The DFMS Talent Show was a blast with 22 acts and about 50 people participating. Hosted by high school students Camilo Cruz and Edvin Martinez, the night featured funny skits before and after each act.
Here were the Talent Show acts…
1: Cecilia Singh, Eloise Webb, Victoria Liu, Clementine Conway, Olivia Golde, & Ashley Kurian; singing “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters
2: Nefeli Antonogiannakis singing “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence
3: Lily Golub & Zoe Dabri doing “Nutcracker Ballet” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
4: Astle Cooper & Oliver DiRuggiero doing “Don’t Stop Believing by Journey. “
5: Mara Muldoon doing stand-up comedy
6: Lila Frazin-Jacobs, singing “Gravity from Hazbin Hotel”
7: Blye Winkler, Landon Harding, and Astle Cooper doing improve comedy
8: Tallah Portwood & Mackenzie Shine singing “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys
9: Samantha Farrington doing gymnastics
10: (last act before intermission) Veronica Gallagher, Celeste Berman, Beata Brass, Brooke Sanders & Jasminda Muse singing “Gameboy” by Katseye
(After intermission)
11: Gavin Horowitz, Landon Harding, Wyatt Hoffman, and Atticus Colombo playing “Brain Stew” by Green Day
12: Charlie Nunes & Samantha Farrington doing dance
13: Juliet Kim singing “Out of the Blue”
14: Brooke Sanders singing “Giants in the Sky” from Into the Woods
15: Charlie Corbett doing stand up comedy
16: Cecilia Singh singing “Mess It Up” by Gracie Abrames
17: Xavier Nuñez doing hip-hop dance
18: Alice Gitter & Jane Bunting singing “Love is an Open Door” from Frozen 1
19: Fiona Zlotnik singing “Waiting on a Wish” from Snow White
20: Lena Nathanson & Ariana Morrison singing “What is This Feeling?” from Wicked
21: Mia Richardson singing “Beaches” by Beabadbobee
And, finally, the last student act, #22, were Oliver Foster-Wu, Thomas Wares, & Matthew Moon singing “Let Me Live” which is a song they wrote and “She” by Green Day.
The extra act, which included teachers Charles Barnett, Brandon Sealey, and Noah Appleton and students Carmelo de Leo and Sebastien Tranello performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana.
The lucky winners of the DFMS talent show were Oliver Foster-Wu, Thomas Wares, and Mathew Moon. All in one act. They wrote a song and played another one. They won the group act award. The solo act award winner was Charlie Corbet, doing stand up comedy. Sixth grader Astle Cooper performed in two acts. He stated, “It was a very exhilarating and fun experience.”