School District Five students invited to take part in Tri-District Arts Consortium

For Immediate Release – April 14, 2025

School District Five students invited to take part in Tri-District Arts Consortium

IRMO – 158 Lexington-Richland School District Five students are participating in the Tri-District Arts Consortium (Tri-DAC). Tri-DAC is a 3-week summer program for middle school students talented and gifted in creative writing, dance, music, theatre, or the visual arts.

Students are nominated by their parents or teachers to audition for the program. Auditions are held yearly in March and Tri-DAC is held the first 3 weeks in July, culminating in a two day festival showcase.

School District Five students in attendance for Band include: Keara Ahrens (Chapin Middle), Juan Arellano (Chapin Middle), Colby Bennett (Chapin Intermediate), Allie Brink (Chapin Middle), Isabel Brownfield (Chapin Middle), Gage Brusin (Irmo Middle), McKenna Buckles (Irmo Middle), Anjellah Corder (CrossRoads Intermediate), Zoey Demery (CrossRoads Intermediate), Andersyn Epps (CrossRoads Intermediate), LaNaye Fleming (Irmo Middle), Amelia Frith (Dutch Fork Middle),  D’Kari Fryson (CrossRoads Intermediate), Mingyeong Go (Chapin Middle), Will Holley (Dutch Fork High), Savannah James (Dutch Fork Middle), Hajoon Jang (Dutch Fork Middle), Evelyn Hickman (Irmo Middle), Torrin Jackson (Irmo Middle), Ethan Johnson (Irmo Middle), Miles Jones-Magee (Irmo Middle), James Kempfer (CrossRoads Intermediate), Emma Lam (Chapin Middle), Reid Macgrayne (Dutch Fork Middle),  Mikahla McCloud (CrossRoads Intermediate), Kayden Mcknight (Irmo Middle), Isabella McNeil (Chapin Middle), Aidon Middleton (Irmo Middle), Ashton Mitchell (CrossRoads Intermediate), James Parker (Dutch Fork Middle), Jamison Parker (Dutch Fork Middle), Maiya Polite (Irmo Middle), Ethan Poole (Irmo Middle), Cole Rochester (Dutch Fork Middle), Emma Rhue (CrossRoads Intermediate), Brookelyn Sauls (Dutch Fork Middle), Khalil Singleton (Irmo Middle), Layla Southard (Dutch Fork Middle), Arnav Singh (Dutch Fork Middle), Nathaniel “Tripp” Spells (Chapin Middle), June Townshend (Dutch Fork Middle), Matthew Wang (Irmo Middle), Parker White (Chapin Middle), Jude Williams (Chapin Middle), and Xan Wilson (Irmo Middle).

School District Five students in attendance for Creative Writing include: Thomas Allen (Irmo Middle), Gabrielle Brown (Chapin Intermediate), Lucas Byxbe (Irmo Middle), Emberlee Foskey (Dutch Fork Middle), Scarlett Gore (Irmo Middle), Evie Huss (Harbison West Elementary), Samantha James (Chapin Intermediate), Victoria Massanet (H.E. Corley Elementary), Zy'mira Mercer (Irmo Middle), and John Roland (Oak Pointe Elementary).

School District Five students accepted for Dance include: LoreAnne Arias (Chapin Middle), Lilly Blakeney (Irmo Middle), Ma’Kayla Davis (Irmo Middle), Greta Hancock (Chapin Intermediate), Kaitlyn Himes (Nursery Road Elementary), Morgan James (Irmo Middle), Lys Anneissa Jean (Irmo Middle), Kayla LeSane (Irmo Middle), Zy’mira Mercer (Seven Oaks Elementary), Brooklyn Morgan (Harbison West Elementary), Emme Reams (Chapin Middle), Maya Stafford (Irmo Middle), Elizabeth Swearingen (Nursery Road Elementary), and Aiden Toth (Chapin Middle),

