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The audience also held up their cell phone lights during her song in homage to the tradition of fans holding up lighters in praise of their favorite artist. Tim Powers accompanied on saxophone.

Vidic is currently in Anchorage recording her debut album “Cat & Mouse.”

“It’s going to be a two-sided album,” Vidic said. “So I’m recording the first half this weekend and it’ll have a jazz, orchestral feeling, and then the other half will be singer-songwriter. It’s all on my website and I’m, you know, a homegrown Juneau gal who’s crowdfunding and allowing people to pre-purchase her album and support her efforts to make art in a state that makes making art a little harder.”

JDHS Drill Down, in which team members compete against country wise email marketing list each other and alumni by following commands — typically military style — and being eliminated if they fail to execute them correctly.

Senior 1st lieutenant Bristol Casperson won as did 2024 JDHS graduate Ava Severance, who is currently attending Gonzaga University pursuing a double major in criminology and biology with a minor in dance. Severance is also on the Gonzaga dance team and performed in the Zags WCC championship basketball game in Las Vegas this year. She has been selected as the Gonzaga team captain for the 2025-26 season.

“Bristol and I have always gone head to head in drill down,” Severance said. “Last year, my senior year, she won it, and I couldn’t let her off the hook that easily. It was great to be able to share that moment for once and to see how far my sister (Riley Severance) made it this year as a freshman.”

Casperson has performed in four Showtimes as a JDHS member, more prior to high school with various dance studios and elementary school.

“Winning drill down is always something I take great pride in, as it’s a show of integrity, discipline and mental strength,” Casperson said. “To me, Drill Down mimics how I like to move through life; with grace, dedication and a big smile on my face…Seeing that gym packed will forever be one of the most surreal feelings ever.”

Casperson will attend Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, studying public policy and international relations.

“As a third generation Crimson Bear, I’ve basically grown up in this school and in this gym, and I never could have imagined that one day the community of Juneau would come together in that capacity to watch my team and I give it our all on that floor,” Casperson said. “What I will miss the most about Juneau is the community that raised me, the friends that shaped me and the family that never wavered in their love and support for me. I know that the connections I have made here are for life and that I will always carry them with me, even from 3,900 miles away.”