"42nd Street Medley"-Ankeny Visual Adrenaline 2008

[youngerman345]

When did Lester Miller take over Visual Adrenaline?

[Schokoladae]

fantastic!!!!

[laurendiva21]

"got a lot of games" guy is an awesome singer!!! he has a future in broadway.

[jazzifulable]

yeah u should have seen him in the high school production of guys and dolls...incredible

[availabilityman]

a little bad i can hadly hear them

[hotpink910]

ah i remeber my show choir days! those were the glory days!

[Superfan1000]

My u/s that Mr C just let the Seniors be in VA- Mr Dean made it where you would try out to get placed. So I think Mr. Dean is the one that took this Choir to the top. Plus look at the number of people that was selected to All State Last year. I think around 18 or more. Thanks to Mr. Dean for taking VA to the TOP.... Way to go VA

[broadwaygirl06]

No, VA has always been an auditioned group. There have always been sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the group. For the most part though, if you were a senior and had been going through each of the choirs in the program, you would be in VA.. a little less cut throat than it has become. While Mr. C was at Ankeny, VA consistently won Best Vocals at most competiitons they went to.. but would receive lower placements because C didn't see the need to hire a professional choreographer

[broadwaygirl06]

or spend time cleaning choreography.. his main focus was beautiful vocals and entertaining an audience. He was a great director, but very different from Mr. Dean, who decided to focus more on the competitive aspect of show choir and did spend the money on hiring April James and did spend a lot of time cleaning... that's the difference between old Ankeny and Ankeny now. :)

[ItsHilton]

wow!!

[lexithedancer]

this jjw00004 guy should probably just not even watch us if he doesn't say anything nice. i mean constructive criticism is one thing, but just plain putting this group down to make yourself feel better is another. seriously, get a life & let us love and be proud of our show choir. i'm pretty sure we wouldn't win grand championships and be ranked 2nd in the nation if we weren't good..

[brosseau]

constructive criticism is preferred. however i would say that one must watch what they say in regards to rankings of showchoir.the fact that there are 9 national competitions run by Fame Events (at this time) alone, then anywhere from 1-3 run by Keynote Arts (Showstoppers), then 1-2 run by Show Choir Nationals, then of course little known Excel Show Choir Competition, then back in the day Terphsichore International had two of their own.

So one simply cannot justifiably rank showchoirs.

[pglinkinpark]

wonderfully put together. I enjoyed this. Thanks! =]

[jjw00004]

my god, absolutely no vocal layering, who taught these people to sing? i mean shout? you should really look to past VA's when C led us. you may win shows but you do so with no dignity

[februusselwyn]

Please don't leave comments like this on my videos. You clearly are trying to glorify something you were part of by slandering the accomplishments of someone else. There vocal arrangement has nothing to do with the talent, capability, emotional intent, work ethic, or respectability of these kids. This is distasteful and uncalled for and frankly, you should be embarrassed.

[atache123]

um. no. try again.

[atache123]

um. no. try again. btw, good solo alex.

[jtemple985]

I like Mr. C a lot and have a great deal of admiration for him (especially his piano skills), but I have to respectfully disagree. VA's tone was much more chesty, throaty, and in a word shouty when Mr. C was the director. Their vocal technique has (in my opinon) improved under Mr. Dean.

[dentyneicemints]

I love V.A. Cant wait for our show this year.

[atache123]

um..a lot of show choirs tap dance...and singing and dancing is kinda...uh...show choir?!?!

[missanime12]

u guys r good at singing and good at dancing but YOU DON'T DO IT AT THE SAME TIME!!!! AND U SHOULDN'T TAP DANCE IN SHOW CHOIR!!!!!!!! URGH!!!

[falconfan2011]

I am ever sorry to say this but you guys make me feel really bad. I belong to the West Burlington DyNAMix Show Choir in Southeast iowa and we are a really small choir. only about 18 of us. I watched ankeny last year at mt. plesant and it was amazing! You guys are my idol! Go VA!

[xoxorock3rxoxo]

i think VA is amazing!!! i seriously love them and think they have amazing talent.

[kwillyou22]

Who has the solo in the guys number?

[broadwaygirl06]

alex longnecker.

[kwillyou22]

thanks

[jaabinder]

I was about to break the splash during the kickline. that would have been sweet.

[m022889]

wtf.. why do they use all the same costumes?

[gobsmacked45]

why not post the Urbandale video?

[WWlover15]

Ha my cousin is in this!

[cjjms]

another video that better shows the tap was posted by seththewonderful1992. type in: Ankeny Show Choir Visual Adrenaline Fourty Second Street

[sallad741]

weren't these the same costumes as last year?

[mostatestud]

yes they were.

[broadwaygirl06]

yeah. the green dresses have actually been used 3 years in a row now.

[bothemusical16]

i usually dont like tradition musical theatre show choirs i.e. clinton, center grove.

But this groups is actually entertaining and talented as a whole. Great work.

[TMDOCK]

Pretty sure that clinton is the farthest thing from a musical theatre show choir.

[bothemusical16]

Jersey Boys? Jekyll and Hyde? Sure they do other stuff like Celine, but they still do musical theatre.

And trust me, they are not the farthest thing from musical theatre. John Burroughs and North Central are probably the farthest show choir from musical theatre.

[CGauvoice]

Center Grove has been one of the best show choirs in the nation for the last seven years running. Ankeny, no offense, doesn't have to deal with the prejustice that we do. The choir that beat us all season this year didn't even make finals at fame Chicago...yet they beat us, the Grand Champs at Orlando? Rankings don't quite say it all.

[sciL327]

why do you feel it necessary to talk about center grove on here...this is a va video...not a center grove one.

[llcooljay1887]

This video does not do their vocals or their entire show justice. I was there for this and this performance was absolutely STUNNING. The big chords in this song filled the auditorium. This wasn't my favorite Ankeny show, but it was the best they've had so far. REALLY good job!

[februusselwyn]

jay go to bed! it is way too late to be watching show choir videos!

[broadwaygirl06]

might want to change some of these so they say 2008 and not 2007. :)

[brosseau]

yay! SOLOIST!