School District Five students accepted for Strings include: Chris Bossong (Dutch Fork Middle), Autumn Bunton (Dutch Fork Middle), Ethan Burton (River Springs Elementary), Aleese Busby (Chapin Middle), Grayson Castillo (Irmo Middle), Ryker DeVriendt (Chapin Middle), Dylan Duke (Irmo Middle), Gabriella Lawson (Chapin Middle), Sarah Lee (Ballentine Elementary), Harper Hoge (Chapin Intermediate), Nana Kovpak (Chapin Middle), Marissa Macgrayne (Crossroads Intermediate), Molly Miller (Chapin Middle), Ava Clare Orosz (Chapin Middle), Journey Polisena (Irmo Middle), Leah Polizzi (Dutch Fork Middle), Sahasra Ranjith (Irmo Middle), Ava Rhue (Dutch Fork Middle), Logan Richins (Chapin Middle), Karis Scott (Dutch Fork Middle), Mina Sexton (Chapin Intermediate), Addisyn Williams (Dutch Fork Middle), and Bernadette Ziehl (Chapin Middle).

School District Five students in attendance for Theater include: Zachary Cieri (CrossRoads Intermediate), JJ Cole (Dutch Fork Middle), Ava Davis (Irmo Middle), Zoey Ellisor (Dutch Fork Middle), LaNilah Fleming (Nursery Road Elementary), Brandt Graves (Dutch Fork Middle), Shaun Jacques (Dutch Fork Middle), William Jewell (Dutch Fork Middle), Cora Montgomery (Irmo Middle), Ceci Newberry (Irmo Middle), MaKenzie Scott (CrossRoads Intermediate), Marina York (Dutch Fork Middle), and Betty Zhang (CrossRoads Intermediate).

School District Five students in attendance for Visual Arts include: Harper Alexander (Chapin Intermediate), London Allen (Leaphart Elementary), Mckayla Ashton (Dutch Fork Middle), Miles Barrineau (CrossRoads Intermediate), Dylan Chike (Chapin Intermediate), Lillian Chen (Harbison West Elementary), Nora Croft (Dutch Fork Middle), Elajah Davis (Dutch Fork Middle), Ana Gomez Salazar (CrossRoads Intermediate), Emma Harvey (River Springs Elementary), Macy Hewitt (Chapin Middle), Mason Hewitt (Chapin Middle), Margot Holden (Chapin Middle), Ava Korn (River Springs Elementary), Joselyn Lee (Chapin Middle), Madison Magee (Chapin Middle), Violet Martinez (Dutch Fork Middle), Julia Milling (Chapin Intermediate), Samantha Miller (Chapin Intermediate), Flannery Pizzi (Chapin Middle), Gracie Robbins (Chapin Intermediate), Mikayla Savage (CrossRoads Intermediate), Kennedy Shephard (Irmo Middle), Carenza Smith (Dutch Fork Middle), Selah Smith-Galloway (Dutch Fork Elementary), Madison Southard (Dutch Fork Middle), Whitley Wells (Chapin Middle), and K’niya Williams (Irmo Middle).

School District Five students in attendance for Vocals include: Arissa Barnes (Dutch Fork Middle), Aishani Banerjee (Chapin Middle), Aubriegh Buckingham (Chapin Intermediate),Drusilla Butler (Nursery Road Elementary), Saberee Farouk (Irmo Middle), Alexandria Jacques (Dutch Fork Middle), Annanya Jagatheesan (Irmo Middle), Kaitlyn Keenan (Irmo Middle), Ethan Keisler (Chapin Intermediate), Ellory Landers (River Springs Elementary), Emma Lawner (Chapin Intermediate), Rileigh Livingston (Dutch Fork Middle), Ansley McClellan (Chapin Intermediate), Gianna Mason (Chapin Intermediate), Collin Miller (Chapin Intermediate), Madison Miller (Chapin Middle), Cayden Mohr (Chapin Middle), Abigail Morales (Irmo Middle), Hannah Oaks (CrossRoads Intermediate),  Macie Rather (Ballentine Elementary), Adalyn Russell (Dutch Fork Middle), Anyalis Sifontes (Irmo Elementary), Jake Slice (River Springs Elementary), Carter Smith (Chapin Intermediate), Rosalin Thaung (Irmo Middle), and Eliza Wright (Irmo Elementary).

Each day is filled with classes, events and guest artists, as well as off-campus field studies, all combining for an exciting summer program.

Formed in 1985, Tri-DAC has offered fine arts summer programs to rising sixth through rising ninth grade artistically gifted and talented students in Lexington-Richland School District Five, Lexington School District One and Richland School District Two.

To learn more about Tri-DAC visit: https://tridac.org.

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