Senior and ASB Vice President Lukas Kelly checks the quad sound system in preparation for day one of Carlmont’s Got Talent. (Minh-Han Vu)
Senior Chris Tang plays a classical piece on a home-brought keyboard. Tang has performed in venues across the country and plans to pursue music after high school. (Minh-Han Vu)
Senior Class President and emcee Elena Mateus hands judge Jacob Segal the mic to begin the performance review. Judges decide the winning contestants of early rounds, but during semi-finals and finals the crowd chooses. (Minh-Han Vu)
Junior Dennis Zabluda performs an illusion using rings and water. (Minh-Han Vu)
Quad audience members applaud Zabluda as he closes his magic act. (Minh-Han Vu)
Senior Pyper Hayden smiles as her duet partner, junior Blake Du Bois, sings to her. (Minh-Han Vu)
Sophomore Sedona Regan of the a capella group Monty’s Pitches hums the beat of Rihanna’s Work. (Minh-Han Vu)
Soraya Raji belts the final notes of her performance. For the semi-finals, Raji sang a ballad. (Minh-Han Vu)
Senior Gabi Dimick holds a microphone to Asian Persuasion’s guitarist. The group faced some technical difficulties with their speakers going into the semi-finals. (Minh-Han Vu)
Hayden and Du Bois start off the final round of Carlmont’s Got Talent. (Minh-Han Vu)
Junior and emcee Ryan Geronimo sing along to Hayden and Du Bois’ performance. (Minh-Han Vu)
Kelly helps Asian Persuasion singer Kyle Jung set up between performances. (Minh-Han Vu)
Asian Persuasion wraps up their final quad performance. The week of semi-finals and finals attracted a full quad of onlooking students. (Minh-Han Vu)
Monty’s Pitches sing an a capella mix, inspired by Drake’s album “Views,” which had dropped the night before their performance. Monty’s Pitches won first in Carlmont’s Got Talent, and will be moving on to perform in the celebration assembly in May. (Minh-Han Vu)
Audience members record and sing along with Monty’s Pitches in their final quad performance. (Minh-Han Vu)
At Carlmont, many students have unknown talents that have never been seen by others. During the weeks of April 18 and April 25, these talents were shown for all of Carlmont’s student body and faculty to witness.
ASB organized a talent show in the quad in order for students to be recognized for the unique abilities they have to offer. Acts include a magician, stilt walkers, and many more students with various talents.
“The show and all the acts were really cute, and it was good entertainment to have during lunch,” said sophomore Clara Butler.
This is the first year that ASB has organized an event by this name, but in past years separate events such as the rap battle held in 2015 have had the same purpose. Carlmont’s Got Talent is a combination of all the skills the student community has to offer.
Amy Yolland, a sophomore who participated in Carlmont’s Got Talent, said, “I decided to participate because I told my friend that there would be a Carlmont’s Got Talent and then she said she wanted to do it. I told her that I would do it with her if we come up with a good talent to show off, and we ended up walking on stilts.”
This activity, along with most others put on by ASB, was held in the quad, which was filled with spectators as they watched each day of the two-week show.
Sophomore Cameron Ho said, “I liked watching each day of the talent show. It was really interesting to see all of the talents at the school that I had never noticed before. I hope that ASB does this again next year.”
Many students enjoyed seeing the variety of acts that the lunchtime activity had to offer.
“Carlmont’s Got Talent helps benefit Carlmont because it allows people who have hidden talents and who aren’t in music or dance to show their skills,” said Yolland.
One of the hopes is that after this talent show, students will have a greater appreciation and awareness for the diversity of talent that exists at Carlmont.
