22 MMS Students Perform at Festival of Young Voices

Milbank Middle School was represented by 22 seventh and eighth-grade choir students at the 2024 Festival for Young Voices in Brookings, on Thursday, March 21. Milbank’s vocalists were selected in January and prepared prior to the event. On Thursday, they joined other area schools for rehearsals under the direction of Burdell Gauger.  The grand concert was presented that evening in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of SDSU.

Milbank vocalists: Willow Bender, Bryton Blauert, Addison Brown, Paisley Ericsson, Kara Fonder, Jemma Frerichs, Lydia Gall, Nolan Grabow, Darin Hagen, Fischer Hawley, Brooke Hendricks, Keaton Johnson, Violet Johnson, Andrew Karels, Ella Koplin, Lawson Novy, Adison Pauli, Bree Townsend, Raina Untalan, Macie VanLith, Teaneashea Vogel, and Rylan Wendland.

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Row1 – Adison Pauli, Kara Fonder, and Ella Koplin.
Row 2 – Addison Brown, Macie VanLith, Raina Untalan, Brooke Hendricks, and Willow Bender.
Row 3 -Bree Townsend, Violet Johnson, Jemma Frerichs, and Teaneashea Vogel.
Row 4 – Paisley Ericsson, and Lydia Gall.
Row 5- Keaton Johson, Andrew Karels, Fischer Hawley, Rylan Wendland, and Bryton Blauert.
Row 6- Lawson Novy, Nolan Grabow, and Darin Hagen.