Name: Marcus Lee School: Washburn High School Main Activities: Singing and acting How'd you start: Well, my mom is Ms. Lee (The choral director at Washburn)! It runs in the family: My parents met in a choir, and my brothers are both musicians. I just love it. It's an open-minded community, and a great community to be around. What else do you do: I lettered in baseball last year, and I also play football.

Name: Leela Hart School: Burroughs Community School What she did: For the past several years, Joyce Lasser's first grade students have put on a "wax museum" where they research a famous historical figure, then dress up as them and make a presentation in character for visiting parents. True to her chosen role in the presentation as Eleanor Roosevelt, Leela Hart decided to collect donations for the NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center's food shelf while she told "museum" visitors all about the former First Lady's life and work. While her dad, East Harriet resident Donovan Hart, initially …

Name: Maddy Kersten School: Washburn High School Main Activity: Performing her original songs with her band. How did you start: In sixth grade, I had a guitar class at Field (Community School). Oh, I should tell you that I play trumpet as well. I didn't bring that to this performance, though, because it's hard to sing while you play that.  I keep at it because it's really, really nerve wracking. At the same time, it's a lot more fun to have an audience than to play by myself in front of the bathroom mirror. What else do you do: I'm on the FIRST Robotics team, I play softball, and math is my …

Name: Aaron Aye School: Washburn High School Main activity: Singing and musicals How did you start: I've been singing and performing my entire life—my mom played a lot of Michael Jackson when I was growing up. In my freshman year, my theater teacher, Ms. Spring, kept pushing me to audition for the musical, but I thought the show sounded corny, so I kept resisting. Then, one day I came into class and she said "You don't have to come to class today. Go down the hall and talk to Ms. Lee (the choir director)." When I got there, she had me sing "Happy Birthday" and read a few lines, and I got in …