BISD One Act Play Success

Four high schools, Hanna, Lopez, Porter and Rivera, have made BISD history by qualifying to advance to the District One Act Play Competition next week. A total of eight campuses competed and only these four BISD campuses will advance, ensuring that a BISD school will earn the District Championship title. Congratulations to Juan Bazaldua from Rivera who was named Best Actor and Monica Ramos from Porter who was selected Best Actress out of 54 participants at the 5A Zone A contest. At the 5A B contest, Seth Johnson from Hanna earned Best Actor and Ilse Zacharias from Lopez earned Best Actress out of 73 participants. At the 4A Zone contest, William Abete earned Best Actor and Celia Lozano was named Best Actress. Both students are from Veterans Memorial. Veterans Memorial will also advance to the 4A District Competition. The 5A District competition will begin at 1:15 pm on Saturday, March 31 at the Pace High School Theatre. The 4A District Contest is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3 at 1:30 pm at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend both contests. These successes prove that the theatre arts program is alive and well in BISD.