Simon Swai

• 3-Time WIAA Solo & Ensemble Valley Regional Champion 2022-24 - Baritone Solo Category
• 2022 WIAA State Solo & Ensemble - 12th place - Baritone Voice Category
• 2023 WIAA State Solo & Ensemble - 3rd Place - Baritone Voice Category
• 2024 WIAA State Solo & Ensemble - State Champion 1st Place - Baritone Solo Category
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• 2024 Schmidt Vocal Competition - Regional 1st Place Champion and National Qualifier
• 2023 Schmidt Vocal Competition - Regional Finalist
• 2023 Schmidt Vocal Competition - Regional Most Promising Sophomore
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• 2024 Schmidt Vocal Institute - Graduate
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• ANNIE 2024 - Bert Healy, Judge Brandeis, Cordell Hull & Ensemble
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• CS Music 2023 All-State Singer
• CS Music Comp. & Conv. Second Round Competitor
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• Bonney Lake HS Chamber Choir 21/22 - Most Inspirational
• Bonney Lake HS Jazz Choir 21/22 - Most Inspirational
• Bonney Lake HS 2022 Talent Show - Best Stage Presence
• Bonney Lake HS 2023 Talent Show - Best Talent Overall
• Bonney Lake HS Jazz Choir 22/23 - Most Inspirational
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• Bonney Lake HS Choir President - SY 2023-2024, SY 2024-2025
• ACDA National Honor Choir 2023 Qualifier - High School SATB - Tenor II
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• 2023 William Warfield African American Scholarship Competition - Top 6 Finalist & Honorable Mention
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• 2024 WorldStrides Performing Arts’ NYC Heritage Festival - Outstanding Soloist - Maestro Award
• (for feature solos in Fear Not and Lucky Southern)
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• Bonney Lake HS 2023, 2024, & 2025 Season Track and Field Spirit Captain
• Bonney Lake HS 2024 Season Cross Country Captain
• 2023 Pierce County League Track and Field Championships - 800m 1st Place Champion and Qualifier
• 2023 Pierce County League Track and Field Championships - 1600m 3rd Place and District Qualifier
• 2023 West Central Districts - 1600m and 800m Qualifier - 2023 WCD 800m 5th Place and State Qualifier
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• Bonney Lake HS 22/23 ASB Sophomore Senator
• Bonney Lake HS 23/24 ASB Executive Secretary
• Bonney Lake HS 24/25 ASB Executive Vice President

Life is a journey with so many different and expansive chapters, episodes, and beautiful parts that make it what it is. I always believe this,

It's Your Journey, Your Goals, Dreams, that you can go beyond it all, in the Palm of Your Hand!

So in my High School Journey, I strive to make my journey the best it ever was, giving it beyond all I've got, and with others as well, elevating step by step to get to that beyond that I dream of, then to redefine that beyond to my signature.

Although Jazz and Sinatra is my signature, I also am well-versed in other genres, from Classical to Michael Buble, Swing, and to the Opera!

This is only one of the three Sagas I head towards, also qualifying for Districts in Cross Country three times, as well as the one to become the Track and Field Spirit Captain for my Bonney Lake High School, qualifying for State in the past with a 1:59.41 800m time and qualifying Districts with a 4:34 1600m(mile) time, with one more season left to ascend!

To become the greatest, these are all things that I've gotta run towards head-on! I was qualified to become a part of the National ACDA Honor Choir in 2023, which I participated on February 22-25th in Cincinnati, Ohio, and got to meet amazing people such as Dr. Eugene Rogers, Rollo Dilworth, and beyond, as well as venturing to become the WIAA State Champion of the Baritone Voice category, as well as singing in NYC alongside the BLHS Chamber Choir and Vocal Persuasion(Jazz Choir) and will be heading on to the Festival of Gold next year! I participated in the regional Schmidt Vocal Competition as well as the CS Music comp last year, as well as recently won the Schmidt Comp(1st place!) and competed to the Semifinals of the Schmidt Vocal Nationals Competition in June of 2024.

I also participate in Student Leadership, currently serving as executive secretary in ASB(Stuco) and elected vice president for the 24-25 school year. I have also inspired people wherever I can as the Track Spirit Captain for the past three years, and Choir President for the past 2 years, enjoying and elevating their meaning in this Journey that we call Life.

Like all of us, I have so many hopes and dreams that I want to make my reality, and I'll go through the magnum opus to achieve it, in the Palm of My Hand!