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Chorus Check In and Official Inspection
Choruses are required to check in and present needed paper work on Thursday March 31 between 6 and 7 PM Eastern. This should be done by the chorus president/team leader or director
We request that all chorus directors and leadership participate in the Official Inspection and mic testing to serve as the large, mid-size and small choruses. We will begin with the large chorus at 7 and then move to mid-size and then small chorus under the direction of the panel chair.
When is the Chorus briefing?
The chorus briefing will begin immediately following the Official Inspection by the judging Panel chair on Thursday, March 31, 2022 (anticipated to be about 8 PM). More information on the briefing can be found here.
Will there be a walk-through of the chorus pattern?
Chorus leaders or anyone concerned about the pattern will be encouraged to walk through the pattern on their own time. There will be no formal walk through.
New (and hopefully only) for 2022
1) You will not have a hostess to guide your chorus through The Pattern. We will provide you with your time to start The Pattern at your assigned Warm-Up Room. Your chorus will make their way to the Warm-up Room on your own at your own pace.
2) We are extending the time between choruses in order to allow the filtration system to work between groups. Therefore, Pattern times this year will be slightly longer.
3) We are asking that all competitors wear their masks throughout The Pattern until you reach the pre-stage area. You will have time to apply lipstick in the pre-stage area and put your mask in your bag. It is up to each chorus as to how they want to handle their masks while on stage. If some members are more comfortable singing with masks, judges have indicated there will be no penalty assessed. We suggest a gallon size ziploc type bag that each competitor can put their AET/Name Badge and mask in. These can be placed on a table in the Pre-Stage area as your chorus is lining up to go onto stage. It is up to each chorus to send someone (a friend/family member) to collect all of the Ziploc bags in order to bring them to the chorus after they leave the stage area.
4) In keeping with limiting the number of people involved with each stage of The Pattern, there will be no volunteers handling personal items. We ask that no bags are brought into the pattern this year. If there are members that must have items with them that they will not be taking on stage, the chorus must make arrangements amongst themselves for how to handle those individual items.
5) Once you leave the Warm-Up Room you will be directed to walk to the Pre-Stage area via the stairs or escalator or small elevator. In past years we have sent choruses to Pre-Stage via the freight elevators. In trying to limit the number of people in enclosed small spaces we are
