DI teams bring home honors

• Hudson High School Team that came in first place

This is the Hudson High School Team that came in first place in their challenge. Pictured are, from left Minxie Olivier, Ian Egeberg, Kristina Mienke, Hannah Betchwars and David Kocik. Submitted photo
• The Hudson Middle School Team, VP Productions, also took first place

The Hudson Middle School Team, VP Productions, took first place in their challenge. Team members are, Fiona Green, Haley Johnson, Parker Lehman and Joey Halverson. Submitted photo
• Connor Zastrow, left, and Taylor Mattern came in second

Connor Zastrow, left, and Taylor Mattern came in second in their challenge, and received a special award as a “two person” team, the Spirit of DI Award. This team is a Hudson Middle School team. Submitted photo
• 4th grade Willow River Elementary team came in second

The Willow River Elementary team of fourth-graders came in second. Team members included, from left, Harrison Mattern, Ethan Hannon, Charlotte Stow, Jennifer Holter, Chloe Kazak and Ben Knoke. Not pictured, Zach Dewey. Submitted photo

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Four Hudson Destination Imagination teams competed in an early West Central Regional in Prescott on Feb. 25 because of conflicts with the St. Croix Regional Tournament set for March 24 in Spooner.

Eighteen other teams in the Hudson DI program will attend the Spooner event.

These four teams, along with any other Hudson teams that might advance after the St. Croix Regional, will compete at the DI State Competition in Stevens Point on Saturday, April 14.

The Hudson Middle School team, VP Productions, took first place out of ten teams at the middle school level in their challenge “Coming Attractions.” The challenge focused around creating a movie trailer for a team-imagined movie with characters from at least two nations, a sound track and a visual special effect.

The team also received a Renaissance Award for exceptional skill in the areas of engineering, design and performance. The appraisers cited the team’s simple and well constructed scenery, the professional and technically perfect use of projection within the trailer, and the moving concept of their performance in their nomination of the team for this award.

For more info on Hudson's DI program, people can go to http://www.hudsonwidi.org

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