fall.

  1. 2.Auditions are as follows:


Audition Sites 

October 29, 2013 – Saltillo High School, Saltillo

November 14, 2013 – University of Southern Mississippi – in the Union



  1. 3.The deadline for registering is October 1, 2013.  Refer to the calendar for audition dates. 


For More Information please contact:

Shane Cockrell

West Jones High School

254 Springhill Road

Laurel, MS 39443

601-729-8148

pscockrell@jones.k12.ms.us


Audition and Selection Process

1. Students learn the same several selections statewide.

2. Students audition in quartets with one on each voice part for vocal ability and choreography. The choreography is learned at an on-the-spot learning period with a teacher demonstrating a 16 count new routine.

3. Flexibility, coordination and sequential memory are judged in this phase of the audition.

4. Students audition with audio cassette taped accompaniment