Got Talent?

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After scrambling to find acts, Josh Mayer, with the cosponsorship of CAB and the War Eagles, put on Chadron’s Got Talent at Memorial Hall’s Auditorium.

Mayer, sophomore of Lincoln, said there were only five people who signed up on the audition sheets.

“I immediately started scrambling around,” Mayer said, “asking anyone and everyone that I knew who sang or played an instrument to participate in the event.”

The idea for Chadron’s Got Talent came from a Lincoln high school’s talent show called Night of Knights, the school mascot. Mayer said he wanted to incorporate something like that talent show here at CSC.

Mayer said he probably won’t make this an annual event because it was a bigger stress than what he expected.

The first act was a medley of songs taken from the “High School Musical” movies performed by Katie O’Boyle, freshman of Gering; Maka Daysh, freshman of Tauranga, New Zealand; and Christi Sioux Bob, freshman of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The trio of performers brought humor to the stage, highlighting their amazing lip syncing talents.

In between acts, junior of Las Vegas, Justyn Anderson kept the mood light with jokes and prize giveaways.

Several dancers also performed. Ying Zhang, freshman of Beijing, wooed the crowd with a Chinese folk dance. Freshman Haley Glasscock, of Miles City, Montana, then performed a Highland Dance. For the final dance of the night, Sarah Spinks, freshman of Papillion, along with Mayer, danced to Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.”

The audience was treated by the CSC Vocal Jazz group with two songs. The final two acts of the night were from Madison Reece, freshman of Hebron, singing “Say Something” by A Great Big World, and Alisha Heelan, freshman of Lewellen, assisted by Mayer, singing “Royals” by Lorde.

“The reason I was involved in so many acts was because of the lack of auditions,” Mayer said. “I ended up throwing myself in there and having them (my friends) teach me how to dance or sing or play guitar, all of which I had never done before. I wasn’t trying to display my talents, but I was rather trying to put on a show and display the talents of my friends, which has seemed to lose value in light of my lack of talents.”

Mayer said he noticed that people tend to pay more attention to the flaws in the performances rather than enjoying the talents. He said Coy Clark, junior of Benkelman; Heelan; Tami Rethman, junior of Verdon; and Spinks taught him how to dance, sing, and/or play guitar to assist in performances.

“If more people had auditioned, I would have been involved in less acts,” Mayer said.

“I think the event went well,” Mayer said. “Everything was smooth and a decent amount of people turned out and supported their fellow students. I just wish people wouldn’t focus on the lack of talent displayed by some acts, but rather focus on the real talent performers displayed at the show and give them credit for doing what they do because the show was all about them and their talents.”