“After seeing all the other performers perform, how can you even think what you guys did was talent?” asked Madison, a Christ-King Catholic School (CKCS) student to a packed gymnasium of students, teachers and parents during the school’s variety showcase May 17.
It was supposed to be a talent show, she said.
“A show to show off your talents.”
Students performed a variety of comedy, using laughable props, scripted dialogue, irony and word play. Kaydon tried to build a house of cards. Shelby and Paige used a blanket to toss an invisible Eddy into the air. Darius played a piano only for the audience to discover at the end he wasn’t actually playing. Autumn gave a dramatic reading of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Joel ate a lemon. Jesse and Lance did a ventriloquism act without a dummy. Josh showed he could stay quiet and Brody wrestled a plastic crocodile.
Even the teachers got in on the fun as the Laughing Grannies, dressing up showing students what the teachers would look like as seniors living in a retirement home.
“A talent show, that’s what this was?” asked Jesse at the end.
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