Christian Peterson: Reporter@riverbendnews.org
The Branford High School (BHS) Beta Club spent Sunday, June 18, through Tuesday, June 20, competing at the Beta Club Nationals Competition in Louisville, Ky. The club had a great time competing and pulled out all the stops, walking away with multiple top 10 wins and one national winner.
Raw Finch was the first competitor, participating in the Division 1 Painting category. While he did not place nationally, he was one of the top three from the State competition. Braxton Young was the second competitor in the Division 2 Visual Arts category with a poured epoxy wooden bar height table. Young walked away among the top 10 in the nation for his table. The club also showed off its Living Literature project. In which, the students posed for over three hours in the “Story of Medusa's Head” from “The Metamorphoses” by Ovid.
Of course, the stand out from the event was Sadie Miller, who competed in the Senior National Beta Variety Act and blew the competition out of the water. She performed her own cover of “House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals, and walked away with first place in the National competition.
With a successful event under their belts, the crew packed up and headed home. However, many students were ready to turn around and head to another competition with the school's Future Farmers of America chapter.