On July 17, 2019, the ConVal High School students who had won an international video-making contest about a German pop song got to meet Wincent Weiss in Germany.
Greta Topping, Zoe Werth, Finn Wegmueller, and Katrina Kipka met up with Weiss and attended his concert as special guests.
Weiss is a German singer-songwriter who gained recognition for his music after participating in Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German adaptation of the international Idol franchise, in 2013.
After ConVal got designated as a school of excellence for its German program in December of 2018, Weiss performed a two-hour concert in the ConVal gymnasium.
You can view the students’ winning video entry here.