Music Lives

Millard West Music Lives

Millard Public Schools: Masking Directives

In response to the Omaha “Mask Mandate,” Millard Public Schools is currently requiring masking indoors. However, exceptions have been made for activities considered “exercise;” Show Choir falls within this category. Therefore, we will be following an abbreviated version of the “Mask Mandate” during the competition on Saturday.

What this means:

All patrons inside Millard West will be required to wear a mask.
Singers and Wind players will be able to remove their masks from the time they enter the warm-up room until they exit the stage after their performance.
All directors, backstage help, crew, and non-wind instrumentalists will be required to wear a mask during warm-up and performances.
Judges will be instructed to not base any scores off a school’s decision to perform with or without masks.
Judges will also be instructed to not base any scores off of blocking as it relates to missing performers.

Please help communicate these masking requirements to your respective show choir communities before you arrive on Saturday. Thank you for your help in this matter as we do whatever we can to keep everyone safe and healthy. These kids deserve to have their season!

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Welcome to the Home

of

Millard West Music Lives

Saturday January 22, 2022

Millard West High School Show choirs welcomes you to the home of Millard West High School premiere show choir competition, Music Lives! Millard West Music Lives is a dynamic show choir competition put on by the students, staff and parents of Millard West High School Show Choirs. Join the experience of an incredible day of high school competition in our gym with state-of-the-art sound and lighting or see the fabulous middle schools competing on stage in the hgih school auditorium.

Location

Millard West High School

5710 South 176th Ave

Omaha, NE 68135

Parking

Parking is available in the parking lots surrounding the front and rear of Millard West High School. Parking is also available in the streets beyond the parking lot.

Admission tables will be located at the front entrance. These doors are on the east side of the school by the flagpole. You may also enter the west side of the building (swimming pool entrance). If you select to enter on the west side of the building, you will need to proceed through the commons area to the front admission tables to purchase a wristband in order to enter the gymnasium for performances.

Admissions

Adults: $15

K-12: $5

Kids 4 & Under: Free

Programs: $10

Payment Options:

Credit cards and cash are accepted for admission, merchandise, and food at Cassie’s Cafe.

2022 Performance Schedule

Middle School Schedule

Please be aware that all schedule times are approximate and subject to change. Admissions open at 6:30 AM. Auditorium doors open at 7:00 AM. All middle school performances will be located in the Millard West Auditorium (located to the right of the main entrance.) Doors will open following each performance and close at start time for each group. No one will be able to leave or enter during performances so please plan accordingly.

Performance	Group	School
08:40	Encore	Beadle
0920	The Aviators	Elkhorn North Ridge
10:00	Subwoofers	Russell
10:40	Cavallo	Millard North
11:20	Bravo	Elkhorn Ridge
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Luminescence	Andersen
1:40	Show Dogs	Beadle
2:20	Leaders of the Pack	Russell
3:00	Westside Connection	Westside
3:40	SCATS (Exhibition)	MWHS
4:00	Awards

High School Schedule

Please be aware that all schedule times are approximate and subject to change. Admissions open at 6:30 AM. Performance gymnasium doors open at 7:00 AM. All high school performances will be located in Wildcat #1 gynasium, with the exception of Millard West Swing Cats exhibition, they will perfrom in the Auditorium. Doors will open following each performance and close at start time for each group. No one will be able to leave or enter during perfomances so please plan accordingly.

Performance	Group	School
8:30	Intensity	Millard North
9:00	Impact	Aurora
9:30	Elevation	Lincoln East
10:00	Warrior Express	Westside
10:30	JUDGE BREAK
10:45	The Treblemakers	Mercy
11:15	Illumination	Millard North
11:45	Elegance	Lincoln East
12:15	Simply Irresistible	Westside
12:45	LUNCH - UTG	MW
1:30	Rhapsody	Aurora
2:00	Take II	Bellvue East
2:30	Express	Lincoln East
3:00	Ambassadors	Omaha South
3:30	JUDGE BREAK
3:45	Corporation	Lewis Central
4:15	Infinity	Millard North
4:45	ATSC	Westside
5:15	BREAK - WIG	MW
5:45	DAYTIME AWARDS
6:00	DINNER
7:00	Finalist #1
7:30	Finalist #2
8:00	Finalist #3
8:30	Finalist #4
9:00	Finalist #5
9:30	Finalist #6
10:15	AWARDS

Middle School Results

Detailed results will be posted as soon as practicable following the finals.

High School Results

Detailed results will be posted as soon as practicable following the finals.

Nick is currently a sophomore at UNL and is active in the collegiate show choir Big Red Singers, a cappella group, Pitch Please and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Nick is a graduate of Millard West and a Swing Cats and WIG alumni. He is excited to be spending the day back at Millard West for Music Lives with all these amazing performers.

Eric is excited to be here with you today for Music Lives! Eric is a sophomore at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is pursuing a degree in Computer Science. He is a member of Big Red Singers at UNL and was involved in show choir all four years of high school. Eric is a proud Millard West alum and knows how exciting competition days like these can be, so he wishes you all the best of luck today and have fun!

Austin is so happy to be emceeing at Music Lives this year. Austin graduated from Millard West in 2020. He participated in show choir all four years of high school. Austin is currently a sophomore Business Administration major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He participates in choir and is also a member of Big Red Singers. Outside of school, Austin enjoys working with local show choirs. This year, Austin has had the great privilege of assisting with the show choirs Leaders of the Pack and Subwoofers at Russell Middle School. Austin also got the opportunity to choreograph for a couple of show choirs in our local area. Austin wishes everyone performing today the best of luck.

By day, Kris Covi is a litigation attorney with the Dvorak Law Group. On nights and weekends, he is a touring standup comedian. As “Nebraska’s Second Tallest Comic” he entertains audiences all over the country with stories about being a 6’8” freak and growing up in Nebraska. After winning the Great American Comedy Festival as an amateur, he has won several comedy contests and was a finalist out of 450 comics at the World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas.

His love of show choir dates back to his own high school show choir experience in West Connection at Bellevue West. It was called “swing choir” back then and what few recordings exist are in a format called “Betamax”.