Last Friday, CVCA had its fourth talent show in the last five years (we skipped last year because no one decided to organize it). Mer was one of four faculty judges, so she had to go, and I like the talent show, so I went along. Also, I had four of my Ceili Club girls dancing as part of the evening.

I got to sit next to my friend Dubbs, which was fun – she is a loud and enthusiastic audience member. There were twelve acts in all. There were three dance numbers, one interpretive storytelling of doing Monsters, Inc. in eight minutes, and then the rest of the evening was musical groups. The musical groups did include a guy making farting noises with his hands, but he pulled it off as if it were the most serious thing going. There was an eighth grade guy who sang the Pokemon theme song, and while he did not exactly nail it, he had tons of energy and ran down off the stage to interact with the audience, which they loved.

The audience was huge and really into it. I’m guessing that there were over three hundred people there. This was great news since the nominal ticket price was used to support a spring break service trip that is designed to have our students help organizations that help the poor. Between the gate money and the “people’s choice award” (where people vote with money in jars), the event raised over $1,100. I’m glad the Talent Show was pulled off again this year – it went well, and we had a good time.

Mer extended the evening by going up to Hudson with her CVCA Bible study group for dessert at Aladdin’s. I had a migraine headache, so I got some ice cream (it seems to help a little) by myself and then went to bed.