Talent Showcase
Kayla McCall
March 11, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
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When the announcements came on last week about the talent show, students became excited. But when they heard there would only be 200 tickets available, students were complaining that the whole school couldn’t come if they wanted.
“It was depressing, I couldn’t bring my friends because they were sold out,” says sophomore Caitlin Robinson.
But some students didn’t really care that there were only a limited number of tickets.
“It was fine with me because it let them sell faster,” says sophomore Lauren Marshall.
There were certain reasons though, that there were only a certain number of tickets available.
“This year’s showcase was being held in our own cafeteria,” says Yearbook Advisor Beverly Terlizzi. “It was a matter of space for seating and audience demand.”
The cost soon became an issue too. Tickets sold for five dollars. Students complained that was too expensive.
“I thought it was too expensive,” says Robinson. “That’s five bags of sour gummy worms!”
Students all felt the same way about the price.
“I thought it was a little high, I was expecting it to be about three dollars,” says sophomore Brittany Tabenera.
Talent shows at local high schools, such as Hillcrest and Woodmont, have had tickets sell for five dollars. So the price was normal compared to other high schools.
This year’s Talent Showcase had no winner. It was just for fun.
“Last year when the yearbook staff decided to sponsor the talent showcase we decided not to make it a competition because we wanted to showcase our students’ diverse talents,” says Terlizzi. “It is hard to judge different types of talent so we decided to showcase our students and make it fun for everyone. We also felt more people would participate if it wasn’t a competition.”
Students were upset that there was no winner.
“The whole point of a talent show is to have a winner,” says Tabenera.
The talent showcase had 16 entries. It consisted of singing, dancing, and students playing instruments.
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I saw a camera set up on the second floor pointing at the stage. Was the show videotaped?
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Yes it was. We are working on getting the video edited and putting it on the website!
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Is it goin on Youtube like last years?
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we should have a winner. and when you guys have to defend yourselves for ticket prices and the “limitted seating” it makes you look guilty. aaand i think it is really lame that a winner is not decided. you can still “showcase” talents AND have a winner! but yeah i didnt go, so i cant say if it was worth it or not but from what ive heard, it can be improved
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Limited seating probably has to do more with fire codes than anything.
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We are working on getting it on youtube. There is so much memory so it is taking awhile.
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Okay. I would love to know when it’s up on YouTube!
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I think that it is a good thing that they didnt have a winner because everyone has so many different talents and what is good in one talent may not be good in another. Plus what about all the students who dont win? Even if you do different catagories sometimes there arent enough students to compete. It hurts people’s feelings when they dont win, even if they are good sports about it. I enjoyed being in the talent show and I know i would not have won and i’m okay with that but im still glad that we didnt parade around the best group and make the others feel bad.
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i think that this should definatly should have been a competition because a competition is what encourages people to do better. also if they are going to get there feelings hurt they should never have gone up in the first place they need to suck it up. i know all of my friends thought it should have been a competiition
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