Last Friday was an entertainment double-header at CVCA – I had a Royal Fools improv show at 6:30, which was followed by the CVCA Talent Show at 8:00. This is the second year in a row we have teamed up with the Talent Show, and while it forces our improv show to be shorter (about an hour instead of about an hour and twenty minutes), I think it is worth it in getting to perform for the bigger crowd that comes early for the talent show; we usually play for 100-150 people, and we played to well over 200 last Friday.
I never remember shows very well afterwards – I am thinking a lot during shows about what needs to happen. I do know we did not “tank” any games we did, and the audience reaction was excellent. Allie Kirk, a CVCA alum, came back from Chicago just for the show, and she added much fun in that she can play improvisational piano, which opened up several musical games for us.
The talent show is a fundraiser for the CVCA service club, Diakonos. Every year, Diakonos students stay at CVCA during spring break, and they go out into the local community to serve at several locations around NE Ohio. The spring break crew is usually 30 or more students, so it costs some money to feed the group and for gas for transportation, and the talent show tends to be an excellent way to raise funds.
The talent was quite good this year. I believe this is the first year that the group held auditions, and it showed. While there was some variation in the quality of acts, there were no bad acts, and the competition in the top half of the field was quite tight. There were singing acts and guitar players, a couple of dance numbers, some piano players, a “Who’s on First?” reenactment, a very talented beat-boxer, a jump rope dancer, and more. Meredith was one of three judges, and she said it was quite difficult to sort out the winners.
After the talent show, which was over a little after 10:00, we headed over to Friday’s with our friend Dubbs for a light supper and dessert. It was a pretty nice way to end an evening of entertainment.