Detroit Lakes Students Stranded in Orlando After Minneapolis Storm, Bussing Home

Blizzard strands Minnesota choir kids at competitions

Students from Detroit Lakes and Bloomington Kennedy found themselves stranded in Florida and California after weekend snowstorm.

Detroit Lakes band, choir stranded in Orlando after snow delays flight

DETROIT LAKES — The Detroit Lakes High School band and choir are asking for community help after a trip to a national competition became a financial challenge. Seventy-four students and staff were stranded in Orlando following the WorldStrides Performance Festival when snowy conditions in Minnesota pushed their next available flight to Thursday, March 19. They were left without a hotel and no way to get home. Band Director Tim Siewert said the …

Detroit Lakes students stranded in Orlando after Minneapolis storm, bussing home

75 Detroit Lakes High School band and choir students are on a bus headed home from Orlando after a weekend winter storm in Minneapolis disrupted their return flights from a national music competition.

Detroit Lakes music students stranded in Florida, $35,000 shortfall sparks fundraiser

DETROIT LAKES — Detroit Lakes High School band director Tim Siewert spoke the evening of Monday, March 16, from a bus in Georgia, traveling with about 75 students and chaperones on an unexpected two-day drive home from Orlando, Florida. The detour, caused by flight cancellations linked to a Twin Cities snowstorm, has put the music program roughly $35,000 over budget and prompted an urgent fundraiser to help cover the cost. “We’re just making the…