Illinois District Chorus Champions

The Rush Wyman Award is presented annually to the Illinois District Chorus Champion.  From 2007 through 2012, the chorus championship was awarded at the spring convention, with the champion sitting out the following two years.  The fall convention was the International preliminary qualifying round for choruses.

Prior to 2007, the chorus championship was determined at the fall convention, with the champion representing the Illinois District at the International Chorus Contest the following summer.  From 1965 through 2006, the top ten choruses at the fall contest would automatically qualify to compete the next fall along with the top five choruses at the next spring convention.

Beginning in 2013, the chorus championship is once again awarded at the fall chorus competition.  Under the new format, however, the district champion chorus is ineligible to repeat as champion for the two years following, the same restriction used at the International contest.  The champion chorus may compete in the years immediately following its victory to qualify for the International competition, but its score and rank are not considered in the tally for the district championship.

# District chorus championship becomes open contest and moved to Spring. Champion gets two year bye.

* Top 10 choruses from previous fall get byes. Joined by top five from past spring contest.