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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Huntington High's Talent Show

Thanks to son Evan for pointing out the photo gallery on the Herald-Dispatch's website (which you can see here).

It features photos from Huntington High School's talent show last Wednesday, and sharp-eyed readers will spot several performers who have appeared in community theatre shows.

For example, here's a shot of two terrific singers, Elliott Imlay and Maggie Saunders (how I wish these photos included sound!):


And here's Maggie again, this time providing guitar backup for another outstanding singer, Elijah Boyles:


There are lots of great shots by H-D photographer Lori Wolfe - check 'em out!

EDIT: Here's a late addition (and a real treat) - video of Maggie and Elliott singing, courtesy of my pal Allen. Enjoy!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ask and you shall receive.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpaWFhrvG04

just happened to have a clip.

Later,
Allen

Stephen Vance said...

Thanks for writing about the show Chuck. I actually got to co-host with Tyler Rice and co-direct the show, and let me just say, I'm tremendously proud of all of these kids. I really was awed at the variety and depth of talent the entire group had. There were 15 competitive acts and a special exhibition by the school dance team.

The primary function of the event other than to put on a great show was to raise money for the speech and debate team. Well, it was a success and a sold out audience, somewhere around 700, saw a ton of wonderful talent.

Here is a list of the results and the competitors. Just seeing some of the names in the competition lets you know how talented the entire group was.

1. Ashton Smith (Self Accompanied Solo)
2. G-Nerds (Team Dance)
3. Tessa Wooten (A Capella Solo)
4. Lauren Simms (Self Composed and Accompanied Solo)
5. Elliott Imlay and Maggie Saunders (Duet)
6. Babies Kill Pigs (Rock Band)

The rest of the very talented group included:
Natasja van Dijk (Dance Solo)
Bekah Finlay (Dance Solo)
Just T-Pain (Rock Band)
So Icing Gang (Rap Group)
Julia Galloway accompanied by David Chenoweth (Vocal Solo)
Talequia Hamilton (A Capella Solo)
Moose Burns (Guitar Solo)
Elijah Boyles accompanied by Maggie Saunders (Vocal Solo)

Stephen Vance said...

oops forgot one, if you could amend my last comment.

Ashley Bailey accompanied by Chase Lawrence (Vocal Solo)

Chuck Minsker said...

Allen, thanks for the clip! I'll try to add it to the main page. I knew you wouldn't let me down!

Stephen, thanks for the additional info - it sounds like a terrific show. Wish I could have seen it!