National Honor Society will host the talent show April 11 for 10-12 grades. Tickets are $5.
“I think that for students, not only is it fun, but we have students who are talented in ways that the rest of us never get to see,” NHS Sponsor Tara Seale said.
Seale appreciates the variety of the acts.
“We have a magic act, we have someone playing the violin. So, there are a lot of talents out there that are right here in our school that people may not know about. This is a way to showcase those talents for their peers,” Seale said.
One club was also chosen for the show.
“We also have the ASL Club, the American Sign Language Club, who is going to sign to a song,” Seale said.
The talent show provides different cultures a chance to showcase talent as well.
“There is a student participating that will actually sing part of his song in another language, Spanish. So, this show is bringing cultural awareness,” Seale said. “This is my first year of doing this. But, the best part is seeing that the students are happy and that they’re putting themselves out there. I enjoy seeing how we can all come together as a community and have fun.”
Some of the performers are not doing the stereotypical talent show act of singing. The talent show allows abilities of all kinds on the stage.
“I haven’t done the talent show before,” junior Tim Johnson said. “Sharayah [Wallace] asked me to play drums for her.”
Showcasing students’ abilities is the reason for the talent show.
“The best part is getting to show my God-given talent to people. I play for my youth group and I just like to be able to play for people,” Johnson said.
For some of the participants, the show is not new.
Senior Cayla Christian has sung in the show for three years.
“I’ve been in the talent show every year. The best part is performing and being able to watch and cheer on the other acts that are in the show also,” Christian said.
The annual talent show provides a sense of experience.
“One thing I’ve learned is that when you get a big group of talented people together, that is when the magic happens,” Christian said.
The performers are sophomore Abigail McGee, with her violin, sophomore Levi Galicia, performing “How He Loves,” sophomore Breanna Lewis, junior Brushawn Hunter, and sophomore Kylon Boyle, performing “Say Something,” the ASL Club, senior Kyle Harris, performing magic, senior Courtney Gough, singing “Let It Go,” sophomore Tanner Melton, and junior Alex Cody, performing “Through The Glass,” senior Shekouria Rupert, performing “Smash Into You,” senior Aaron Rollins, and sophomore Jonathon Rollins, performing “Hot Kool-Aid,” junior Alex Summerlin, junior Houston Clifton, junior Max Sullivan, and freshman Connor Qualls, with the band, junior Houston Clifton, junior Dylan Wolf, and junior Max Sullivan, performing “Geek In The Pink,” sophomore Sharayah Wallace, sophomore Emily Mellor, senior Phillip Brixie, and junior Tim Johnson, senior Cayla Christian, and senior Devon Fuqua, senior Andru Phillips and senior Tyler Rollans, performing “I’ll Wait For You.”
