Eastlake High School choir in Sammamish participates, receives award at Worldstrides festival

Nearly 30 choir students from Eastlake High School traveled to San Diego and performed at the Worldstrides Heritage Festival in early April.

By Megan Campbell • May 3, 2016 8:00 am
Photo courtesy of Mary NewmanStudents from Eastlake High School traveled to San Diego and performed at the Worldstrides Heritage Festival in early April.
Photo courtesy of Mary NewmanStudents from Eastlake High School traveled to San Diego and performed at the Worldstrides Heritage Festival in early April.

Nearly 30 choir students from Eastlake High School traveled to San Diego and performed at the Worldstrides Heritage Festival in early April.

The high school choir took the second place Gold Award for their performance and the Spirit of San Diego Award for the team’s “integrity and positive attitude in working together,” according to Andrey Spichak, Eastlake music teacher.

The students were also invited to participate in the 2017 Worldstrides National Youth Choral Festival in Carnegie Hall.

This was the choir’s first time participating in the Heritage Festivals Choral Competition, competing against other schools from around the U.S.

For more on the Heritage Festival, visit www.worldstrides.com/collections/heritage-festivals/.

For more on Festival at Carnegie Hall, visit www.worldstrides.com/collections/festival-at-carnegie-hall/.

Students in the choir include Olivia Baughman, Michael Bequette, Emily Bickel, Eugene Chan, Lauren Drake, Amber Evans, Quinlan Gerdes, Katherine Ginther, Mary Ginther, Rebecca Hough, Jack Lamp, Max Litvak, Claire Mcdonald, Leticia Monteiro, Amy Newman-Taylor, Georgia Newman-Taylor, Kristina Peterson, Megan Pickett, Oscar Rogers, Leah Shannon, Kira Smith, Riley Toland, Hanna Vaughn, Samantha Vidos, Devyn Weaver, Sydney Berg, Holland Gugler and Olivia Johnson.