Most Improved Chorus Award
The Most Improved Chorus Award is presented at the end of the Chorus Contest.
- Award Description: Tall traveling trophy with chorus name imprinted on front, with white carrying case.
- First Awarded: 1988
- Donated by: Village Vocal Chords Chapter of Metro Chicago, IL
- Presented by: President of the Village Vocal Chords or her designee.
- Awarded to: The chorus showing the greatest improvement in consecutive Area 4 Chorus Contests as indicated by scoring and computed by the greatest advancement in score from the previous year to the current one.
- To Determine Winner: List those competing choruses who competed in the previous year. (Requires Area 4 Chorus Contest OSS for the previous year.) Compute the increase in score from last year to this year. The chorus with the largest increase in score is the recipient. NOTE: If no chorus increases in score, the award will be presented to the chorus showing the greatest improvement in RANK in consecutive Area 4 Chorus Contests. If not chorus increases in score or rank, the award will not be presented and will be retained by the ACJC.
- Tie is broken by: The chorus attaining the highest Singing category score; if that does not break the tie, then by the highest Music category score.
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Chorus
AC&C Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Wolf River Harmony Covered Bridge Harmony (name change 2014 from Covered Bridge Country) Harmony Magic Harmony Magic Sound Celebration Harmony Magic Sound Celebration St. Louis Chordinals, Inc. Misty River Music Makers St. Louis Chordinals, Inc. Sound Celebration Harmony Magic Covered Bridge Country Covered Bridge Country Covered Bridge Country Sweet Harmony Sweet Harmony Misty River Music Makers Sound Celebration (not presented) Heart of Indiana (not presented) Sound Celebration (name change 1995 from Chord-a-lettes) Misty River Music Makers Sweet Harmony Chord-a-lettes Sounds of Harmony Chord-a-lettes Chord-a-lettes Misty River Music Makers St. Louis Chordinals, Inc. Misty River Music Makers Sounds of Harmony Great River Echoes |