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Episode Thirty Two: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban discuss our upcoming start to the WGI season and what we should expect as the season goes on. They dove briefly into each of the 3 types of Indoor Ensembles and how they perform in comparison to each other. They also spoke about how they compare to other performing arts and how they think they should perform in the setting they are in. Happy New Year! It's great to be back with everyone!
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Episode Thirty Three: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban discuss our recent start to the Show Choir season and what to expect throughout the season. They watched parts of a show choir clip sent to them via email and dove into what they liked and what they hope to see in more clips throughout the season.
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Episode Thirty Four: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban discuss some of our recent show reveals across the WGI performing community. They watched some shows from this past season to start building excitement for this season to take off and to get ready for what is in store from these great programs.
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Episode Thirty Five: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch a few more WGI Shows from 2022 to continue preparing for a great season of WGI. They also talked briefly about some more show reveals coming out around the community and where they will be possibly performing. They also dove into WGI show layouts and how they compare to other performing arts circuits.
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Episode Thirty Six: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch one of this year's many Show Choir shows and discuss what they enjoyed about their performance. They will watch random shows across the Show Choir competition community and dig deep into their show and reveal what they enjoyed and expect from this show as the season progresses.
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Episode Thirty Seven: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch a few shows from this year and discuss what they thought about them. They also dove into how they are excited to see how these shows grow and change over the course of the season. We greatly appreciate your patience with us taking a week off! Thank You! We look forward to diving into the rest of the season.
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Episode Thirty Eight: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch a random Show Choir show from this year and give their thoughts on it. They talked about the positives of the show and what could be better after touching on it in a rehearsal. They also looked at random competitions that have occurred to see placings and who attended that they might know. They checked in on the Show Choir Cup to see if they can see who is going to be attending but couldn't find anything.
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Episode Thirty Nine: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch a random WGI Show from each performing category. They dove into what they enjoyed about each show and what they thought could be better. They also looked at overall designs of shows and talked about what they think should be shown of in each category of WGI.
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Episode Forty: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch a random Show Choir show that is a full Ladies ensemble. They dove into what they thought was great about the show and what they think could use some more refining. They also looked at some random competition results and talked briefly about the final upcoming shows from FAME.
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Episode Forty One: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban watch three WGI shows from this season and discuss what they enjoyed. They talked about how the shows this week all had a calming feel and it's a nice contrast. They also talked about the difference between shows and how performers can tell it through how they perform whether it be through choreography or subtle movements as an ensemble.
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Episode Forty Two: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban discuss the future of the podcast and what to expect going forward. They then dove into the Show Choir Finale watching a few short clips discussing what they thought went well for the groups. They also took a look at two separate nationals results.
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Episode Forty Three: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban dive into what we should expect as we head into WGI Color Guard World Championship Weekend. They watched clips of some of the shows to be on the lookout for and talk about who they think will win it all!
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Episode Forty Four: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban dive into what we should expect as we head into the WGI Percussion/Wind World Championship Weekend. They watched clips of some of the shows to be on the lookout for and talk about who they think will win it all!
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Episode Forty Five: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban dive into what we should expect as we head into Season 5! They also discussed the WGI season as a whole and watched some of the top shows from this year for them. Congratulations to all of our amazing WGI groups this season!