Just Treble wins its division

One of the choirs won its division.

The color guard was first in its round.

Jay County High School’s performing arts groups had a strong day of competition Saturday, with the Just Treble show choir taking first in the Single Clef division in the Kenton Cup while Patriot Edition was third in the Mixed Division. The school’s color guard led its round and was 15th overall in the Indiana High School Color Guard Association contest at Carroll.

Just Treble, the all-girl show choir, took first place in preliminaries and earned the award for best show concept in the contest in Ohio. It again took the top spot in the finals while adding the award for best vocals.

Patriot Edition, the school’s co-ed group, was second in Mixed Division Tier II in the preliminaries before taking third place in the finals behind North Royalton (Ohio) and Huntington North.

Jay County’s winter guard scored 59.2 points to lead Regional A Class round one in the contest at Carroll. It was 0.8 points ahead of John Glenn.

It finished 15th overall while the host Charges won with 71.82 points.

The show choirs will return to competition Saturday, Feb. 22, at Homestead.

The choirs will also perform their show on their home stage at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10. Admission will be $5.

The winter guard gets a week off before taking part in the IHSCGA contest March 1 at Zionsville.