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Our Competition HistoryThe latest incarnation of the Boonslick Chordbusters has attended and competed at a number of Central States District conventions. This page attempts to document our participation in those competitions. (Most recent shown first.)
2009 (Apr 25) -- Springfield, MOWhen CSD shifted the 2009 Spring Contest to Springfield, we decided to participate. We didn't have much time so we pulled out a couple of old stand-by songs for the event. We took 20 guys (plus Tarry) down to Springfield. While we achieved our highest ever score, we did fall just below our goal of 60+. But we were over 60 in both Music and Singing, which made us feel like all of the hard work our Director has been putting in has been worth it ... now if we only had a choreographer ...
2007 (Oct 20) -- Kansas City, MOAfter skipping 2004-2006, we decided to take advantage of the Fall CSD competition being held close to us in Kansas City ... our request to go first in the competition was granted by the CSD (imagine if we had been forced to sing immediately after the Ambassadors of Harmony or Heart of America choruses?) and we took 17 guys (plus Tarry, who was still recovering from rather serious surgery just a couple weeks before) to KC ... our results were the best in our history, albeit by only a few tenths of a point (on average) ... still, it was good to be back on the big stage and we all had a great time!
2003 (Apr 12) -- Lincoln, NEWe returned to Lincoln, this time with only 16 guys, and struggled, dropping back 18 points on our previous effort -- most of that in Presentation -- so the 2-year layoff from competing obviously took its toll.
2002 (Apr 13) -- Columbia, MOThe Chordbusters hosted the Spring CSD convention, so we concentrated all of our energy and efforts on being good hosts instead of competing. (click here for more)
2001 (Apr 21) -- St. Joseph, MOThe Chordbusters took 24 guys up to St. Joe, increased our overall score by 51 points, placed second in the "A" plateau, and garnered Most Improved Chorus honors as well! (click here for more)
2000 (Apr 15) -- Lincoln, NEWe took 20 guys and had a good time, but we didn't sing as well as we had hoped (increasing our scores only about 9 points overall) and finished well down in the pack. Our scores are shown below the photo.
1999 (Aug 28) -- Hillsboro, MOThis was a District prelim, and was the first competition for the group. 20 guys made the short trip over to Hillsboro (just south of St. Louis). Here are our scores:
(Editor's note: six guys have participated in all five of our CSD competitions: Walter Coplen, Jack Donavan, Greg Grote, Harlan Hackett, Tarry Koutz, and Tom Palis ... I believe that all of them also attended our initial regional competition, but I don't have the records to positively confirm it.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||