Recently, two North Dallas residents and students at Trinity Christian Academy (TCA), were recognized at the Schmidt and Jones Awards Gala for their exceptional performance in “The Sound of Music”. Mackenna Schults received Best Female Ensemble and Clark Pino received Best Actor.

Students were judged by a panel of theater professionals and educators. The judges provided nominations and voted for winners in various performance and design categories as the students competed against the productions from high schools in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties. Sponsored by Dallas County's only locally produced professional musical theater company, Lyric Stage, the gala honors the students' hard work by providing a Tony Award-like ceremony.