Olympic Ballet Theatre dancer Alberto Gaspar leaps as Airi Miyata goes through her steps on April 3 in Edmonds during a rehearsal for Copellia in. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Everett’s Garret Pilon is boxed in by Portland’s Kieffer Bellows (left) and Portland’s Cody Glass at Angel of the Winds Arena on April 6. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Marian Harrison, 87, pictured here at Everett’s Sisters Restaurant, has been a delegate at two national Democratic conventions, including in 2012 when she heard President Barack Obama speak. She and others shed light on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Lake Stevens’ Ethan Anastasi keeps the ball from Jackson’s Oli Giessler at Lake Stevens High School on April 4. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Choir director Patricia Schmidt (right) leads a rehearsal for the Mariner High School chamber choir at school on March 29. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Emily Peterson practices her tennis game at Lake Stevens High School on March 21. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

The inside of a Kohler & Campbell baby grand piano is seen at Everett High School on March 28. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

World War II Navy veteran Terry Luck (left) talks with Korean War Army veteran Philip Sacks during The Hero’s Cafe in Lynnwood, an informal monthly gathering for veterans, in the Verdant Community Wellness Center on March 27. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)