BHS Students Headed to State Music Competition
Passion and extensive knowledge of classical music make students a "dream team," says choral director.
Choral director Martha Schmidt thought she saw a dream team of three Burnsville High School students to enter into the Minnesota Listening Contest. She was right. The team of Kristina Butler, Savannah Lim and Chris Neiner recently won first place for the region and will now head to state competition Feb. 1. "We were thrilled," Schmidt said in a District 191 news release. "There are nine regions throughout the state and most of them brought nine to 15 teams (of three each). Our particular region had 24 teams and we won handily by earning 87 out of 100 points while the 2nd place winner got 72." After getting buy-in from the three students last October, Schmidt began meeting with them after school every week to review the 80-page study …
